Kawasaki Z6. 50 First Ride Review. Share this Article. Photos by: Kevin Wing. Kawasaki Z6. 50. Editor Score: 8.

Engine 1. 8. 0/2. Suspension/Handling 1. Transmission/Clutch 8. Brakes 7. 5/1. 0 Instruments/Controls.

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Ergonomics/Comfort 8. Appearance/Quality 9. Desirability 8. 5/1. Value 1. 0. 0/1. 0Overall Score. Here’s a number to consider: 3. Kawasaki says that’s the percentage the naked motorcycle market has increased since 2.

For comparison, the sportbike market has stayed relatively stagnant during the same time period. With that kind of popularity in a particular segment, it’s no wonder motorcycle manufacturers like Kawasaki are trying to grab a piece of that pie. Kawasaki Z6. 50 Preview. Market research would seem to back up this claim, too; in Kawasaki customer surveys, 7.

Z naked bike said they only cross- shopped other naked bikes, paying no attention to sportbikes. The inverse is true for Ninja sportbike owners surveyed as well; 7.

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Kawasaki’s Z6. 50 ticks all those boxes. So what do you do if you’re Kawasaki and you have a perfectly good Ninja 6. Simple: you ditch the fairings, restyle the headlight, give it some handlebars and give it a new name. Say hello to the Z6. If you’re getting feelings of d. Kawasaki sold a naked version of the Ninja 6.

ER- 6n, which was discontinued in America after model year 2. Kawi was ahead of the curve then, but it appears as though trends have shifted back towards Team Green’s way nearly a decade later. The Z6. 50 adopts the middle brother space above the Z1. Pro and below the newly announced Z9.

Kawasaki’s revamped 2. Z line (at least in the U. S.), meaning the Z8. Meanwhile, the Z1. Sugomi styling too Sugomi for U. S. A gap perfectly suited for a stripped down Ninja 3.

Z3. 00? Kawasaki reps don’t typically discuss future models, only to say it is monitoring both global and domestic motorcycle trends and will respond accordingly. If you live in the U. S., then say goodbye to the Z1. Z8. 00) starting next year. Another Middleweight Naked.

As for the Z6. 50, it plays in an arena we consider one of our favorites at MO: the middleweight naked class, with players like the returning Suzuki SV6. Yamaha FZ- 0. 7 (and even the KTM 6. Duke, the trio of which we compared here). At $6,9. 99 and $7,1. Suzuki and Yamaha deliver simple, inexpensive fun on two wheels, and it’s no coincidence the new Z6. Suzuki. ABS adds another $4. The Z’s 6. 49cc parallel- Twin engine it shares with the Ninja 6.

Kawasaki in the past, with some notable exceptions. The bottom end remains the same, but there are changes to the intake port shape, revised camshafts and airbox, and smaller throttle bodies (from 3. Ninja 6. 50 to 3. Specifically between 3. Cosmetically, the Z6. Twin gets different casings and covers for added style points considering it’s exposed on the naked Z. It made 6. 5 horses and 4.

That’s plenty of real- world power, though about 5 hp short of the SV and Yamaha. We expect the new Z to be competitive, with a healthy torque curve once placed on the dyno. The Z redeems itself by virtue of a claimed curb weight of 4. ABS) – 2. 0 lbs less than its fully- faired (ABS- equipped) Ninja sibling, 2.

SV6. 50, and a whopping 3. ER- 6n! It’s not quite as svelte as the Yamaha FZ- 0. Trellis frames are all the rage, and despite how minimal the one seen on the Z6. Instead of focusing too much on the engine, which is already a tried and true powerplant for Team Green, Kawasaki paid close attention to the styling of the Z6. Kawi’s Sugomi design language was toned down a bit compared to the polarizing Z1. Kawasaki prefer to call it “Refined Raw,” and you can see it in the bulges in the gas tank shape and the angular styling of the headlight.

The centerpiece of the design, however, is undoubtedly the all- new steel trellis frame which replaces the twin- spar frame of yore and helps contribute to the bike’s light weight. If you squint just right, the steel trellis might even resemble the one seen on Kawi’s supercharged monster, the Ninja H2 flagship. Its minimalist design uses the engine as a stressed member, and when finished in this green colorway (only found on the white Z6. Kawasaki’s hoping it looks good to you, too. If not, there’s also a black version, but its frame is silver. For those who don’t prefer the flashy Pearl Flat Stardust White/Metallic Spark Black colorway, there’s this Metallic Flat Spark Black/Metallic Spark Black option instead. For a $6,9. 99 motorcycle, you’d expect certain areas like the swingarm to be a bland, box- section unit in order to save money.

Not so with the Z6. While it’s true the Z doesn’t cost much, Kawi reps made sure to stress upon us that attention to detail wasn’t lost. An example of this is seen in the stylized, swingarm. While still made from inexpensive steel, it looks more than just an afterthought. The instrument panel is another example, with its informative mix of analog and digital displays conveying all the info you need to know, including what gear you’re in and how much fuel you have.

Other nice touches include adjustable brake and clutch levers, a textured seat, bungee hooks integrated into the passenger footrest bracket, and even a brake light in the shape of the letter “Z.”Then again, a low price- point motorcycle has to cheap out somewhere, and typically it’s through the use of basic suspension and brake components. The Z6. 50 is no different.

Simple, non- adjustable 4. KYB forks are borrowed from the Ninja 6.

