What a beautiful road! Go Kawasaki!

owning a Z650RS myself, I believe it to be a completely new platform than the ER-6N - still the same engine though - try it - I find the riding position to be really nice and familiar unlike the naked version Z650 which I do not fit on very comfortably at all

Rough riding road, but lovely bikes. :)

@btgmoto

3 ай бұрын

Yep, that was a crappy road, but some beautiful views from the top!

@leeinwis

Ай бұрын

@@btgmoto shoulda had the scrambly Triumph 400

I'm a compulsive turn signal canceler as well... I left it on once and it almost killed me (car turned in front of me). PS: tell the lady to push that nose guard back in place.

Wow, do those Kawasaki's really weigh over 200kg? That's a lot! I think the Z650RS is somewhere around 185kg, so a lot lighter. I really fancy the Z650RS too, but I ended up buying a XSR 700 instead. Because they're a lot cheaper on the used market, since they've been around for a lot longer. Even with the A2 restriction on there it really is plenty of power for going around the fun roads, so I can imagine just how sweet that little Triumph is with it's even lower weight and better suspension!

@btgmoto

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, this generation was 204kg ready to ride! The Triumph is a lot lighter, and it's a lower-kinda weight too, so feels even lighter than that

the ER6 was launched in 2006 so closer to 20 years old

I'm a Triumph fanatic, and own a 765 RS. Yet I know that Kawasaki Z400 will run circles around Triumph Speed 400. I also own a Ninja 400.

@sleeper.simulant7327

4 ай бұрын

I have a Benelli Leoncino 500 which spec wise is close to the Speed 400 in terms of power to weight ratio both (.106 hp per lb) and also styled similarly, and I can tell you right now the Ninja 400 is quite a bit quicker then the Benelli, and the Ninja easily accelerates past 100, where the Benelli can’t even hit 100 and really starts the struggle past 80…

@sportmuaythaiv1045

4 ай бұрын

@@sleeper.simulant7327 I had a Benelli Fireball 50 back in 1966. I wasn't a good rider and would be left behind by a Honda sport 50 on twisty lake road. Yet the finishing end was a 1 mile straight. I would easily catch up with my friend, and pass him.

Nice video, I have a GPZ 500 with carbs, EX500 in the states here. No Fi bikes and none really planned in the future. I ride that twin along with my two VFRs weekly to work being in the sunbelt.

@sleeper.simulant7327

4 ай бұрын

EFI is vastly superior. Nothing I hate more than messing with carbs…

@ridervfr2798

4 ай бұрын

@@sleeper.simulant7327 That is what I grew up with, in my personal experience, once everything is dialed in regarding carbs, its maintenance free. You need to obviously use good ethanol free gas and ride your bikes regularly. Have you priced a fool pump for an FI bike lately? They can take my carbs from my cold dead hands. Peace.

@sleeper.simulant7327

3 ай бұрын

@@ridervfr2798 same here, first bike was a 1990 VFR750, next bike was a 1977 CB550K. Both carbed, just got my first EFI bike and won’t go back. Yeah a fuel pump may cost more but in terms of long term use/maintenance I’d argue the cost is lower, especially when you factor in time… doing anything carb wise on the VFR was a pain…

@ridervfr2798

3 ай бұрын

​@@sleeper.simulant7327Yes, I think of a story of an employer in the biz who I worked for, he bought a wrote off GSXR 750 from a salvage yard. It was an FI bike. We got it going for the race team, had some screwy electrical stuff going on, swing arm off, engine out no. I just remember him saying that it was a gentlemans' race bike, he never pulled the tank or even changed a spark plug. Used to turn it on to use the engine to walk it up the ramp of the race truck. My VFRs' I had for 30 years, engine out no. Everything else yes. I feel, once you put the sweat equity in something, could be a bike or a stereo, once its tuned its tuned. My biggest problem with the VFRs was the fuel tubes, once I replaced the o-rings with vitons everything was cool. I would not rule out a GSXR1000 as I was looking at one recently. It was 20,000 US dollars and I how much more would it do than my 2 VFRs and EX/GPZ 500 do for me? Not ruling out an FI bike but I like having cash> My 8 year old daughter is looking over my shoulder giving me grief. Have a nice day. PEaCe

@ridervfr2798

3 ай бұрын

@@sleeper.simulant7327 I typed a long reply and I dont think it transmitted. I looked at a current superbike fi model. It was 20,000 US out the door, what would it have done that my two VFRs and EX500/GPZ500 do>? Answer, not much.