I did roughly 600km on the zed on Sunday, but wasn’t impressed with it. It was really bouncy and seemed to wobble a bit, and at one stage the wind felt like it was trying to push me off the back of the bike, since then one of the wonderful workshop boys checked the tyre pressures and they were way too high.
I took the zed out again today, over Tambo (bloody roadworks)
Then I took the 6 for a spin
The zed pro’s:
tips into corners so easily and lightly it’s incredible. It loves corners, it encourages you to lean it, a little more, a little more, and has an awesome amount of torque pulling out of them.
The power, definitely faster than the six, with loads more torque (everytime i accelerate he whispers that he would really like to do a wheelie)
Love the way it looks
Comfortable seating position
Anti’s:
Wind buffering, about 115 the wind is pushing you around a fair bit, certain speeds seem to have different amounts of buffer
It’s doesn’t feel as stable as the six does in the corners and at speeds above 100
Bit higher and heavier makes it harder to push around
the seat is hard
When I jumped on the 6, my first thought was that someone was playing a joke and had lowered the bars on me! Obviously not but I’d forgotten how low they were. Started it up, thought wtf? I’d forgotten to take the exhaust bung out, so I removed that, much better, I seriously felt like I was on a pocket bike, it’s so little, and so uncomfortable!
There’s a country road close to me, that has a bit of everything, so I took the bike there for a spin. Revving the bike, my thoughts are what an angry little bike, he’s so raw and unrefined compared to the zed. But for a 600 he certainly has some stick, find myself revving him a lot harder than I used to, and grinning from ear to ear
He sticks to the road like he’s on rails, I forgot how uncomfortable it was with the noises the bike was making, and how he handled, I was thinking I love this bike, he’s bloody awesome The suspension seems to be still stiff compared to the zed, but he handles the bumps a lot better than the zed does.
Pros:
Rides like he’s on rails, bumps no problem
A helluva lot of go for a little bike
The noise (motor, ram air and exhaust)
I love the way he looks too
I can touch the ground easier
Antis:
Riding position (I can’t believe I rode this bike all the way to vic)
), it also seemed very small and 'petite' to ride. Great brakes, I wasn't too impressed with the seat 
, but overall it was great fun.
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even if it has extra cubes 
