"Dollar for dollar, pound for pound, pony for pony, the Kawasaki ZX-14 is one of motorcycling's finest all-around streetbikes, with comfort, power and speed in spades. That is the consensus CW editors reached after living with a Passion Red 2006 model for the past two years".
Can you imagine if it had been a Candy Blue model? The bike would never be given back to Kawasaki and their tests would have showed greater power, speed and comfort.
Read the Long-Term Wrap-Up in the April issue of Cycle World