New Ninja 1000?

[Art Johnson]

aha, haven't ridden any, but still got an opinion.
the concours has lotsa power, so tire life may be shorter. ymmv.
the fjr has cruise, nice feature for flat-landers.

the gpz is still pretty good, as lots have said.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Scappaticci" <scapco at ecentral.com>
To: "Art Johnson" <art-j at shaw.ca>
Sent: Friday, 6 December, 2013 3:33:00 PM
Subject: Re: New Ninja 1000?

I've ridden all three and to me there was no comparison, the Connie won
hands down.

I was fortunate to ride the Connie and the Ninja through the tight twisty
canyons west of Denver and was amazed at how nimble the Connie was and how
confidence inspiring it was, one could instantly ride it fast.  I liked the
Ninja 1000, but had the same concern as others about wind protection and
after having ridden the GPZ through the Canadian Northwest and into Alaska
in heavy rains, I can say I would have no desire for less protection.  I
liked the FJR, comfortable, good wind protection, and handled okay, but it
did not seem quite as comfortable or confidence inspiring as the Connie did
to me, but then again I'm not the tallest person so YMMV.  If I wasn't
paying $1500 a month in child support and college tuition, I'd be down
buying a new Connie tomorrow.  And of course the damn dealer has a
beautiful blue Connie on sale.  :-(

Charles S.


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Dave King <oldfr8dog at yahoo.com> wrote:

> That's a lot of support for the FJR. I have been going back and forth
> between the FJR and the Kawasaki Concours 1400. You guys are pushing me
> toward the FJR!  Any comments on the Connie?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Dec 6, 2013, at 3:56 PM, dominatr37 <dominatr37 at optonline.net> wrote:
> >
> > This is actually the hooligan version Z1000 Not the Ninja 1000 sorry.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ralph L. Angelo, Jr.
> > Author of cool stuff.
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