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Just about a year ago, I bought an extravagant vehicle that was a limited edition model from an authorized Kawasaki dealer plus front and rear Ohlins.I'm taking a test drive.But.....
It didn't really hit me at the time. I mean, the test ride course at Kawasaki Plaza Tokyo is a straight shot along the Loop Road and then back. It's a course that you can't help but follow.
Even though I can enjoy a variety of large bikes at the rental store (YZF-R6 is now available at the contract store), the temptation to buy more bikes has not gone away. Until now"More big tourers!"But now that I know that the Ninja 650 can handle 800km of touring in a day (well, the longest I can do in a day is still 650km), I'm a little more attracted to other types of bikes.
I was in such a mood that I was browsing around the web and found this.
A-Tech's DAEG with a slightly GPZ900R shaped half cowl and under cowl: ...... This style is .... Striking and .....
The DAEG is already sold out, and although the Z900RS will be announced this month, there are still many new DAEGs in stock.
So I thought I'd take this opportunity to ride a DAEG for a long distance.
I've borrowed it.
That's why I now have this in my parking lot.
Rental motorcycle KAWASAKI ZRX1200DAEG
The Japanese naked. The Z900RS will be sold worldwide, so there's a good chance this will be Kawasaki's last Japan-exclusive large model.
I'm going to take a little ride home.
First, we went to the store where we rented the car and looked at it carefully.
A voluminous but compact body: ...... A distinctive license plate.
Four bare exhaust pipes: ..... Beautiful: .......
Removing the seat to insert the ETC card removed from the Ninja 650: ..... The amount of storage space is overwhelming: ...... I can put my stuff in here tomorrow: ......
The twin-lens analog meter is a bit difficult to read the speed at a glance, but this format is a good fit for naked cars.....
I rode back to my house in
- Just the right size for a car with a compact position and a firm footing as if it were a Japan-only car.
- A little further back in the step than the pure tourer NInja 650, with a lower handlebar position
- The feeling of riding with the wind in your legs..... So this is what a naked looks like: ......
- You can't tell the effect of the bikini cowl at city speeds.
- As you would expect from a four-cylinder 1200cc car, it's a car that's set up for city driving, but starting and accelerating in the city felt as if you were already driving a car.
- If you're in the city, you can use the 3rd gear .... No, you only need 2nd gear, right?
- Self-steering at low speeds is hard: ...... I wonder if this is the correct setting? I think I'll try it tomorrow while playing with the preload a bit.
Impressions
Well, where should we go tomorrow?
I didn't realize until yesterday that it was a three-day weekend.So, I went to the store today and said "If you're available, I'd like to rent it until Monday night", but unfortunately, they said they were planning to move the car, so no.
This means that I will have to return it to the store in Tokyo at 7:30 pm tomorrow. If I go too far away, I'll have to return home while it's still light. After eating Utsunomiya gyoza, which I missed last week, I'll go around Oze via Nikko and Lake Chuzenji, and then take the Japan Romantic Road toward Numata on the Kanetsu Expressway.........
There is a theory that if I can get up before 4:00 a.m., I can go to the Bandai-Azuma Skyline, but I'm pushing twice as hard to get up.
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