Improved heat management helps deflect engine heat
A shorter coolant pipe simplifies oil screen maintenance
Saddlebags feature new styling and a new, double-layer belted lid embossed with the Vulcan logo
New document pouch snaps into saddlebag (also available as an accessory)
New two-tone color combination
Kawasaki Vulcan Classic 1700 lt specification:
| Engine | Four-stroke, liquid-cooled, SOHC, four valve per cylinder, 52° V-twin |
| Displacement | 1,700cc / 103.7ci |
| Bore x stroke | 102 x 104mm |
| Compression ratio | 9.5:1 |
| Maximum Torque | 108 lb-ft @ 2250 |
| Final Drive | Belt |
| Cooling System | Liquid, plus cooling fins |
| Induction | Digital fuel injection, dual 42mm throttle bodies |
| Ignition | TCBI with Digital Advance |
| Transmission | Six-speed with overdrive |
| Frame Type | Steel, double-cradle with box-section single-tube backbone |
| Rake/Trail | 30° / 6.7 in. |
| Front Suspension / wheel travel | 43mm hydraulic fork / 5.5 in. |
| Rear Suspension / wheel travel | Swingarm with twin air-assisted shocks, with 4-way rebound damping / 3.1 in. |
| Front Tire Size | 130/90×16 |
| Rear Tire Size | 170/70×16 |
| Brakes, front / rear | Dual 300 mm discs, dual twin-piston calipers / Single 300 mm disc, twin-piston caliper |
| Overall length | 98.4 in. |
| Overall width | 40.4 in. |
| Overall height | 57.7 in. |
| Seat height | 28.3 in. |
| Ground Clearance | 5.1 in. |
| Curb weight | 798 lbs. |
| Fuel capacity | 5.3 gal. |
| Wheelbase | 65.6 in. |
| Color Choices | Metallic Imperial Red/Metallic Titanium |
