The Continental’s secret weapon isn’t killer suspension, or the perfect powerband. It’s surprise. The surprise? Despite our universally low expectations—we expected the GT to be fun in an uncomfortable, shitty-handling, nostalgia sort of way, like an old bike—we all dug the GT like presidents dig porn stars.
Before I go tell you about Kawasaki’s new Z900 ABS, we need to talk about why it exists. Team Green already had bookendz to this bike: on the bigger side sat the Z1000, a streetfighter staple stateside since 2003, and at the lower...
Shortly after we dragged the gorgeously painted “Wicked Red and Twisted Cherry” Ultra out of the van here in Oakland, things got messy, Deepwater Horizon-style.
