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Vn250 Eliminator, New Bike From Kawasaki?


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Posted 09 June 2009 - 09:54 AM

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Heard from a dealer yesterday that Kawasaki will be launching their 250cc cruiser soon. The dealer was unable to offer much info besides that. The only Kawa with a 250cc in the Kawa stable is the VN 250 Eliminator which has been sold overseas for a while now. Has anyone more info or heard anything about this bike. It is said to have a full sized chassis that would look comfortable parked beside its bigger cousins & with a 33 bhp on tap with great attention paid to detail in a long dragster style. Who knows if it's priced well, i'm quite sure it might be the next possible upgrade for small bikers!


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Posted 09 June 2009 - 10:28 PM

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QUOTE (KLScoot @ Jun 9 2009, 09:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Heard from a dealer yesterday that Kawasaki will be launching their 250cc cruiser soon. The dealer was unable to offer much info besides that. The only Kawa with a 250cc in the Kawa stable is the VN 250 Eliminator which has been sold overseas for a while now. Has anyone more info or heard anything about this bike. It is said to have a full sized chassis that would look comfortable parked beside its bigger cousins & with a 33 bhp on tap with great attention paid to detail in a long dragster style. Who knows if it's priced well, i'm quite sure it might be the next possible upgrade for small bikers!



this news hv been circulating since January n kawasaki motor malaysia even put a picture on their website but hd been taken down n no news from them since....it look exactly like modenas jaguh(which is kawasaki eliminator 125 in euro)...the engine is a V-Twin,even it has more HP than ninja 250r(29hp vs 33hp) but dun expect it will perform better than ninja250r becoz of it weight n the "unsprung" weight the bike is carrying ... n its called kawasaki vulcan 250 not eliminator..the name "eliminator" had a bad reputation here in malaysia
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Posted 10 June 2009 - 02:46 AM

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heard the price is somewhere around 29k. v twin engine. is it CKD? better buy ER6 smile_tongue.gif
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Posted 10 June 2009 - 10:02 AM

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QUOTE (rageaccel2 @ Jun 10 2009, 02:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
heard the price is somewhere around 29k. v twin engine. is it CKD? better buy ER6 smile_tongue.gif


better buy jaguh then pasang sport rim sama dia...
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Posted 10 June 2009 - 03:26 PM

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QUOTE (rageaccel2 @ Jun 10 2009, 02:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
heard the price is somewhere around 29k. v twin engine. is it CKD? better buy ER6 smile_tongue.gif


i dun thing it CKD coz the price is the same as last year ckd's er6n...if ckd it must be price around ninja250r
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Posted 11 June 2009 - 12:16 PM

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the first Eliminator 250 sold for about 14K if i am not mistaken in 1996.

got a chance to lanyak this bike when i worked with AAM. they use eliminator as a plan to replace EX5 but later on too many of the mechanics crashed so they did not proceed with more purchase.

a kind of agree its nowrth 29K price tag as to compare to er6n. too pricey.

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Posted 12 June 2009 - 03:41 PM

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QUOTE (alldisc @ Jun 11 2009, 12:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
the first Eliminator 250 sold for about 14K if i am not mistaken in 1996.

got a chance to lanyak this bike when i worked with AAM. they use eliminator as a plan to replace EX5 but later on too many of the mechanics crashed so they did not proceed with more purchase.

a kind of agree its nowrth 29K price tag as to compare to er6n. too pricey.



betul tu bang, harga dia patut kena lebih sekali ganda harga jaguh ja...
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 08:52 PM

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The Kawasaki VN II 250cc is finally in the shops. Prices quoted are RM28,600 (full accessories) and RM27,274 for standard version! Was a big disappointment for me in terms of its price, had hoped that it would be priced more at the 250 Ninja's range of 20k+

Here are some pics i took for u guys! So what do u think? Worth paying almost 30k for a 250??










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Posted 25 June 2009 - 08:58 PM

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Posted 25 June 2009 - 09:02 PM

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With the prices quoted for the new cruiser, suddenly Vinox & Jaguh comes to mind as great a compromise between price vs. performance! only prob is Jaguh has been discontinued from the Modenas production lines & Kymco Venox 250 only available from grey importers!

Can anyone pls enlighten on the alternatives or if this Kwak is a great bargain! smile_question.gif

KYMCO VENOX 250! Drool guys!



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