Size can be intimidating, just look at Serena Williams in the world of tennis, wins everything but no one wants to have a go on it, if you know what I mean? Thankfully in our motorcycling world things are much different. If it’s big, regarding engine capacity, everyone wants to ride it, if you know what I mean? And this is most certainly the case with this new and fourth generation Kawasaki Z1000, right? As soon as you see one for the first time you want to mount it and clear off, maybe a bit like Serena Williams I suppose.
Right, let’s just get one thing out of the way before I begin. This is the fastest and maddest muther fukkin scooter I’ve ever had the pleasure of propelling down the road. It will destroy the Yamaha T-Max in a straight line and devour BMW’s 650 range as well, which is actually a Kymco wearing Lederhosen clothes. So, for that reason alone, everyone should own a SRV850 during his or her life span.
To keep the ‘youths’ happy I thought I’d test a 125 instead of the normal ‘big stuff’ that’s out of reach of the young, who still think leaching off their parents is some form of a job, right? Well, they’re going to have to suck up a lot more if they want to own this gorgeous R55,000, 125, yes you heard right, R55,000!
What makes you happy? Ten pints with the lads or gals, a ‘fit chick’ or a ‘Brad Pitt replica’ telling you you’re the most attractive man/woman he/she’s ever met, the death of your mother/father-in-law, a behemoth lottery win, Zuma’s resignation, the end of draconian enforced toll roads, a day’s fishing (+ ten pints), an hour with a new HD porn film, a large bag of weed, and the list goes on? But if you want something in the two-wheeled world to make you beyond happy every time you ride it then you just have to play with the all-new Yamaha MT-07.
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