Kawasaki Ninja 500R
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Search complete. 3 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Kawasaki Ninja 500R".
Sep 27, 2026
We Found A Secret Compartment in the GoldWing! (do NOT Listen!)
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14:27MotoGPeteHOST
But like I said, if you want to have a conversation about it, you'll need to lead the conversation, right? But you've got something to talk about.
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14:36MotoGPeteHOST
It's not like, oh, what are you doing? Oh, I'm just riding a Ninja 500 across the country, right? Like, I love a Ninja 500.
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14:43MotoGPeteHOST
There's not a lot you can say about a Ninja 500, right? Right,
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14:47SwiggyHOST
yeah.
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14:51MotoGPeteHOST
There's a lot of things to say about it.
Episode 34: Adam Child on MotoGP Testing, TT Racing & Modern Moto-Tech
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43:43Adam ChildGUEST
but they never nobody said okay we're going to produce this v-twin it's going in a sports bike oh yeah but it has to go in a multi-strandery type thing and it has to go in a super motard and it has to go in a so there's all these different manufacturers getting so much more out of that platform and the choice now is crazy like i did a 47 a2 test in the uk yesterday and if you try and line up all the bikes that have got low capacity you know like triumph have got a single cylinder of four different models ktm have got three different ways of doing the 390. honda have got that 500 twin which is in a sports bike, is in a naked, is in a retro, is in a cruiser.
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44:29Adam ChildGUEST
Then you go Kawasaki 500 twin.
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44:32Adam ChildGUEST
Okay, so they've got the naked, they've got the sports bikes, they've got the KLE 500 adventure bike.
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44:40Adam ChildGUEST
And that's just, we're only just tip of the iceberg.