The engine sound is
produced by orchestral
brass musicians neatly
tucked into the supplied-
as-standard Akrapovic
organ pipe
his is nestled into an aluminium com osite
frame with electronic configurable
sus ension, offering
mm of travel
front and rear, and it runs this combo on
ridgestone attla Hy ers ort
-
fronts, and
- rears. reat.
However, the engine sound is roduced by
orchestral brass musicians neatly tucked
into the su lied-as-standard kra ovic
organ i e, who deliver a fantastic
soundtrack, and then when decelerating
send out thrilling crackles and o s, which
make you long for more.
rankly didn t give a toss about economy
- at times wrung its neck out of musicality,
and for the sheer damn thrill of it. o,
while it will reward the throttle arm with
sensational ra idity, it also does something
brilliant with the
mm double rembos
on board. found one or two fingers were
more than su cient for ruthless sto ing
e ciency, and the braking ackage is the
e ual of any out there. ith feel and ability,
the overall control obtained would be very
hard to re licate and harder still to better
going further, there s a harmonic to
the whole that you learn and love very
uickly indeed.
n my afternoon travels encountered rain,
mud, gravel and moss, and it was easy to
use the electronic switchgear on the bars to
accommodate the differing conditions. he
dis lay is not the great
of the com eting
rilia uono, but still like the white dis lay
with its red , and the accom anying data
screen.
t is sim licity itself to shu e between
the four settings ain, oad, ynamic, and
ynamic ro which is ad ustable should
you so wish . lthough didn t bother with
that leaving the eemer engineers to show
me the way. t s easy to disengage the
and
too with the ress of a button, and
warning lights alert you to the fact that you
have. left them well on.
he ride difference is easily discernible with
uite firm settings in ynamic, slightly less
abrasive in oad, and a comfortable easy
ride on the ain setting for gravel. assing
round the edges of the iverhead forest,
the roads are bum y, otholed, muddy
and sli ery, with atches of thick gravel
and uneven corners. or a s ortsbike these
conditions are hell, but found myself
cruising along at km h with com lete
a lomb. uch is the agile nature of this
bike that even at low s eeds it was almost
miraculously manoeuvrable.
KIWI RIDER 35