No real new info, but nice pics...
but invalid marketing speak like this:
"The new 2015 Concours 14 is all new with an even more sport-oriented flair about it."
99.99% the same as the 2010-2014 but it is suddenly "all new"?
"The added rear preload and newly designed front steering seal actually help make the chassis come alive."
Um, right.
"On the touring side of things a new electronically controlled windscreen"
Wow, I guess ours is manually cranked or something
Nice pics, though
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/reviews/2015-kawasaki-concours14-abs-first-ride-motorcycle-review
Thanks for the well wishes. Freaky, but I didn't even get an adrenaline rush from the incident. Maybe that happens with age.Pretty weak write up. Homeboy acts like the bike just came out. If you don't know about the Connie already, you shouldn't be writing about it.
FWIW, Cycle News online has a nine page test of the new C14. Will read it tomorrow, when I have a day off...
http://cyclenews.uberflip.com/i/467812 Hope this works for you... tomp
Pretty weak write up. Homeboy acts like the bike just came out. If you don't know about the Connie already, you shouldn't be writing about it.Agreed. He spent way too much time complaining about the linked brakes. What I don't get, is how a writer for a motorcycle magazine had never ridden a Concours 14 before. They've only been around for eight + years now. Sadly, even with nine pages of report, I read nothing I didn't already know, except some riders don't understand how to ride with linked brakes.
Thanks for the link though.
Agreed. He spent way too much time complaining about the linked brakes. What I don't get, is how a writer for a motorcycle magazine had never ridden a Concours 14 before. They've only been around for eight + years now. Sadly, even with nine pages of report, I read nothing I didn't already know, except some riders don't understand how to ride with linked brakes.
He writes like he hasn't ridden any ST bike before. Like the whole class is new to him.That's a shame for him. I've had a ZZR1200, Sprint 1050 ST, several RT's, and the C14. all fun and exciting bikes to ride. Some more sport , some more touring, but all enjoyable in their own way. There's more to riding than just knee dragging, and hopefully he learned that from his test/ review ride.