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A huge 200mm rear rire purs all that power to the ground, while a low sear height and sweeping pullback hand Promise all-day riding comfor!. \ y'ant an even more exclusive power tripf Check out the exclusive Vulcan 2000 Limited. Built in extremely low numbers, it features special two-aone paint, silver-painted frame, chrome inner en8ine covers, wheels and drive-belt pulley, plus a unique Limired badge. There! no biggec nor more exclusive,V-Twin on the road. . Two huge primary balancers help reduce vibration Senerated by the enormous 4-idch wide alloy pistons while a heavy 220mm diameter flywheel helps smooth out the pr.rsh-rodV-Twin! huge power . With a massive single-pin crank in the 52-degreeV configuration, the fuel-injected Vulcan 2000 engine produces a distinctive lumpy idle and an unmistakableV-Twin exhaust note with irs twin 46mm thmttle bodie! The road sign you just passed sap 49 miles of nerve-wracking, carsick-inducing hairpin turns ahead, Lucky you're on a Ninia@ ZXTM-6R. Because while many people prefer more sedate challenges, we built the "6R" to celebrate them. The 2006 Ninja ZX-6R gers irs back-road prowess from a lighrweigh. aluminum perimeter frame, proprietary Showa adiustable fork and shock, and super.wide l7-inch wheels and radial tires, all cloaked in the most aerodynamic boq/work available, To show its LED taillight to other 500- class contenders, the diSitally fuel-injected DOHC ln-line Four displaces 636cc, ensuring rhar you'll be up front when the fun begins. . By capitalizing on enSine improvements developed on rhe ZX-6RR, the class-leading ZX-6R producei very strong mid-range and exceptional peak power. . Fult adiustable 4l mm inverted cartridge fork fearur€s huge 25mm hollow front axle with twin pinch bolts. The fork is adiustable for sprinS preload and stepless rebound and compression damping. . Performance tricks include lightweight intake and exhausr valves, hollow camshafts, hot iridium spark plugs and individual iSnition coils, sintered aluminum valve springs and forged high-compression pisrons. AR!ZONA KA}VASAKI SUPERSTORE 540 N. Bullard Avenue Goodyear,AZ 8S338 (523) 932-r9 www'kawasakisuperstore.net HALE'S KAWASAKI 514 Madison Avenue Prescott.AZ 86301 (928) 44s-s730 KA}VASAKI OF BAKERSFIELD 5919 Rosedale Hwy. Bakersfield. CA 93308 (56 r) 53 r-9690 ADVANCED KAWASAKI 7241 OranterhorpeAvenue Buena Park, CA 90621 l7 t 4t 521 -7420 Kawasaki Let the good times roll.- AL/ABAMA ADAHS ]'IOTORSPORTS 528 N.E. Blvd. Monttomery,AL 36117 (334) 27r-ss00 ALASKA TEAH CC 13140 lris Way Eagle RivecAK 99577 (907) 694-3200 CALIFORNIA HAHH MOTORSPORTS ANAHEIT'I 125 E. Eall Road Anaheim- CA 92805 (7r4) s6]-t700 AUAURN POWER SPORTS 1460 Canal Street Auburn. CA 95503 (530) 823-s768 CYCLE NEWS . JUNE 14, 2006 57 t-. l_-z f I w Gi G# d I ,G \ I I rI d 'rt I Gi I TWO LITERS OF MUSCLE VULCAN@ 2OOO . VULCAN 2OOO LIMITED The old adage says there's no substitute for cubic inche!. One ride on theVulcan@ 2000 and you'll undersand. Displacing 2,053cc - more than one liter per cylinder - the Vulcan 2000 is the world! largest mass-produced V-Twin, and it Pumps out a stagserin8 l4l lbs.-ft. of torque with sophislicated digital fuel iniection and four valves per cylind{ 7 I f_ I L-r 3- ',/ / BRING ON THE TWISTED ROAD NINjA@ ZXfti {R ll .L I L.l il