No changes on 2020 ZX14 either...

[08BusaKY]

No changes for the 2020 ZX14 aside from color. Below is a picture from the Kawi website.

 

[Bumblebee]

No changes for the 2020 ZX14 aside from color. Below is a picture from the Kawi website.

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Doesn't surprise me at all, they are on the top of the heap, why change unless you have to, change is expensive.

If and when Suzuki ups the game, they'll change.

 

[Bagherra]

Thats still one ugly mf'er....

 

[08BusaKY]

Doesn't surprise me at all, they are on the top of the heap, why change unless you have to, change is expensive.

If and when Suzuki ups the game, they'll change.

Well I assume they can't sell these in Europe either because of the same emission limits that the Busa faces.

 

[Bumblebee]

Well I assume they can't sell these in Europe either because of the same emission limits that the Busa faces.

Most likely....

I wonder how many other bikes are or will be on the "can't sell in the EU" list...??

 

[08BusaKY]

Thats still one ugly mf'er....

Need to look again with beer glasses on...lol

 

[Bumblebee]

Thats still one ugly mf'er....

Much like a 2nd Gen Busa, they grow on you...the exhaust cans are...well...ginormous.

 

[Tached1300]

No changes for the 2020 ZX14 aside from color. Below is a picture from the Kawi website.

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How did you like your zx14 compared to your Busa? Just curious to hear your perspective as someone who has owned both?

 

[Slowstang305]

Was never a fan. Kawasaki turned me off to their products by making unreliable waverunners with belt driven super chargers. It never sounded like a good idea to me....

 

[08BusaKY]

How did you like your zx14 compared to your Busa? Just curious to hear your perspective as someone who has owned both?

It would be my second choice over a busa. I like the looks and handling of the Busa better. It also seems to shift smoother. I am just a busa fan. I had a lot of Harleys too but would not go back.

 

[white.Busa]

Well I assume they can't sell these in Europe either because of the same emission limits that the Busa faces.

It is sold in Europe
here is the link from the greek official representative

ZZR1400 MY 2019 - Kawasaki Ελλάδα

 

[08BusaKY]

It is sold in Europe
here is the link from the greek official representative

ZZR1400 MY 2019 - Kawasaki Ελλάδα

I don't see a 2020 model. I do like the black and red better than the US color.

 

[white.Busa]

I don't see a 2020 model. I do like the black and red better than the US color.

Εuro 5 law, effective 1/1/2019. It's not going to change for the time being again, so Kawasaki since it's legal in 2019, it will be and the 2020.
The color is beautiful, the ZX14 is not beautiful!

 

[08BusaKY]

Εuro 5 law, effective 1/1/2019. It's not going to change for the time being again, so Kawasaki since it's legal in 2019, it will be and the 2020.
The color is beautiful, the ZX14 is not beautiful!

I guess it meets their standards as opposed to the Busa...

 

[Bumblebee]

Εuro 5 law, effective 1/1/2019. It's not going to change for the time being again, so Kawasaki since it's legal in 2019, it will be and the 2020.
The color is beautiful, the ZX14 is not beautiful!

I dunno, I like the ZX, it has it's own character much like the Busa. My favorite ZX color is the green though, a classic Kawi color.

 

[white.Busa]

I guess it meets their standards as opposed to the Busa...

Exactly. All unsolfd European Busas went for sale outside Europe, most in there in America,
with the necessary mileage changes etc.

 

[hayabuser]

How did you like your zx14 compared to your Busa? Just curious to hear your perspective as someone who has owned both?

I owned a 2010 ZX14 between my two Gen1 Busas (2001 and 2005) and my Gen2 (2009)... the 14 was a nice bike but too smooth for my liking. It was fast AF, no argument there but the dual-balance shaft engine was just so vibration-free that it was kind of boring. You know, a rip-your-arms-out-of-their-sockets kind of boring. It handled well, stopped great and had the best mirrors in the business but I replaced it with the '09 Hayabusa as the big bus just had more personality.

 

[Bumblebee]

I owned a 2010 ZX14 between my two Gen1 Busas (2001 and 2005) and my Gen2 (2009)... the 14 was a nice bike but too smooth for my liking. It was fast AF, no argument there but the dual-balance shaft engine was just so vibration-free that it was kind of boring. You know, a rip-your-arms-out-of-their-sockets kind of boring. It handled well, stopped great and had the best mirrors in the business but I replaced it with the '09 Hayabusa as the big bus just had more personality.

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That's dedication especially since everyone else is trying to get the Busa to perform like a ZX

 

[Mr Brown]

Was never a fan. Kawasaki turned me off to their products by making unreliable waverunners with belt driven super chargers. It never sounded like a good idea to me....

Belt driven blowers are an industry standard. Why do you think they were a bad idea on a waverunner? I'm just curious.

 

[Tached1300]

I owned a 2010 ZX14 between my two Gen1 Busas (2001 and 2005) and my Gen2 (2009)... the 14 was a nice bike but too smooth for my liking. It was fast AF, no argument there but the dual-balance shaft engine was just so vibration-free that it was kind of boring. You know, a rip-your-arms-out-of-their-sockets kind of boring. It handled well, stopped great and had the best mirrors in the business but I replaced it with the '09 Hayabusa as the big bus just had more personality.

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I almost had that same bike, same year and color, it was a leftover model and had been marked way down, I didn’t leave a deposit but planned to come back the next day to buy it, well it sold that following morning before I could get there, so I quickly looked around and found my 09 Busa and that was that