Have an 01 one. Brilliant thing. Much less vibey than my old Suzuki GS500 and lighter & cheaper to run than my old Hornet 600. Cheap to run. Comfy to ride. Enough power when you need to overtake. Good review. Thank you PS. Polite reminder when overtaking - check the double white lines (especially whilst filming 😉)
I would agree with your comments, I bought mine last September as a winter hack, cost me just under 1K, changed the tires banged it in for a mot, which it passed with flying colours and rode it for 3K, cleaned it down in March and throw it back in the shed. Got out of the shed this week, bought a service kit for for around £60.00 including the oil, checked it over fitted some heated grips ( getting old ), worst job was changing the spark plugs, and run around on it this week, mot at the end of the month and off I go again, very cheap ridding.
Picked one up for £900 as an emergency run around while my daily ride was in the shop for a few weeks, original plan was to use it until I got my main ride back then sell it on, but I was so surprised by how much I enjoyed it for such and old cheap bike that she's now a mod project and permenant addition to the stable.
Good review, thinking about getting one to get back on road after 5 years, sounds perfect for me , my last bike was a 1000 fazer which would be far to quick for me now. Looks a good cheap plodder. Thanks for upload.
Bought one as a step up from my 125cc,,as a simple step up and a cheap way of getting into biking,cant grumble,,i can ride it and learn on it without the worry of a more expensive bike,would deffo say get one to anyone who just passed your A licence👍
Great video mate!! I can't fault this video 1 being I want a ER5 as I have just passed my mod 2 direct access and 2 I live in burnham and 3 its nice to see some familer roads on youtube
It is hard to get a better bike for the money. A well done video. Enjoyed it. Got my like mate. Keep it up and drop by when you can, you may like my content. :)
Mine seems to cope with motorway miles just fine although if I was doing it all the time I’d probably go down 2/3 teeth on the rear sprocket to achieve lower cruising revs. 👍🏻
End can will change the sound, the shorter the can the louder the sound essentially. If you fit a whole system you should ideally have the bike tuned to run with it correctly.
gonna check one tomorrow. going to be my first motorcycle. Cheers from Belgium
Have an 01 one. Brilliant thing. Much less vibey than my old Suzuki GS500 and lighter & cheaper to run than my old Hornet 600. Cheap to run. Comfy to ride. Enough power when you need to overtake. Good review. Thank you
PS. Polite reminder when overtaking - check the double white lines (especially whilst filming 😉)
I got myself one too like a month ago. Its my first bike and i love it so far :)
I would agree with your comments, I bought mine last September as a winter hack, cost me just under 1K, changed the tires banged it in for a mot, which it passed with flying colours and rode it for 3K, cleaned it down in March and throw it back in the shed. Got out of the shed this week, bought a service kit for for around £60.00 including the oil, checked it over fitted some heated grips ( getting old ), worst job was changing the spark plugs, and run around on it this week, mot at the end of the month and off I go again, very cheap ridding.
Picked one up for £900 as an emergency run around while my daily ride was in the shop for a few weeks, original plan was to use it until I got my main ride back then sell it on, but I was so surprised by how much I enjoyed it for such and old cheap bike that she's now a mod project and permenant addition to the stable.
Love this! Recently sold mine on but I must admit, I’m tempted to get another!
I've just bought one it's growing on me
Good review, thinking about getting one to get back on road after 5 years, sounds perfect for me , my last bike was a 1000 fazer which would be far to quick for me now. Looks a good cheap plodder. Thanks for upload.
I av a zzr 1100 and fjr 1300 but iv just bought one for every day use looking forward to it
Just mot'd mine this morning. Remus revolution exhaust,had the bike 10 months, £1200. Love it.
Bought one as a step up from my 125cc,,as a simple step up and a cheap way of getting into biking,cant grumble,,i can ride it and learn on it without the worry of a more expensive bike,would deffo say get one to anyone who just passed your A licence👍
Kawasaki ER5 after last lifting is really good bike. Old style speedomterer and tacho looks perfect.
Brilliant bikes, with the right care can go on and on!
Im owner 2003 model,great,great bike.
Just joined your channel gave a thumbs uo. And many more to come
Welcome and thankyou 👍🏻
Great video mate!! I can't fault this video 1 being I want a ER5 as I have just passed my mod 2 direct access and 2 I live in burnham and 3 its nice to see some familer roads on youtube
Thanks and congrats on passing your direct access! Hopefully see you out and about sometime 🏍️👍🏻
It is hard to get a better bike for the money. A well done video. Enjoyed it. Got my like mate. Keep it up and drop by when you can, you may like my content. :)
Just found a 2004 one. It could be my first ride: d'you think it would be right for that? I use the bike mainly to commute...
Definitely 👍🏻👍🏻
I'm going back to my old er5, what do you think of her on the motorway ? I'm going to be using it to ride 50 miles back and fourth a day for work
Mine seems to cope with motorway miles just fine although if I was doing it all the time I’d probably go down 2/3 teeth on the rear sprocket to achieve lower cruising revs. 👍🏻
Would a end can change the sound or do you need a whole new exhaust sysyem?
End can will change the sound, the shorter the can the louder the sound essentially. If you fit a whole system you should ideally have the bike tuned to run with it correctly.
Cheers for the reply,massive thanks,a end can it is👍
Hey mate, what mirrors are those. I want to spice up my bike
Type in “mirrors to fit Kawasaki er5” on eBay and the come straight up 👍🏻