I sure hope with all your mods you beat it. otherwise what a hell of a waste of money and embarrasment, eh?

yep, were all interested in it. might be the 450 worth waiting for for those sitting on the fence..kawasaki can make a screamer when they want to. remember the tecate-4 250? stock vs stock that one could almost take out a banshee. thats pretty impressive given the 100cc disadvantage... but those pics you found were the first ones posted in another thread by (i think from atvscene), but valiant effort in finding them. i kinda like the lights; its different than the rest. but the bike, to me, looks like a YFZ, raptor and 450R did a 3way... i see 'reminding elements' of all these machines in the new spy photos posted earlier... looks nice though, cant waith to see one on the showroom floor!

 

I hope the price stays the same around 7k like the other 450's. The price for the KTM Outlaw is 7,400 that is just to much I think. I once remember when a 300ex and a warrior was a lot of money for a quad and now the big bore Utility quads are getting way out there with 8K price tags and more. Eventually it's going to get where you have to be very well off to even afford to ride anymore. But I really hope that this new Kawi will be priced with the other 450's so I might be able to afford it new. I really think it's going to be a great quad not only cause of reverse and EFI but because kawasaki hasn't really put out anything in the sport arena in a long time. You would think they will try to better the other 450's out there.

 

i just got my dirt wheels mag and they had a little article about it..it said it was going to have a reverse whcih would be great on trails, and it said the frame is going to be very light weight..all aluminum i think...

 

im just hoping that the kawi 450 comes out to be a good efi sport quad. because there is a lot of people who say the 660r out do the 700 raps with efi and everyone says suzuki's efi on there 450 is off and could do with some tuning but saying that i would still take a zuki 450 b4 honda and yamaha

 

I totally agree about these not being spy photos. It doesn't take two guys holding onto a quad rolling down a slightly sloping ramp. If is does, then this thing needs better brakes. Either way, it looks good to me. Also looks like the engine is sitting pretty far back in the frame.

 

i have the feeling this is going to be an extremely fast quad! kawasaki can do a lot.. especailly under pressure