The Concours Owners Group was invited by Kawasaki USA to attend the second 2006 Kawasaki Dealer meeting in California. Our own Industry Liaison, Bob Sherwood drew the 'short straw'. Yes, the Concours lineage continues. For the 2008 model year (can we expect an early release? YES! July, 1, 2007), Kawasaki has grafted the powerful ZX-14 engine into a new frame to make what could be called the ultimate Transcontinental Sport Touring machine (hey, they did! ;) ). The following text and pictures may whet your appetite until we can get some performance statistics up. News release from motorcycleDaily.com News release from SuperbikePlanet.com Article from Motorcycle-USA.com It's being marketed in Europe also: www.kawasaki.nl/1400gtr/ As well as the UK: www.kawasaki.co.uk/1400gtr/ And germany: www.kawasaki.de/1400gtr/ PDF scan of the dealer show marketing brochure. This is NOT the normal consumer brochure, which should be issued 'soon'. Courtesy of Bob Sherwood. A few pictures from/for the media, courtesy of Steve Smith (COG NEAD). A press release found by Bram Frank, interspersed with pictures from Bob Sherwood at the Dealer Meeting. Pictures of the Concours14 and others, taken by others at the dealer show. Texas City Cycles (dealer) posted pix of the Concours14 at the dealer show to their site. PDF scans of the pre-release Kawasaki Service Manual (all new bikes). concours.org/concours14/2007_service_update/01.pdf to concours.org/concours14/2007_service_update/56.pdf (about 800k each) or grab them all at concours.org/concours14/2007_service_update/c-14.pdf (46Mb) A few pictures I took at my dealer (Rocky Mountain Kawasaki) before the lucky owner picked her up.   And you'll want to read comments in our forums as well. Post your own while you're there.

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