2020 KAWAS AKI Z900 ABS
R I D E R E V I E W
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I
've gotta be honest. I did not love
the Kawasaki Z900—at first. It was
a bike that didn't wow me in any
great fashion, but to be fair, it didn't
do anything bad, either.
It was just another UJM (universal
Japanese motorcycle).
Then I had a deeper look, namely at
how many folding greenies this thing
would cost me. At that point, things
started to get a bit more appealing. You
can have this rather sexy little motorbike
for an MSRP starting at $8999, putting
it equal to the least expensive (saying
cheap sounds, well, cheap) bike in the
class in the Yamaha MT-09, which is
effectively the same bike it's been since
it came out seven years ago. The real
geeky ones of you out there will note
that when the Z900 came out in 2017,
its MSRP was $8399, so yes, while it
has gone up, everyone else has gone up
more, and there's a lot more you get for
your money with the 2020 edition.
The Z900 will
handle the
backroads well
but excels in
traffic.
THE PRICE
IS RIGHT
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
Kawasaki's given their
sporty naked a bit of a
facelift for 2020 and kept
the price on the right
side of $10k
