Kawwy should make a....

[andyvh1959]

How about a new Mean Streak Vaquero? Kawasaki knows how to make power, and long ago the Mean Streak was kind of a power cruiser, before the likes of the Yamaha 1800 and Honda 1800. Yet Kawwy never made a power V-twin to really challenge them, much less go after Harley and Indian. Now Harley has the Revolution V-twin (which is similar in engine architecture to many Japanese V-twin engines). Kawwy could make a real V-twin power engine, and make a new Mean Streak Vaquero.

Now that Harley has the Revolution V-twin in the Panamerica making 150hp stock, and peak torque of 94 ft-lb, they have a water cooled engine similar in architecture to the Indian water cooled v-twin. But much less displacement and torque than the Indian. Makes one wonder if Harley would produce a big bore Revolution V-twin to beat Indian at the game.

https://vtwinvisionary.com/harley-re...ngine-details/

Interesting that after 20 some years of the metric cruisers copying Harley with their interpretations of the big V-twin, Harley now produces a water cooled V-twin very similar in architecture to the metric V-twins of the last 20 years. In comparison to the Revolution V-twin, the Kawasaki 1600 Classic is a 50 degree V-twin, has 4-valve heads, 102mm bore and 95mm stroke, overhead cam, water cooled, two throttle bodies, but only 9:1 comp ratio. As such it has some design similarities to the Revolution engine. But the Harley engine is much more built for power and rpm, 60 degree V-twin, 105mm bore and 72mm stroke, 13:1 comp ratio, better breathing, variable valve timing and more.

I bet if Kawasaki wanted to, they could build a REAL Mean Streak V-twin engine to challenge the likes of Indian and Harley, but where is the market for that type of a new engine and bike. Indian and Harley, even Yamaha and Honda already have that covered. But a new 1800 Mean Streak, with a new V-twin making at least 150 hp would be interesting. Kawasaki knows how to make big power in engines.