Kawasaki ER-6f - MOTOR GERR

Sad faces within the garage due to the fact my ER-6f has gone returned to Kawasaki at the stop of the lengthy-time period test length. So what have I found out in the course of 4500-or-so miles at the 650cc parallel dual? Quite loads simply.

Starting with the basics, I can fortunately document that the Kawasaki is a sturdy creature, notwithstanding its extraordinarily budget price of £5649 (£6049 if you move for the one with ABS). Nothing broke down and the cosmetics held up well – I blanketed it from iciness with ACF50 corrosion resistance answer, paying special attention to exposed steel on fastenings, banjo connections and so forth, making use of it with a fabric if I became working everywhere near the brakes. I turned into mainly keen at the aspect-established rear surprise, its area making cleaning and adjustment pretty clean (plus the shock itself doesn’t get encrusted with crud thrown up from the rear wheel whilst the climate turns nasty).

More importantly than all of this, I learned that smaller motorcycles may be just as an awful lot amusing as their more meaty opposite numbers. I’ve had big-capability machines even the beyond, even an sick-judged spell on a Kawasaki ZX-12R. But in which ultra-powerful machines leave me feeling embarrassed that I am just scratching the floor of the to be had performance, the Kawasaki ER-6f introduced the pleasure of understanding you are honestly the usage of what it has on offer – exploring the cheeky cease of the rev range with out scaring myself or putting my licence in extreme peril. Of course there's nothing sluggish about the ER, as proved with the aid of the truth they're raced in the Lightweight on the Isle of Man TT.

And that parallel-dual engine is a total peach, with just sufficient individual to remind you which you aren’t on a ordinary inline-4 without the lumpy backside give up of a huge V-dual.

The received wisdom is probably that the ER-6f is a splendid first bike or commuter, however for me it’s a whole lot more. It’s a right fun experience and I’ll sincerely miss it.


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