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Light on its feet, and not shy in the engine department, the Z650 offers a big leap forward
Many of us crave the raw brutality, fight-inducing aggression and incredible feeling from top shelf components that a hulking super naked gives. Yet a huge number of riders, both new and old, are defecting to (or not graduating from) smaller capacity naked machinery – with Kawasaki swelling the middleweight ranks with capable, unintimidating, but certainly stylish options. And the new Z650 falls exactly into this description.