Kawasaki carry Eliminator title again with new 451 cc cruiser

2024 Kawasaki Eliminator

Kawasaki’s new Eliminator has been confirmed for Australia with each a typical and SE model to roll in to the LAMS class, in what’s more likely to be a competitively priced and efficiency pushed cruiser accessible to new riders who don’t thoughts a extra fashionable bundle.

The 451 cc powerplant seems to be a stroked Ninja 400 spinoff, retaining the 70 mm bore, however growing to a 58.6 mm stroke, to clarify that 52 cc capability improve.

From a efficiency perspective, we really see the claimed energy determine drop to 33.4 kW from the Ninja 400’s 35 kW, if at a barely decrease 9000 rpm, however this isn’t shocking, given this can be a cruiser.

As an alternative we see a good enhance in torque to 42.6 Nm at a a lot decrease 6000 rpm, up 5.6 Nm and arriving 2000 rpm ahead of the bike’s sportier 399 cc cousins.

The liquid-cooled parallel-twin format is retained, so for these hoping for a V-twin will likely be left disenchanted, though a slip and help clutch, six-speed gearbox and 176 kg kerb mass are good to see, particularly contemplating that’s with a minimum of 90 per cent of the 13 litre gasoline tank full.

Seat peak is an inviting 735 mm too, with pretty rear set foot controls providing a extra compact set to ‘peg ratio, reasonably than stretched out ahead controls.

Photographs reveal what appears like a good attain to these ‘bars, which ought to guarantee an upright seating place for many riders, with near a 90-degree angle on the knee.

In comparison with the Z400 the Eliminator affords a decrease seat, extra ahead foot controls and taller bars, whereas a comparability to the bigger Vulcan S demonstrates that tighter seat to ‘peg ratio and longer attain to the ‘bars.

A high-tensile metal trellis body is run, and mated to a set of 41 mm telescopic forks, in addition to twin shocks, the previous mirroring what we see on the Ninja 400 and Z400 so far as forks.

Journey is 120 mm entrance and a shorter 90 mm on the rear, with floor clearance of 150 mm.

The wheel combo is an 18 inch entrance and 16 inch rear, working 130/70 entrance and 150/80 rear rubber, with a single 310 mm entrance rotor and two-piston caliper setup.

The rear runs a 240 mm rear rotor with one other two-piston caliper, and ABS is normal fitment in Australia.

A single spherical LED headlight retains issues easy on the entrance finish, with LED lighting all spherical, and smartphone connectivity is normal with a spherical LCD sprint run off-set on the bars.

The Eliminator SE provides a headlight cowl, color matched to the Particular Version color, alongside a two-pattern seat, and handlebar mounted USB-C outlet.

An adjunct excessive and low seat are additionally accessible to additional tailor the ergonomics to totally different peak and dimension riders, dropping the seat peak to only 715 mm on the Low seat and as much as 765 mm on the Excessive seat.

It appears like Kawasaki have stored the exhaust pretty clear, with a small collector and a reasonably non-descript muffler, which receives a blacked out head defend on the SE, to match the remainder of the blacked out elements, like fork tubes and body.

A protracted and low tank receives a lot of the paint, in addition to the tail and entrance guard, with a neo-retro theme more likely to maintain vast enchantment, if in all probability not inside the historically minded riders, or those that need a cruiser dripping in chrome and black paint.

Spherical blacked out mirrors be a part of non-adjustable blacked out levers, and there’s a pillion seat, for two-up using.

Pricing and availability will likely be introduced nearer to the discharge date, however US pricing the Eliminator carries a pretty big premium over the Ninja 400 for comparability, and lands very near in all probability its closest competitor – the Honda CMX500 (Insurgent 500).

It’ll be attention-grabbing to see the place it lands so far as on-road pricing right here in Australia.

2024 Kawasaki Eliminator Specs