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At least we're still getting updates, even if they are small. Kawasaki is just taking their sweet time.

It's very surprising that they are worried about it being too aggressive. I feel like a manufacturer in 2026 would have no issues at all correcting that with very few parts changes.

Nighthawk016 wrote: 08:45 pm Feb 14 2026 At least we're still getting updates, even if they are small. Kawasaki is just taking their sweet time.

It's very surprising that they are worried about it being too aggressive. I feel like a manufacturer in 2026 would have no issues at all correcting that with very few parts changes.

Well, one way to look at it is, that they're doing the polar opposite of Bajaj Mobility AG aka KTM brands, who make such frequent and significant design changes that the buyers of their motorcycles/dirtbikes end up being the beta testers to find all the design flaws and manufacturing shortcomings... Kawasaki has been developing this for several years, far longer than KTM/Bajaj Mobility AG / formerly named Pierer Mobility AG keeps their new model designs / technological advances before changing them drastically...

That "bike buyers as beta testers of new KTM designs" sentiment was not so much an observation by me, but rather echoing the sentiments which I've read all over the Internet in discussions pertaining to KTM brands vs Yamaha / Beta Motorcycles / Fantic / etc.

Also, the KX450 crank gear recall last year or thereabouts on only a short production run batch of gears definitely is/was mocked a lot and used in a negative context when discussing Kawasaki vs KTM etc, so it's likely that Kawasaki wants this to be perfection when released, as it's such a massive comeback that is hugely anticipated, they don't want ANY bad public relations or reliability connotations associated with it.