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Cycle News 2013 Issue 43 October 29

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VOL. 50 ISSUE 43 OCTOBER 29, 2013 P63 A BIT OF BOTH E, PART TOURING BIKE, THE NINJA 1000 ABS IS DEFINITELY A BLEND OF THE TWO BY PAUL CARRUTHERS PHOTOS BY KINNEY JONES AND ADAM CAMPBELL U sually when we mix two things together to make something different, there's bound to be compromise. Reese's got it about right with the peanut butter cup, but most fail when it comes to mixing and matching. Kawasaki, however, seems to have pulled it off with its Ninja 1000 ABS. Originally introduced in 2011 in search of a compromise between the ZX-10R and the Concours 14, the Ninja 1000 has been updated with a closet full of improvements. And, yes, it has ABS in its name for a reason. While last year's version was available with or without the braking aide, the new model will come standard with it. And for $11,999 – or just $200 more than last year's withABS model. And the $200 extra isn't just to off-set the cost of doing business in bad times… Kawasaki gives you much, much more than $200 worth of additives with the newest of the Ninja 1000s. For starters, there's traction control. Yes, traction control. There's also two power modes, monobloc front brake calipers, engine upgrades… and an improved luggage-mounting system and subframe that will actually make you want to use the hard bags. Kawasaki gave us the opportunity sample the Ninja 1000 recently with a jaunt up the California coast from Los Angeles to Monterey in time to catch the World Superbike round at Laguna Seca. And it wasn't your standard, straight-shot, get-it-overand-done-with ride as we ended up clocking nearly 500 miles

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