Thread: Kawasaki Z800

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Originally Posted by FailSafe

'Most expert reviews'

Maybe that was a bit of hyperbole, well picked up. I could have better said: the half a dozen reviews and Youtube links that I looked at. Nonetheless, the underlying point is valid.

Please show me links for half-a-dozen comparison reviews preferring the Z800 to the FZ-09 (not individual bike reviews, of which there are many for both bikes).

Originally Posted by FailSafe

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Originally Posted by FailSafe

'Most expert reviews'

Maybe that was a bit of hyperbole, well picked up. I could have better said: the half a dozen reviews and Youtube links that I looked at. Nonetheless, the underlying point is valid.

Please show me links for half-a-dozen comparison reviews preferring the Z800 to the FZ-09 (not individual bike reviews, of which there are many for both bikes).

You do realize when your illness sets upon you, and you start to get silly, don't you???

The Yamaha is a good bike. The Kwaka is also a good bike. In Thailand, at nearly 100,000 baht less, the Kwaka is the better buy. You, being weird, may have a different opinion, but for you to try to overwhelm other people's voices with your loudness and brashness is not very decent, smart, intelligent, the list goes on...

Everybody knows that you like: 1) bigger engines; 2) higher cost. That doesn't mean that other people, both experts like the video I linked to, and knownothings like me, have to share your opinion.

Your black and white, binary world, where you are always right, must feel very comfortable for you...



Nice...
(excluding the exhaust)

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I'm just responding to what you posted- you said you read several expert reviews where the Z800 was preferred over the FZ-09- now you can't back it up past a single YouTube video that didn't go into depth regarding any the bikes it reviewed- try reading an actual article that goes more deeply into what the bike can do and is capable of before writing it off simply because it's more expensive.

In my 'black and white, binary world' knowledge is power- I like knowing what I'm talking about, so what I post is generally properly vetted beforehand. Your problem is that you proceed with a complete lack of knowledge and offer an opinion based on sound-bites and assumption.

As I already said several times, the Z800 is an excellent bike for the money- the FZ-09 is a relatively inexpensive (compared to the Street Triple, which is its competition, unlike the Z800) bike that can be improved to the point where it has the potential to be the equal of the Street Triple for 200K+ less- it's different enough from the Z800 that the comparison from anything other than a price perspective is actually kind of silly, and this is what you fundamentally fail to grasp.

All I did was recommend that Rick check it out (based on what I actually know about the bike and of what Rick is looking for), and the Confederacy of Dunces called itself to formation and went on the attack- I'm an old hand at smacking them down though.