{"id":30535,"date":"2021-12-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=30535"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:45:28","slug":"thoughts-surprise-z650rs-kawasaki-relentless-suzuki-katana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20211207\/blogs\/thoughts\/thoughts-surprise-z650rs-kawasaki-relentless-suzuki-katana","title":{"rendered":"[Thoughts] Surprise! Now the Z650RS? Kawasaki is relentlessly strong. Please, Suzuki, fight back with the Katana!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-1150665924\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/09ad6581-e0f3-4cc4-9393-734f38236b2a.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/09ad6581-e0f3-4cc4-9393-734f38236b2a.png 512w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/09ad6581-e0f3-4cc4-9393-734f38236b2a-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here it comes\u2014the Z650RS (parallel twin). It&#8217;s like anything goes now. <br>I have a feeling this one will sell out too. <br><br>I really wish Suzuki would fight back with the Katana (\uff1b\u2200\uff1b) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/88a76fda-b29d-4521-a02b-5df21c3babc8-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/88a76fda-b29d-4521-a02b-5df21c3babc8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/88a76fda-b29d-4521-a02b-5df21c3babc8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/88a76fda-b29d-4521-a02b-5df21c3babc8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/88a76fda-b29d-4521-a02b-5df21c3babc8.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kawasaki.com\/en-us\/motorcycle\/z\/retro-sport\/z650rs\/2022-z650rs?cm_re=MPP-_-Z650RS:MODELS-_-VIEWSPECSDETAILS\">From Kawasaki&#8217;s overseas site <\/a> <br>They&#8217;re pulling out these subtly cool colors again&#8230; it&#8217;s amazing. <br>But this is&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2_l.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/2_l.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/2_l-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just the Z650 with different bodywork plus a bit more, right? In a way, that&#8217;s clever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suzuki&#8217;s good at this kind of thing too, right? The new Katana is based on the GSX-S1000. <br>They&#8217;d have to make a Katana from the SV650&#8230; <br><br>A round-headlight naked bike\u2014there&#8217;s really only the SV. <br>Without something appealing, sales suffer and fans drift away. <br>That&#8217;s just how hobbies work, I think. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Kawasaki Z650RS 2022 Review | New Kawasaki Z650 RS Road Test in Marseille | Visordown.com\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yKOL2O-qrj8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First and foremost, it has to look cool. <br>You know how there&#8217;s food that tastes good but looks&#8230; well, not so great. <br>Having both is ideal, but something that satisfies your desire to own it is really powerful (*&#8217;\u03c9&#8217;*) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day Suzuki gives up and starts pushing Kawasaki might not be far off (\uff9f\u0414\uff9f) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here it comes\u2014the Z650RS (parallel twin). It&#8217;s like anything goes now. I have a feeling this one will sell out too. I really wish Suzuki would fight back with the Katana (\uff1b\u2200\uff1b)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[269],"class_list":["post-30535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thoughts","tag-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}