2017 Kawasaki Z650 Review | MC Commute

It’s another commute with Zack! As usual, please feel free to suggest a bike you want to see featured here. If we get enough comments, we’ll send him home on that one next.

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It’s no secret we’re always trying to get our staff to work a little harder. Especially the ones who always seem to have too much to say. “Write it down!” we always shout at each other. Zack Courts is a classic case, always arriving to the office after his commute with a bunch of opinions about the bike he’s riding. Anyway, it’s always too much this, not enough that, and occasionally has some decent insights that we thought might help consumers or entertain enthusiasts.

So we strapped a camera and microphone to his helmet and told him to turn it on when he leaves his house. A lot of his talking in his helmet is complaining about drivers, yelling at red lights, and wondering why billboards aren’t more expensive. But sometimes he actually talks about the bike, and those are the parts we keep. Got a bike you would like to see discussed? Let us know and we’ll send him home on that one next.

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This bike by the numbers:

Price as Tested: $7,399
Displacement: 649cc
Measured Wet Weight: 412 lb. (187 kg)
Fuel Capacity: 4.0 gal. (15.1L)
Measured Horsepower: 57.6 @ 7900 rpm
Measured Torque: 42.4 @ 6590 rpm

To read a comparison article with the Z650, FZ-07, and SV650, read: https://www.cycleworld.com/kawasaki-z...

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