So to the point. The clean silhouette of the motorbike is like a template that should be used as a pictogram on road signs: "motorcycle-only road" - although it is unclear whether there are any such roads.
Riding the 2023 RS is like riding a state-of-the-art motorbike where you don't have to get used to anything or learn anything - a great art in 'today's world'. It is known in advance what you will find at the helm of the Kawasaki Z900RS. "Normal" frame, handlebars, tank, footrests, lamp (LED?), seat - it all makes for a comfortable jet-powered vehicle, in an almost literal sense - no need to read the technical data. It doesn't matter which gear we engage, we drive away in any situation without undue delay. A certain car manufacturer defines power as sufficient and this is the case with the Kawasaki Z900RS. It is not advisable to refer to the Kawasaki Z900RS by the painfully worn-out term "naked bike" or to refer to the way the tank is painted just because it is the largest painted part. This is merely an unnecessary categorisation that pigeonholes the motorbike. Putting into motion the four pistons in the four cylinders of the rightful 948 ccm capacity, we know straight away that power and torque are certainly not in short supply. The beautiful, bassy gurgle is a feast for rider and audience. It won't be the cheap music generated by the vulgar, empty mufflers of 'sporty' unicycles. The symphony heard from the Akrapovič brand accessory muffler mixes with the sound of the air being sucked in and creates music that is specific and reserved for the Z900RS and only for it. The motorbike's low revving engine tightened to 2,000 rpm generates a melody that nips in the bud attempts to classify which group the motorbike belongs to. It belongs to a unicycle with super-powerful suspension, brakes and a drive train that handles like a bicycle.
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The Kawasaki Z900RS enters and exits tight roundabouts in third gear - without a clutch. Even at 55 km/h, you can engage the last, sixth gear and it will accelerate briskly. Ideal for the province, the city and the motorway. Let's put the nonsense that such a motorbike is "impossible" above 140 km/h into the realm of fairy tales. Amazing how enjoyable it is to go even faster sitting down and fighting the wind. The phenomenal ease of handling allows you to "tear" the pegs on good asphalt, and for balance you can ride on gravel, sweeping the rear in slides. If the gravel or dirt road becomes severely bumpy you ride standing up. Absurdly, deep folds are so easy for a mere mortal to achieve that they only intensify thoughts like "but this technology is moving forward". Generally in city traffic, I nevertheless felt ashamed to rev the motorbike engine more than 2,500 rpm as it were, "categorising" the "Z"?
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The Kawasaki Z900RS is like a time machine that can transport the driver to the past, the future or stay in the present. Once it is possible to travel back in time let's make it so our ancestors can ride the Kawasaki Z900RS without any purpose.
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