Lord Snooty- That burnt orange was a great colour for this bike
I also got the power socket on the dash and the twin usb point under the seat, only problem with the usb socket is the bracket that it’s mounted on could hold up the Forth bridge! Fek me!...it took up all the underseat storage space, so I took the bracket off and mounted the socket nearer the riders seat in a suitable gap and I can now get my puncture repair kit and mini pump under the seat, all good.
When I got the bike I had it delivered straight to my house and spent two days in the garage fitting stuff to it, firstly £170 quids worth of paint protection film, essential to do this before the bike ever goes on the road for best results, you get a fly, or a bit of grit you’ve not cleaned off the bodywork correctly and you’ll see it under the film.
It now has PPF all over the front nose cone and fairing lowers, all the tank and also the painted tops of the panniers where you’re likely to catch them with your boots.
I also at this time fitted an Evotech radiator guard- with a bit of a struggle - my fault for being so impatient, I looked on Evotech website and in March they didn’t show a rad guard for a 2020 model, so I just bought one for the 2019 thinking surely the rads will be the same??.....nope!
I got it on by modifying the top fittings on the rad guard itself, a couple of hours chew on I didn’t need but worth it in the long run.
Also fitted a Fenda extenda to the front mudguard, wired in the mount for my Garmin 660 and that was it, good to go.
My friends quite rightly call me “anal” about the cleaning and maintenance of the bike,...just can’t stop myself?
Agree about the ABBA stand, I’ve had one for ages, probably the most useful bit of bike kit I’ve ever bought!
The Ninja must be the easiest bike ever to do an oil change on as well !, I know the service intervals are every 7,500 miles and I’ve also got the extended warranty on it, but we were due to do a 5day September weekend in Scotland, about 1,200 miles in total and at that staGe the bike had about 4,500 miles on it, so I thought I’d do a quick oil change on her before we went, a tenner for a genuine filter and 30 quid for oil and it took me about twenty minutes...easy!
Didn’t even have to remove any bodywork! You can get to oil filter and drain plug dead easily, a great bit of design on Kawasaki’s behalf, just adds to my belief that this bike is so easy to live with!
I’m now running it on Michelin Road 5s, probably not quite as sporty as the S22s, but not too far behind them,, but lots better life, rear tyre has done over 3,500 miles already and there’s probably about another 2 - 2,500 miles left in it.
Fuel mileage wise best I’ve seen is 56mpg and worst was around 46mpg, most of the time it’s doing about 48-51 mpg, and I don’t ride it gently , so I think that’s pretty damn good for a bike of its size and weight.
Looking forward to banging loads more miles on her again providing lockdown no 3 is not around the corner!!