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Handling is really superb for a longer wheel base sports tourer type bike,<br />
I was expecting the bike to be a little bit cumbersome dodging traffic but<br />
actually found her quite nimble and very responsive on the throttle in<br />
any gear. The torque is perfect for plodding along at ‘legal’ speeds, but<br />
get the SX over 6,000rpm and it really comes alive, blurring the scenery<br />
around you and howling like some otherworldly demon. Tilting into<br />
Gilooly’s during evening rush hour some Tosser in a car was so focused<br />
on his cell phone that he drifted right across the lanes nearly wiping me<br />
out into one of those scary looking cable barriers. I didn’t have time to<br />
hit the hooter and started revving like a maniac, the useless chop nearly<br />
jumped into his passenger seat as he swerved back into his own lane,<br />
so even though the 1000SX is quiet and polite most of the time it can<br />
get quite loud and angry… which possibly saved my life.<br />
Now, having jumped off an adventure bike and still in my adventure kit,<br />
boots and helmets included I was fully expecting my chunky off road<br />
boots to be a hinderance on the brake pedal and gear lever and my<br />
peaked helmet to fatigue my neck. In both instances I was pleasantly<br />
surprised, there was plenty of space in and around the levers for my<br />
boots and easy, comfortable and precise operation and the wind protection<br />
from the fairing and small screen negated my concerns about<br />
my adventure lid and the wind, so much so that I eventually tucked in<br />
behind the screen and pushed hard toward the tunnel interchange from<br />
the R59 onto the N12. Tilting hard into the fluorescent lit tunnel at twilight<br />
at speed and dodging tail lights on this bike should have been a bit<br />
sphincter tightening, but the SX is just that well balanced, smooth and<br />
stable that I actually started getting really irresponsible in the traffic and<br />
had to quickly dial it back a notch or two before I made kak that even<br />
the SX couldn’t help me out of.<br />
I do think we need to hang onto this bike for a few more weeks… you<br />
know, just to really make sure it is as good as we think it is.<br />
At your Kawasaki dealer.<br />
For R229.000 it’s a lot of bike.<br />
www.kawasaki.co.za
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