VOLUME 57 ISSUE 23 JUNE 9, 2020 P73
There're four different riding modes on offer in
Sport, Road, Rain or Rider, the last of which you
can vary yourself for the throttle response (low or
high) and three-level traction control setting. I put
it in Rider Mode, set the power to high and the TC
to level one and it was happy days on the Ninja.
You get a six-axis Bosch Inertial Measurement
Unit on the Ninja for cornering ABS and traction
control mitigation, and thankfully, mercifully, Kawa-
saki has fitted cruise control as standard fitment
on a bike costing 12 grand. See, Ducati, you can
fit cruise control on a bike costing this much.
The chassis is for the most part the same as
before, although the 41mm fork has come in for
a slight revision to the low-speed circuit to give
smoother action over sharp bumps. The overall
ride is plush, certainly nothing like a full-faired
sport bike, and even though it says sport touring
on the packet, it's more touring than sport, if you
get my drift.
