Finally seen one today at
www.atlashonda yamaha.com and it has no takers yet. If anyone is interested its located in Bristol Virginia Tennessee home of the worlds fastest half mile race track.
It was sitting beside a FJR so that was nice to compare it to. Damn the Concours is wide, looks alot like the ST1300, much wider than the FJR.
Why are the mirrors so low ? Must have been at least 5 or 6 inches lower than the FJR. Kawi should have just mounted them on the front forks. The mirror arms start out silver then turn black and then back to silver again for part of the mirror housing. Looks like you have put some sort of ugly aftermaret mirror extenders on it. Sorry to harp on mirrors but just didnt care for the location or look for them at all. The fairing doesnt come up very high to the windscreen and there is a big gap on each side between the two, almost looks like something is missing. Screen itself looks like it would do a good job.
With the fairing not coming up very high and the mirror so low your hands are taking a direct blast at all times so if you plan on riding this one when its cool or cold I suggest heated grips as your first upgrade.
The hard bags look good but appear to be rather small, hard to tell from just looking but its good that Kawi has finally understood how to make a nice integrated hard bag after all these years.
Wheels are beautiful, BMW like and the tires on this particular one was the new BT021 Stones. I have had them on the ZZR for about 2 months and they are the best I have had yet.
Instrument panel is laid out nice and clean looking. Again, BMW like in my opinion.
Glove compartment ? Not sure why they bothered. It might hold the owners manual and looks like crap JMO.
No key hole. That looks odd. Just turn the knob to on and if the key is in your pocket it will start. Sure is nice not to have to fumble with a key or forget and leave it in your pocket them try to dig it out after you are on the bike (like me). Best feature on the bike in my opinion.
Nice big rear rack, looks to be as useable as the one on the KLR.
Still dont care for the one big can. Looks better in person than in the pictures but still.......
Sharp, comfortable bike overall. As with any motorcycle it has a few little things that you would learn to look over if you owned one but I'm looking more toward adventure tourer myself. Anyone want to buy a cheap ZZR ?
