I've been behind bars for over 40 years and I've owned and ridden countless motorcycles. In this amount of time I've NEVER had the level of enjoyment and performance I've experienced with this Kawasaki, and goddamnitall if it hasn't ruined it for all the other motorcycles out there!
Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, will likely ever give me the satisfaction this damn bike has and does!
I hate it! I hate it so much that I ride it every day that there's not snow or ice on the roads.
I hate that its such a majestic looking machine, and I get complements on it daily.
I hate that I can ride this machine for hundred of miles, for hours on end, and want to ride more.
I hate it so much that when I finally have to park her for the last and final time I'll have another ZX14R ready and waiting for more adventures.

Damn you Kawasaki, you glorious bastards you.

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I agree, I completely abhor mine as well!

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Awesome post and I agree fully. I am going to steal your "behind bars" quip...

I've been behind bars for over 40 years and I've owned and ridden countless motorcycles. In this amount of time I've NEVER had the level of enjoyment and performance I've experienced with this Kawasaki, and goddamnitall if it hasn't ruined it for all the other motorcycles out there!

Sign me up, if I get 3 square meals a day , and can ride
more bikes than I can count, I'm in....40 years would go by in a snap!
Was this a Country Club style Prison for the elite, or a Martha's Vineyard type?

Key things that I really hate about my bike is;
1. The mileage, I'm not too thrilled about getting
45mpg at 80mph, I'm much more comfortable with
my past bikes that got 25 to 30 mpg.

2. Staying on the seat is a bich when cracking open the throttle.
3. Oil and air filter changes grrr.......
why couldn't they put those items where
I need a dealer to service them, so I could
spend more money and be without the bike
or a couple of days. And why did they have
to make the seat open with a key, this prevents
me from enjoying sifting through my neat tools to find
a shinny hex key or socket to take it off, I love my shinny tools.
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This next one is more or less for real though;
4. 'Compliments' ?? I get sick of the
compliments sometimes, if it's not a chick
complimenting the color etc, which is great to hear,
and I totally appreciate them,
it's often some dude that doesn't even ride,
wants to tell me his life story about why
he can't ride anymore or he used to ride Harleys
(yeah so did I dude), and that's where the conversation goes,
all about his past bikes, his brother's bikes
and the bike I'm on is dangerous, too fast...

* Last updated by: Stratovarious on 1/10/2026 @ 5:22 PM *