Kawasaki Demo Ride at Mall of America

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Kawasaki Demo Ride at Mall of America

by Cold Streak on 13 Jul, 2011 12:27
Had a lot of fun last Saturday riding various Kawi cycles at a demo day. The local rock station was there taking pictures. One our own got his picture on the website with the tshirt from last years national rally. Damned if I can remember his name though. Hoping he'll post to enlighten us. I'm in another photo but not wearing my COG colors.

Here is the site address:
http://www.92kqrs.com/PhotoWallPhoto.asp?wallid=68130&photoid=4798845&id=4798845&SearchString=&MPU=yes

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by Cookie on 13 Jul, 2011 21:23
Yea, that was me. Good to see you again Cold Streak.

I didn't get to ride a C-14. but rode a Ninja 1000 instead. Lot's of fun. Plenty of balls, but lot's of wind above 65. It's a fun city bike, but I wouldn't want to ride a 500 miles day on that one.

Jim

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by BackInTheSaddle on 13 Jul, 2011 21:30
You had better luck than me. I pre-registered on line, showed up about 8:20, and the first ride time I could get was 11:30. I am not a patient man, however, and blew it off without straddling a single saddle. Instead my son and I went for a nice ride - on our own bikes. Maybe I will at least get my T-shirt in the mail some time soon. Woohoo!

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by Cold Streak on 14 Jul, 2011 09:17
I mainly went to ride a KLR650 since I'm thinking about getting one sometime. I wasn't impressed with the power but it was fun to ride. Also rode a Versys which was really fun but the saddle pushed me forward too much. Next was the 650 R which I was afraid I'd die on. Not used to riding in a crouched position, but it was also fun. Then I rode the Z1000 which had a terrific transmission. Finally I decided to ride a new Concours to see how it felt compared to my 08 and also because it was available. At first I thought, this isn't like my bike at all. Then after a few miles I realized it was, but after riding 4 other bikes I had "forgotten" what mine felt like.

All in all a great day. Got there at 8 am and left at 4:30. Got to ride 5 different bikes, six counting my own. The Kawi team found a pretty good route with a variety of roads and about 18 miles long. Of course, they can't go too fast, but sometimes it's possible to go fast enough to get a feel for the bike.

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