Stopping the Z are 3. Ninja 6. 50, but now monitored through a Bosch 9. M ABS unit. The Z6. Take the seat, for example. The textured cover helps the bike look far classier than its price would indicate. As for the seat itself, it’s narrow junction at the front makes reaching the ground a breeze. There’s also plenty of room to move about, especially in the broad rear section.

Sum Of Its Parts. To put the Z6. 50 through its paces, Kawasaki invited media to the hillsides of Malibu, California.

A favorite with magazine testers in the So. Cal- based motojournalism industry, the locale also highlights the Z6. To get the most well- rounded impression of the bike, our route included jaunts through the city, a blast up and down the Pacific Coast Highway, as well as a trip through some of the area’s twistiest roads. A few Initial impressions stood out the moment we started riding: First, the Z6.

I get on the FZ- 0. Second, it’s 3. 0. Once feet are off the ground and onto the pegs, the rider triangle errs towards the sporty, but not overly so. Light makes right, and at 4. ABS), the Z6. 50 is tons of fun to toss around. As for the 6. 49cc Twin, I’ll admit it sounds uninspiring at idle or when you’re just cruising along like we were on the Coast Highway. After 5,0. 00 rpm, however, the Z comes alive with an intake growl that’s loud, fierce, and sounds downright mean.

It’s not all bark, either; the Z’s midrange bite pulls strong (no doubt helped by the weight reduction and engine updates), allowing you to be a little lazy with gear changes if you want to. It’s tough to say if it could win in a drag race with the SV6. FZ- 0. 7, but it would more than hold its own. Charge into corners and the brakes are surprisingly well sorted for such budget items.

Braking power is impressive, with decent feel at the lever. They could be more communicative, but it’s forgiven considering the price. Add on the $4. 00 ABS option that our bikes were fitted with and the mind is put at ease a little knowing you can liberally apply the brakes without fear of lockup. From there, the combination of the Z’s light weight and the leverage provided by the bars mean the 6.

For my 1. 50- lb frame, the suspenders at both ends give a comfortable ride for normal cruising while still providing more than enough composure to negotiate the sinuous Latigo Canyon Road. Paradise, wouldn’t you say? Too Close To Call. As far as middleweight twin- cylinder naked bikes are concerned, we’ve already picked the Yamaha FZ- 0.

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Don’t get me wrong. I got sand in my synapses during an early scene in which Tom Cruise, as a looter named Nick Morton (oh, “Mort,” I get it now), and his sidekick, played by Jake Johnson, casually slaughter a bunch of “Iraqi insurgents” trying to track down a mysterious treasure. Oh, sure, filmmakers, by all means use a tragic and unnecessary war that’s still yielding horrific consequences for the world as the backdrop for your stupid horror movie plot machinations, no problem here. Advertisement. And, of course, there’s the movie’s very old- school sexism. The other is faux- archeologist/genuine anti- evil secret agent Jenny (Annabelle Wallis) who’s mainly around to be rescued by Nick, and whose surface venality suggests that his business card describes him as a “lovable rogue.” So yes, should one choose to take offense, one certainly may. But I have to be honest—speaking of venality, I found something almost admirable about the film’s cheek.

It’s amazingly relentless in its naked borrowing from other, better horror and sci- fi movies that I was able to keep occupied making a checklist of the movies referenced. At its opening, remnants of a past civilization are discovered while workmen are tunneling underground for a new subway route. That’s from “Quatermass and the Pit,” aka “Five Million Miles to Earth.” As many other reviewers have noted, once Jake Johnson’s character buys in and is reborn as a wisecracking undead sidekick warning Nick about how he’s been cursed by incarnation- of- evil Ahmanet, it’s “American Werewolf in London” time, albeit with PG- 1.

Griffin Dunne’s face in the earlier movie. A woman whose kiss drains the life force out of those who receive it, from the wacky space- vampire movie “Lifeforce”? A brain- draining insect in the ear from “Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan”? Spavined slapstick undead assaulters out of “Evil Dead”? Underwater fights with the undead out of Lucio Fulci’s “Zombie”?

Don’t even get me started on the, um, appropriation of a famous line from the Universal monster movie “Bride of Frankenstein.” But that’s life, and that movie literally IS Universal’s property. There have been a lot of crocodile tears already shed about the fact that The Mighty Tom Cruise has allowed himself to be used in such dreck, and also that Russell Crowe has been compelled to continue to sink into a form of self- parody by appearing as the head of Jenny’s anti- evil agency, a character named Dr. Henry Jekyll, and yeah, it’s the same guy. Or some iteration of the same guy. As it happens, Dr.

Jekyll was never one of the Universal Studios monsters, but the character IS in the public domain, so I guess the corporate overlords of the Dark Universe figured “what the you- know- what.”  Advertisement. Anyway, I cannot feel too aggrieved for either star. As Richard Harris and Richard Burton found out for themselves many years before Crowe came along, there comes a time in the career of every loose- cannon macho actor where the any- port- in- a- financial- year- storm approach to career management is all for the best. As for Cruise, he is known for his try- anything- once sense of cinematic adventure, and he does like his franchises.

The Morton character is admittedly more of a callow nothingburger than any he’s played. And given how the movie ends I’m a little disappointed that he wasn’t named Larry Talbot.

But who knows, maybe he’ll be obliged to change it for the next installment. Which I am looking forward to, out of nothing but base curiosity.