What makes the Ninja 1000 so great?
Silverbird:
Looking a all kinds of different new bikes, but I hear this 1000 is a gem. Any nit picks you can't fix with the aftermarket?
blakebird:
six of the top eight threads in Mfr Row/Kawasaki are about it :bigok:
It's just another bike - like any of them, some love it, some dont.... and some think their Bandit is the be-all, end-all :lol:
I've only had mine a short time, I haven't lived with it on the road for a week yet.
Haven't bonded with it yet so that it feels comfortable throwing it around at a pace.
But, all indications so far are that it's going to be a helluva lot of fun - and it got as far as my garage by having a few features I like.
Comfort, range, and hella power where you can use it.
You anywhere near Denver? You could take mine for a spin.
ray916mn:
I've done about 9K on mine.
What makes the bike great is the relatively low weight, combined with good power/power curve, handling and availability of hard bags.
One nit I have not seen solved is the bar angle is not to everyone's taste, nor is the bar height. Some people would like a higher bar, some would like a lower bar. I expect that a set of ConvertiBars would fix the problem to anyone and everyone's satisfaction, but I haven't heard of anyone actually trying them.
The other nit is, the bike seems to chew front tires when ridden aggressively in turns. In over 30 years of riding on over two dozen bikes from almost every maker, I've never had a bike which wore its the sides of its front tire so fast. Front tire seems to last fine when ridden straight up and down in terms of tire longevity, but do nothing but twisties on it, and the front tire wears as fast as the rear.
JSharp:
I can agree that the front tire wears almost as fast as the rear. It's the first bike I've owned that did this.
To comment to the OP, as long as you don't expect the bike to be ZX10 or a Concours it's a great bike. Fast enough and sporty enough to be fun but easy to ride and live with day to day. It's a lot like street bikes used to be in the days before they became so specialized. It reminds me a lot of the '81 GPz 1100 I bought new.
Silverbird:
Is this motor tuned the same as the Z1000's? I hear the Z1000 is a buzz factory but also that the Ninja is counterbalanced.
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