CORE TEST
Like the Gixer, the big Kawasaki doesn’t feel like a top-of-the-range, premium sportsbike. In fact next to some of the other bikes on test, it barely feels like a sportsbike at all. It’s like a big armchair that your body just seems to fit in, rather than be perched on top of, which isn’t always a bad thing.
The dashboard, which hasn’t been updated since 2011, is far from easy on the eye but is fairly tidy and all the info on there is clear. Rough as it may be, it’s the same dash that’s on the RR and SE versions of the ZX-10, so it shouldn’t feel as though you’re settling for second best in that respect. What does make sense on the Ten are its three power modes and three levels of traction control. Really, that’s all that’s needed on any bike, and it’s dead simple to toggle between the modes.