Is the Kawasaki Z900RS Cafe a Better Value Than the Z900RS SE?
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- The Z900RS SE is often overlooked as a retro bike, when in reality, it's a fully modern sport bike with retro styling. Is the Cafe model the winning model for you in the RS lineup?
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In my opinion, Kawasaki leads the way with the modern retros as far as the Japanese brands, at least here in North America. The competition needs to step up their game. Once again, great review. 👍
from one RUclipsr to another - nice job on this. I am thinking about putting one next to my Bonneville in the garage ;-)
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Great review! Great bike! I love my Z900RS. I like the light clutch lever and how it feels so nimble on the road. It's not super heavy. No problem doing slow speed maneuvers.
Totally agree!
This is the best "introduce the bike" video I have come across in years. Especially the description of how and where the manufacturer placed the gearing and the torque ranges, and the heavier flywheel, and why they work brilliantly for most uses of the bike, but would not be optimal for "track days" - those barely, if ever, done days for the buyer of this bike. Love the close up explanation of the controls. Also the frankness to point out when some upgraded features might be pretty marginal for most buyers. There is so much fancy tech gobbledygook that bike video reviewers just parrot from the manufacturer's sales spiel to make their video seem insightful. This video is an outstanding presentation. Wish there were more like it.
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The MRA windshield really helps with wind.
Beautiful looking bike!!
I had a 1970s Z900 in the 1980s. I think I paid $200 for it from a rich kid in Carmel, California that dropped it and didn't want anything to do with it anymore. The only damage was a broken alternator cover that I replaced from a motorcycle junk yard for $25. I would love to have another Z bike but the vintage bikes are crazy expensive. These modern bikes are nice, reasonable price, and a bank will write a loan. I didn't know there were more than one model. Thanks. I probably would get whichever is cheapest. BTW that "cowl" is a "quarter fairing."
Hi Peter, now that looks a bit more traditional for me!
Pleeeeaaasee Kawa. I’m begging you: bring me this model to Europe. You definitely have another sale ☝🏼
I commute to work daily on my z900rs so comfortable on the highways and enough poke to be fun
Regarding the rider triangle. Compared to the standard Z 900. Do the handlebars feel lower or higher? Or are they about the same?
Here in Spain a Z900RS costs 14.000€, a Z900 costs 11.000€. Love the RS, but I would never pay more than 500€ of extra money for the classic style of the RS. Some makers believe that classic bike buyers are super-rich old guys that do not consider value. Wrong.
"Value" is an individual matter 😂
I brought my 2024 kawasaki Z900RS about 2 months ago brand new i got it for 9,999 dollars out the door
What part of the country?
@klutch14u united states Vancouver Washington
@@davidchenette1091 Sorry, I should have asked at the time, is yours a cafe?
@@klutch14u no mine is 2024 Z900RS
Bargain. They’re twice that in Australia.
why they discontinues cafe versions at EU/UK ?
That's news to me. I'm not sure. I film in Canada, and we still have them here.
MRA makes a windscreen for it
Wow what a beautiful looking bike. Looks way better than the newer coming Triumphs 1200 RS with the awful modern clocks/dash. Wish they left the 2024 model alone. This bike looks far better. Not sure i have seen it in sweden. Maybe it not sells here or coming in 2025. Kawazaki make it happends. Have to try one out. Thanks for this video
This is a much taller bike than the speed twin
@@logangodofcandy just what i want i am 6’3
How tall are you? And do the seat btw change between the models you mentioned
I'm about 6 feet tall. Check out the link in the description of this video to see the seating comparison between this and the SE model that I bought. There is a difference in the seat.
suzuki DR200s review please 0:06 ❤
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You definitely need a rear fender delete to fix that exact look.
suzuki DR200s review 0:31
Beautiful bike but that duckbill back end is ugly along with that oval shaped brake light
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder 🤷
A tail tidy kit would fix that right up,first thing I would do
CB1000 Hornet gonna smoke all of them in terms of value. Bikes are too damn high. No wonder there is a glut.
My First Bike was z1000 blue and with cafe race glas on it. Dont like this Black bike. Kawasaki make it Alive not preaty just A Beaty and Dont Make it Gay.