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Re: Concours
by Dave Yates
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Troutman tired of terrible Teutonic tales:
With BMW's shoddy reliability, I have shifted my focus from the R1200RT
to the Kawasaki Concours. Anyone with a recent model is invited to ply
me with tales of love and horror. And if you know of a place I can rent
one for a test ride in NoVA, I would appreciate it. I have been
directed to Eagle Rider but I don't think they carry them.
[Dave] Nay, but I have the connie's hermanito the zx14. Have test fitted
the connie and they've found their way into the rental fleets across the
pond now.
YMMV and all that. The R bike from brand b shakes like a demon, but on a
different frequency than the big ZX. I can take maybe 15 minutes on the hwy
before my throttle hand sensation is at zero on the zx. <disclaimer> I
shoot probably close to 20k rounds / year through various handguns. I have
chronic tendonitis and this inhibits my ability to LD ride. </disclaimer>.
Most folks can go a lot farther than I can. I put an audiovox cruise on to
address this. The connie ergos are long distance friendly - bars, pegs,
seat are all capable. Bags seem to me to be good, but my long distance
touring exp. Is limited.
I do not like the ZX14's below 6k rpm throttle response, which can be PWNED
by a Vespa. I am given to understand the Connie suffers the same fate;
secondary throttle plates that eliminate about 25 foot pounds of torque & 15
hp below 6k rpms. It's an easy, and best of all free mod except for the
beers you consume whilst removing them.
The connie has a monococque frame and there is barely a fist's worth of
clearance between the valve cover & frame. Spark plug change = easy, but
2-3 beers. They give you a pretty decent S/P wrench to use and it works.
That, plus the 2 ended screwdriver is more than I got with my Duc for 2x the
price... Go figure.
I'd also like to get some saddle time on the new Connie, but OTOH, I don't
because I don't want to end up buying one :-)
FWIW, lots o' 14's out there in the used market below $7k that will take a
Connie seat, and has some limited luggage support from Givi & SW Motech.
You give up the shaft drive though... Plus a good hundred pounds or so ?
... Just a suggestion as an alternative.
If memory serve me correctly, there's a connie forum of sorts... Google
maybe, and see what you can dig up.
HTH
Dave
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With BMW's shoddy reliability, I have shifted my focus from the R1200RT
to the Kawasaki Concours. Anyone with a recent model is invited to ply
me with tales of love and horror. And if you know of a place I can rent
one for a test ride in NoVA, I would appreciate it. I have been
directed to Eagle Rider but I don't think they carry them.
[Dave] Nay, but I have the connie's hermanito the zx14. Have test fitted
the connie and they've found their way into the rental fleets across the
pond now.
YMMV and all that. The R bike from brand b shakes like a demon, but on a
different frequency than the big ZX. I can take maybe 15 minutes on the hwy
before my throttle hand sensation is at zero on the zx. <disclaimer> I
shoot probably close to 20k rounds / year through various handguns. I have
chronic tendonitis and this inhibits my ability to LD ride. </disclaimer>.
Most folks can go a lot farther than I can. I put an audiovox cruise on to
address this. The connie ergos are long distance friendly - bars, pegs,
seat are all capable. Bags seem to me to be good, but my long distance
touring exp. Is limited.
I do not like the ZX14's below 6k rpm throttle response, which can be PWNED
by a Vespa. I am given to understand the Connie suffers the same fate;
secondary throttle plates that eliminate about 25 foot pounds of torque & 15
hp below 6k rpms. It's an easy, and best of all free mod except for the
beers you consume whilst removing them.
The connie has a monococque frame and there is barely a fist's worth of
clearance between the valve cover & frame. Spark plug change = easy, but
2-3 beers. They give you a pretty decent S/P wrench to use and it works.
That, plus the 2 ended screwdriver is more than I got with my Duc for 2x the
price... Go figure.
I'd also like to get some saddle time on the new Connie, but OTOH, I don't
because I don't want to end up buying one :-)
FWIW, lots o' 14's out there in the used market below $7k that will take a
Connie seat, and has some limited luggage support from Givi & SW Motech.
You give up the shaft drive though... Plus a good hundred pounds or so ?
... Just a suggestion as an alternative.
If memory serve me correctly, there's a connie forum of sorts... Google
maybe, and see what you can dig up.
HTH
Dave
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