“Superb ride that just leaves you oozing confidence.... Plenty quick enough without needing to go to the 1000cc and handles everything I have thrown at it.”
“This bike is a fantastic purchase. It might lack the bells and whistles of modern electronics however it is an absolute joy to ride. It might be slightly on the heavy side but with sublime balance and very torquey engine it makes for an absolute weapon on twisty roads. Up to about 90mph acceleration is brutal. After that things really take a turn for the mellow. Fourth fifth and sixth gears are relatively calm. Especially compared to first three which are not easy on the wrists.
Reliability is as expected from Kawasaki on the highest of levels. I experienced two falls, bike crashed in to the back of me and I had a too close for comfort encounter with a hedge. And after all that bike has nothing more than couple of barely noticeable scrapes and new set of pegs and tail tidy. Rest is almost unimpressed with the amount of punishment I threw at it.
All of that, wrapped in one of the sexiest bodies I've seen (or in my opinion the sexiest) plus with a Scorpion GP exhaust it sounds like horde of stampeding Gods riding dragons hole both play heavy metal.
I absolutely love my bike. I've done 12 000 miles. Yes that's twelve thousand miles in 12 months I've had her. And I wholeheartedly expect at least tripe that before she's gone.”
