Higher ride-control electronics are a constant across the board. Personally, I don't know why you wouldn't want ABS, but if it's that important for you to not have it, then it's something to consider. ABS is standard on the Katana and MT-10, but Kawasaki alone gives you a non-ABS option. In the suspension we find the Z900 just a skosh below the Katana with adjustable rebound-damping and spring preload all around the MT-10 alone rocks the full trifecta front and rear. The MT-10 leads the way with a robot-like headlight housing more similar to the Kawi than the Suzuki, but the sideplates on the fuel tank make for a nice detail and I think that makes it more interesting to look at than the Kawi. Sure, you can still tuck in over the 3.2-gallon (U.S.) fuel tank if you want/need to, but the rider's triangle allows for a fairly upright riding posture, and that's one of the main points that turn this streetbike into a commuter that's in direct competition with Suzuki's own GSX-S “ standard” family. The handlebar carries some lift in its upright sections, and it's clamped to the bike via short risers to put the pilot's hands much closer to center than you'd get from clip-on bars. Too bad the factory used standoff-style blinkers that look like they'll carry away the first time you drop it in the parking lot.īehind the short stock flyscreen is an all-in-one LCD instrument cluster to deliver all the pertinent metrics with a “Peak Hold” feature that tracks your high-rev events and marks the high points on the bar-graph tachometer readout. The headlight itself is comprised of a quartet of LED emitters set in an over-under configuration to split the night while it keeps the front end looking fairly clean. A set of pointed cheek fairings brace the cyclops headlight with a short flyscreen to finish off the entry.
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