Whick Kawasaki cruiser to buy??

[fishy pete]

Decided to part with my R1 and go down the cruiser route again.
Had a Harley Sportster before...didnt rate it much
and had a Drag Star year ago..enjoyed that but needed alot of work to do to it.
Finally found an absolute MINT condition R1..but here we go again..

Think i just enjoy owning different bikes..
really like the look of the Kawasaki VN cruisers..cant really justify a new one...must say the 2011 vn900 spec classic looks great..paintwork is awesome..

i just like a naked bike...none of the saddlebags and crap..

Budget going to be around £5000- £6k i guess
Cant decide which to go for. i like the look of the chunky vn900 classic but not sure to go for a bigger engine one..
Of course this pushes the money up..
The mean streak 1500/1600 ???

Has anyone had any experience with these.. whats the best engine, year model to go for??
and whats best to avoid??

Thnx Fishy Pete

[Seb]

Sounds like you want an MT-01 but you just haven't realised it yet, go get a test ride on one
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[keggyhander]

Forget kwaks, you don't want chain drive on a cruiser.

Try and find one of these, it's the best looking cruiser Japan ever produced (Yamaha XV1600 Wildstar):

https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/keggyhander/IMG_0134b.jpg

[fishy pete]

MT 01...Thats one ugly mother f****r
I want to ride a thing of beauty not a reject mecano kit

Want to run my hands over the sleek curves of the tank down to the fenders...ohh i am getting turned on ....LOL

[fishy pete]

Thats more like it Keggy.....
Like yr style very similar to the Yam Dragstar i had...but guess most of them do in one way or t`other!

Gonna look them up now

[P.addy]

Only one to consider...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rla9KU0m808

[SirEdward]

Why, this of course:

https://bigbikes.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/1986-yamaha-v-max.jpg

One of the older V-Max, 1.2L engine.
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[Moxey]

What about Kawasaki's W650, not quite a cruiser but still might be worth a look, they stopped making that model just under 10 years ago but you can still find a few, relaunched it recently as the W800 which is almost identical barring more cubes and loss of kickstart. Very nice looking classic imitate without the crappy reliability issues.
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[fishy pete]

I am leaning towards a Kawasaki VN1600 meanstreak

Ticks ALL the boxes for me

MUST be in black...anyone got one for sale??

[Livefast123]

A nice choice as far as cruiser go

A few for sale here :-
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kawasaki-VN-1600-MEANSTREAK-MOTORCYCLE-/290524841510?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item43a4a14626

or

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kawasaki-VN1600-Meanstreak-1600cc-Cruiser-/230583956324?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item35afdff364
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