VOLUME 59 ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY 8, 2022 P75
T
he last couple of years,
I've tested a great
many motorbikes. Too
many to remember the nu-
ances of every single bike,
as only the truly great ones
really stand out.
I had a Z900 back in the
early weeks of 2020, right
as the pandemic was kicking
off, and I thought I'd have a
little look over my article to
see if what I'd said about the
model still held weight.
"The suspension action in
traffic was nice and plush, of-
fering good road comfort and
holding, but up the pace and
the spec of the springers be-
gins to show through," read
my 2020 Kawasaki Z900
review. "Heavy braking would
see the fork plunge through
the stroke, and conversely,
trying to ride fast and get on
the gas early would have the
shock sink in its stroke and
you'd run wide.
"The suspension is de-
signed primarily for com-
muting and medium-speed
riding, so if you start riding
aggressively fast, you'll begin
to reach the limits pretty
quickly."
Now, I'd never lay claim to
having a manufacturer listen
to one of my criticisms and
actually act on them, so I must
not have been the only one to
throw a touch of shade at the
Z900's suspension.
&
Nips
Tucks
The Kawasaki
Z900 gets the
SE treatment
for 2022. We
nabbed one for
a week to see
what's up
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
