Kawasaki Concours Forum
Riding => Rides and Stories => Topic started by: Armyguns on September 15, 2012, 07:59:32 AM
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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 (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.
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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. :)
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Nice! He forgot to mention the fact the chicks dig the Blue 2010's (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j180/stevewfl/bigthumb.gif)
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Good read and honest evaluation, and also good it "isn't" a BMW in some respects. ;)
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Nice! He forgot to mention that fat chicks dig the Blue 2010's (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j180/stevewfl/bigthumb.gif)
FIFY ;)
PS, FWIW, it has been proven that a select few awesome chicks like blue as well ;D
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A great write up! He should write for some of the magazines.
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He forgot to mention that fat chicks dig the Blue 2010's :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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.