Look at the essence through data, talk about motorcycles through trends, hello everyone, I like to use data thinking to talk about motorcycles (the platform is limited, and it is not easy to meet.) Pony is not talented, ask for attention. Recently, Kawasaki released a new Ninja 500 and Z500 two models, although it has not yet been listed in China, but there have been all kinds of praise on the Internet, all of which are touted as Kawasaki 400 upgrades, and there is a big sense that the two will continue the meaning of the Kawasaki myth, but Xiao Ma feels that whether it can be continued depends on the price, if the price is much lower than the Kawasaki 400 series, then I think it can be continued, otherwise it is basically no fun!Why?Please see what we share in this issue!
Family Legacy No surprises in the cosmetic changes.
*The Ninja 500 and Z500 continue the design elements of the 400 series, including the core components such as the steel tube lattice and suspension system, as well as the styling design of the whole vehicle.
Through the above comparison chart, you can see that if you look at it from a distance, you can basically not see the difference between the two, which is better to sayInheritance of family lineage, the ugly part isEat the old book, not enterprisingBut after all, they are all general-purpose parts, and the cost will be easier to compress for car manufacturers, and the feedback to the price should most likely not be much higher than the 400 series, and may even be lower!If it's really about 10,000 high, it can only be said that it is dead.
In fact, compared with the 400 series, the 500 series still has some fine-tuning in some details, and what can be clearly perceived is that there are more sidesOne-piece fixed air wingThe overall change is not big, a bit similar to the improvement of the Qianjiang Race series, but the gap in details is not as big as the improvement of the Race series, I feelThe appearance of Kawasaki 500 is really a bit of a plagiarism of the Qianjiang race series, mainly because he hasn't copied it yetWhy?Let's take a look at the engine upgrade to see some clues.
Movement upgrade The displacement is upgraded, and the horsepower is smaller.
Although the Kawasaki Ninja500 is advertised as an upgrade to the Ninja400, the actual displacement of the Ninja 500 is only 451cc, and the bore and stroke of the engine are 700x58.6mm, while the Ninja400 has a bore and stroke of 70x518mm, that is to say, this engine is based on the Ninja400 to increase the stroke of the engine, thus increasing the engine displacement, but the funny thing,Obviously, the displacement has increased, but the maximum power has decreased！We can take a look at the specific engine parameters.
Through the data comparison table, it can be intuitively seen that the maximum power of Kawasaki has decreased by 1 after the upgrade6kw, this is not what surprised me, the most incomprehensible thing for me is that many bloggers on the Internet boast that its torque has increased significantly, and indeed the upgraded Kawasaki 500 torque has increased by 56n.m, but what am I doing with a low twist in a imitation race?I really don't know what the point of doing this is!This is also the reason why I would say that Kawasaki can't copy the homework, let's take a look at the performance of the race series that was also upgraded from 400 to 450 on the engine.
It is also to increase the stroke of the engine, and the maximum horsepower of Qianjiang's race 450 is to race 400 to make a full 6kw, which is really called engine upgrade. And after the upgrade, the maximum torque of the Sai 450 is also a little higher than that of the Kawasaki 500.
In fact, many people complained that Qianjiang copied Kawasaki's engine, but now Kawasaki obviously learned Xi Qianjiang's car-making plan, the key is that the learning has not yet learned, and the whole is such a mysterious operation of expanding the cylinder and reducing the horse, not to mention that increasing the low-torque performance is also an upgradeBesides, Kawasaki's predecessor race series has also improved its low torque.
Original I don't know if the price is added, but the configuration is original.
According to the information released by Kawasaki at present, in addition to the configuration of the instrument here has been greatly upgraded, there is no substantial change, it is said that along with the instrument upgrade there is also the car machine intelligent assistance system, but the specific auxiliary functions are still unknown. If you want to know how original the Kawasaki 500 is, you can take a look at the configuration list of these four models of Kawasaki.
In fact, it can be intuitively seen from the list that only the meter has been upgraded here.
But if you say that this set of meters can increase the cost performance of the Kawasaki 500?Please, a few years ago, domestic cars have popularized TFT smart meters, okay, maybe the most unacceptable thing for many friends who love Kawasaki is that the front shock absorber that has been complained about for so long has not been replaced with an inverted front shock reduction after this upgrade, this really hopes that Kawasaki can learn Xi learn a full set, and see if the race 450 is upgraded compared to the race 400.
Compared with the Race 400, the Race 450 not only replaces several core configurations with a larger brand, but even the TCS traction control system is directly arranged, and I think this kind of change really deserves to be called a version upgrade.
The body is adjusted to be old and old, and it is pretended.
As mentioned above, the Kawasaki 500 series has no body adjustments compared to the 400 series, and it may not be very convincing without parameter assistance.
Through the wheelbase, car length, sitting height and ground clearance and other parameters, you can intuitively feel how slight the changes between the two versions are, and the adjustment range does not exceed 5mm, and it feels that the measurement error is not large. If you think it's nothing, we can compare Kawasaki's predecessor Qianjiang race series.
But from the parameters, you can see how big the size gap between the race 400 and the race 450 is, it feels like it is not a mold out of the model at all, in fact, the appearance of the race series is also very large, you can take a look at the comparison chart of the race series below.
Seriously, this kind of appearance improvement can be regarded as a version upgrade, right?
The class gets an axe and plays with a big knife in front of the gate.
This upgrade of the Kawasaki 500 is really similar to the previous version upgrade of the Haojue Suzuki GSX250, of course, if the Kawasaki 500 is a little stronger than the Haojue Suzuki GSX, after all, the GSX dares to sell the car as an upgraded version every time it just changes the decal, but the Kawasaki 500 also changed the engine, although this change is better than not changing. Judging from the current engine parameters, if the price of the Kawasaki 500 series is within 50,000, it can barely be considered, otherwise it is really better to look at the Qianjiang Race 450!In fact, with so many complaints, I still hope that Kawasaki can look directly at the Chinese market, and it is far from cool to be so confused?
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