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Am reading through the August issue of Fast Bikes, an expensive UK magazine with lots of nice photos - they're doing a comparo of "Super Naked" bikes and did a shootout between the Ducati Streetfighter, MV Augusta Brutale, KTM Superduke, and Moto Morini Corsaro Veloce..
At the beginning of the article they talk about how the Europeans know how to build sporting naked while the Japanese lag way behind - per the Z1000 they say "Kawasaki's new release, the Z1000, is the Japs best attempt at hardcore, but still lacks sporting aptitude against the established".. And thus it wasn't even allowed in the shootout..
Any idea why this is? I know that these other 4 bikes weigh a good 80-100lbs less than the Z1000, but I thought the Z1000 was right up there in performance (certainly by the numbers, no?)
At the beginning of the article they talk about how the Europeans know how to build sporting naked while the Japanese lag way behind - per the Z1000 they say "Kawasaki's new release, the Z1000, is the Japs best attempt at hardcore, but still lacks sporting aptitude against the established".. And thus it wasn't even allowed in the shootout..
Any idea why this is? I know that these other 4 bikes weigh a good 80-100lbs less than the Z1000, but I thought the Z1000 was right up there in performance (certainly by the numbers, no?)