My brother and his wife are avid motorcyclists. Tom's everyday ride is a 2004 BMW 1150RT.  He and I have had bikes since we were in our teens, and that was a LONG time ago.  He's tried my 2010 C14 several times and decided he might want to spend some additional time on one.  So they rented a 2010 C14 and set out on an extended ride.  He wrote up his impressions of the bike in this blog: 

http://tomspine.blogspot.com/2012/09/kawasaki-concours-14-ultimate-test-drive.html

This isn't about the trip.  It's about the bike.  He's a pretty observant guy, and doesn't reach conclusions without careful consideration. With the exception of NOT having an issue with the stock seat (good for him), I think he's hit all the common observations. 

If you make it all the way to the end of the write-up, there is an unexpected and abrupt end to their ride.  Thankfully, there were no injuries, but the bike went home on a trailer. 

Excellent read!  He touched on most of the points I had when I first got mine.  Also good to hear the ending turned out as well as it did.  Thanks for posting. 

Nice!  He forgot to mention the fact the chicks dig the Blue 2010's

Good read and honest evaluation, and also good it "isn't" a BMW in some respects.

Nice!  He forgot to mention that fat chicks dig the Blue 2010's

FIFY

PS, FWIW, it has been proven that a select few awesome chicks like blue as well

A great write up! He should write for some of the magazines.

He forgot to mention that fat chicks dig the Blue 2010's   

What a great write up on this bike, it should be sent to Kawasaki. Although I disagree about the looks of the bike, as I think the black ones are the coolest looking bikes on the road, he is absolutely correct about the handle bars.

I know the feeling of watching the tire pressure read out drop to zero, glad you kept the bike upright.