{"id":214512,"date":"2023-06-28T14:18:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T11:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/desert-adventurer\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T14:20:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T11:20:07","slug":"desert-adventurer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/desert-adventurer\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert adventurer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kawasaki W650, produced from 1999 to 2007, was a retro throwback to 1960s British standards, with this model remaining one of the most beautiful factory bikes, combining vintage aesthetics and remarkable performance. Modern handling, engine and reliability make for a jewel of a motorcycle. Rick Hannah of London&#8217;s Dirty Dick&#8217;s Motos, who says he is more often paid with a beer than money, is sure to start taking more orders and recognition following his stunning rebuild of the W650, nicknamed the &#8220;Posh Sled&#8221;. It&#8217;s changed both mechanically and externally, but retains the authenticity and spirit of a machine that clearly looks like it&#8217;s ready to escape.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-214498 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-8-1.jpg-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-8-1.jpg-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-8-1.jpg-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-8-1.jpg-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-8-1.jpg-1536x1025.webp 1536w, 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https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-12.jpg.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-214502 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-23-1.jpg-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-23-1.jpg-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-23-1.jpg-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-23-1.jpg-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-23-1.jpg-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-23-1.jpg.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-214504 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-35.jpg-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-35.jpg-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-35.jpg-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-35.jpg-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-35.jpg-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-35.jpg.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-214506 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-43.jpg-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-43.jpg-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-43.jpg-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-43.jpg-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-43.jpg-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-43.jpg.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-214508 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-52.jpg-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-52.jpg-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-52.jpg-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-52.jpg-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dirty-dicks-kawasaki-w650-scrambler-52.jpg-1536x1025.webp 1536w, 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Modern handling, engine and reliability make for a jewel of a motorcycle. Rick Hannah of London&#8217;s Dirty Dick&#8217;s Motos, who says he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":214618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18513],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-men-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214513,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214512\/revisions\/214513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}