VOL. 55 ISSUE 26 JULY 3, 2018 P99
Those who long for the days
of a sideways Eddie Lawson
and Laguna Seca can
now live them with the new
Kawasaki Z900RS Café
flowing, the headlight is a center-
piece and ducktail exhausts have
a splendid look to them—the Kawa-
saki Z900RS Café is a motorcycle
that looks and feels just right.
This was a nice test to compile
as my parents were recently out
from Australia for my son's first
birthday. I hadn't been riding with
Dad in a very long time, and it was
cool to show him my SoCal back-
yard on the 900RS Café.
Anyway, back to the bikes.
I feel I have a basis for compari-
son between this and the stan-
dard 900RS.
A
couple of weeks ago, we
got a comment from reader
Steve Ferraz. "Sometimes,
people get things right," he said.
Steve was referring to the unveil-
ing of the bronze Nicky Hayden
statue in Owensboro, Kentucky,
but I think it's also an apt line for
describing the 2018 Kawasaki
Z900RS Café.
This is a classic design made
for the digital generation. I have a
huge soft spot for 1970s/1980s
superbikes, so when I first saw
pics of the Café I damn near wet
myself. The lines are lovely and
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JIM SCAYSBROOK
SUPERBIKE
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