| Kawasaki Vulcan 900 |
| Written by Web Master |
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Julian's Review
One of the benefits of motorcycling is the type of “ride experience” you get from all different types of makes, models and genres of machines.
A Sportbike is an aggressive, fast paced, high acceleration experience with steep lean angles and fierce braking. A cruiser on the other hand is much more sedate with flowing turns, softer lean angles and torque based acceleration. They are both motorcycles and demand respect from anyone that rides either type of machine.
When Kawasaki invited me to test the Vulcan 900 in the wonderful Adirondack Mountains at Americade 2009 in upstate New York, I had to take them up on the offer; the Custom, Classic and Classic LT were the models available for us to ride.
Kawasaki Vulcan 900
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Julian's Review Cont...
The plan of action was to start out at the Americade headquarters and ride for two days, covering roughly 150 miles a day. Included in the ride would be lunch in Vermont on the first day and then onto Lake Placid to stop for the night. The second day would include a stop to ride the 1980 downhill Bob sled that has now been converted to be used as a summer attraction, at the much larger and technologically advanced new Lake Placid Bob sled site.
My first impression of the Vulcan was that it really is a pretty looking bike. Kawasaki has designed it with the right amount of chrome and leather for the classic and LT model to suit the harden chrome cruiser enthusiast, and the special edition Custom with its mat black pipes and no screen really has a great “mean-looking” streak to it. The orange head covers on the top of the engine really accentuate the look, and cool pin striping on the body and tank just add to the feel.
