2024 Kawasaki Eliminator First Look [A Dozen Fast Facts]

The Kawasaki Z400 has a brand new pro-street fashion massive brother—the 2024 Kawasaki Eliminator. It marks a return of the Eliminator identify, which was first utilized by Kawasaki in 1985. Kawasakis utilizing the moniker have ranged in measurement from 125cc to 1000cc with engine configurations together with singles, parallel twins, V-twins, and inline-fours. So, let’s see what motorbike will get the Eliminator designation in 2024.

1. The 2024 Kawasaki Eliminator is powered by a stroked model of the engine utilized by the Z400 and Ninja 400 sportbikes. Kawasaki engineers lengthened the stroke by 6.8mm to bump the displacement of the Eliminator’s motor to 451cc. This places the parallel-twin-powered pro-street cruiser’s combustion chamber quantity simply 20cc wanting the Honda Insurgent 500’s parallel twin. The Eliminator motor places out a peak of 31.7 ft-lbs of torque at 7500 rpm, in comparison with the Ninja 400’s 28 ft-lb torque summit at 8000 rpm. The Eliminator will get a six-speed transmission with a slip-and-assist clutch.

2. Apropos of the Eliminator identify, the chassis is lengthy and low to evoke ideas of a dragster. The wheelbase stretches almost 60 inches, and the rake kicked out 30 levels. Path is spacious, at just below 5 inches. Uncommon for a motorbike with pro-street styling, a trellis body is employed.

3. The Eliminator will get an uncommon 18-/16-inch wheelset. Additionally, we hardly ever see IRC Grand Excessive Pace tires, however there they’re on the Eliminator. The tires are extensive at 130mm within the entrance and 150mm out again.

4. The 2024 Kawasaki Eliminator suspension has a retro look. The fork is a non-adjustable standard design, and the rear shocks are adjustable for spring-preload solely. Damping is mounted at each ends. The rear shocks are bolted to a die-cast field swingarm.

5. Whereas disc braking is normal, ABS is elective. Nissin provides the calipers for the disc on every wheel, and the elective ($300) ABS is Nissin.

6. The Eliminator’s ergonomics skew towards normal upright. The Eliminator’s seat is a bit decrease and farther again than on the Z400, whereas the grips are up and again with a flat handlebar bend, and the footpegs are barely down and ahead. The ergos are extra upright than the 650-class Kawasaki Vulcan S. Mixed, the Eliminator must be a bit roomier than the Z400, and the rider sitting nearer to vertical. The usual seat peak is a hair below 29 inches, with elective seats that sit at about 28 and 30 inches above the road.

7. Passenger lodging are normal on the Eliminator. Should you plan on using solo more often than not, a seat cowling is elective.

8. The LCD sprint is retro-round, with a contemporary contact—Bluetooth connectivity. The 2024 Kawasaki Eliminator is suitable with Kawasaki’s Rideology The App. The proprietor can observe how a lot (and the way laborious) the Eliminator is ridden thanks to classy GPS-assisted knowledge logging. Rideology The App can provide you with a warning when your paired smartphone will get a name or an e-mail.

9. The spherical headlight is LED, with the look of an incandescent bulb. The flip indicators and taillight have a extra modern look.

10. There are three flavors of Eliminator. The usual model does with out ABS, whereas—you guessed it—the ABS model has ABS. The SE ABS will get ABS, plus unique Sweet Metal Furnace Orange / Ebony paint with its personal graphics, dual-pattern rider seat cowl, a color-matched headlight cowling, fork gaiters, and a water-resistant powered USB-C outlet on the fitting handlebar. The usual and ABS variations of the Eliminator can be found in Pearl Robotic White. Pearl Storm Grey is unique to the usual model, whereas you need to get the ABS mannequin if you need Metallic Flat Spark Black Paint.

11. Equipment not but talked about embody a helmet lock, body slider equipment, tank pad, radiator trim, and a taller display screen for the SE’s headlight cowling.

12. All three 2024 Kawasaki Eliminator fashions must be at your sellers now, or very quickly. The record value for the usual Eliminator is $6649. You pay $300 extra for the ABS model, and add one other $300 on prime of that for the Eliminator SE ABS.

2024 Kawasaki Eliminator Specs

ENGINE

• Kind: Parallel twin
• Displacement: 451cc
• Bore x stroke: 70.0 x 58.5mm
• Most torque: 32 ft-lbs @ 7500 rpm
• Compression ratio: 11.3:1
• Valve prepare: DOHC, 4 vpc
• Fueling: EFI w/ 32mm oval throttle our bodies
• Cooling: Liquid
• Transmission: 6-speed w/ Optimistic Impartial Finder
• Last drive: Sealed chain

CHASSIS 

• Body: Metal trellis
• Entrance suspension; journey: Non-adjustable 41mm fork; 4.7 inches
• Rear suspension: Spring-preload adjustable shocks; 3.5 inches
• Tires: IRC Grand Excessive Pace GS-23
• Entrance tire: 130/70 x 18
• Rear tire: 150/80 x 16
• Entrance brake: 310mm disc w/ 2-piston Nissin caliper
• Rear brake: 240mm petal disc w/ 2-piston Nissin caliper
• ABS: Non-compulsory ($300)

DIMENSIONS and CAPACITIES   

• Wheelbase: 59.8 inches
• Rake: 30 levels
• Path: 4.8 inches
• Seat peak: 28.9 inches (28.1- and 30.1-inch seats elective)
• Gasoline tank capability: 3.7 gallons

CURB WEIGHTS

• Commonplace: 386 kilos
• ABS: 388 kilos
• ABS SE: 390 kilos

COLORS 

• Pearl Robotic White (normal and ABS)
• Pearl Storm Grey (normal solely)
• Metallic Flat Spark Black (ABS solely)
• Sweet Metal Furnace Orange / Ebony (SE ABS solely)

PRICES

• 2024 Kawasaki Eliminator: $6649 MSRP
• 2024 Kawasaki Eliminator ABS: $6949
• 2024 Kawasaki Eliminator ABS SE: $7249

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