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KAWASAKI VULCAN S CAFE 14,695
Monthly premium: $41.25
Excess: $250
Agreed Value Full Cover premium including Apparel cover,
Roadside Assistance, Track Day cover, Keys and Locks
cover, Completion of Journey costs, Salvage Costs. The
quoted premium is based on the following assumptions:
Experienced rider, over 25, living in Auckland, correct
NZ Licence for the Motorcycle, no claims or convictions
within the last 5 years, private use only.
can have a lot of fun before you are gouging
smooth circular grooves in the tarmac. At 225kg
the Vulcan is not too heavy, but it certainly isn’t
light, and that 650cc parallel twin DOHC engine
is a superb unit. The way it builds power through
the rev range is linear and rapid, and it responds
in a very pleasing manner when used in earnest.
I got used to wringing its neck, everywhere,
and damn it, the bike liked it! And that exhaust
bellow added piquancy to the experience.
52 KIWI RIDER
With the engine delivering 54hp at 7000rpm
the Vulcan is a ripping hoot to get to the shops
and back, but it wasn’t until I took it for an open
road burn of a good couple of hundred kays, in
the company of bigger bikes, that I discovered
just how wrong first impressions can be. While
preloading with coffee I had an experienced
biker come up and say he had seen it, wanted
one and thought it looked very cool. Seconds
later a middle-aged woman came up and asked