It was only a couple of years ago when I first had the pleasure of riding the ‘modern’ z900, not to be associated with their two highly desirable retro models, which is the RS range. Oh no, this z900 was a lighter version, and better version, of their long-standing z1000, so to speak.

It’s been a very long time since I couldn’t wait for daylight to appear and ride this particular new motorcycle in the cool, fresh morning air. Oh yes, twitching and tossing (pardon the term) under the sheets in anticipation of riding the most accomplished and powerful electric motorcycle I’ve seen to date. So, while it was still dark, I fed myself on coffee whilst admiring the quality and attention-grabbing bright green ‘tree-like’ light glowing in the middle of the tank cover.

As you can see from these images, I had more fun fooling around with this pair of new Suzukis than training with the ladies Olympic synchronized swimming team, well nearly. So much so that I fell off. Oh yes, after years of staying upright on all forms of expensive, and cheap, motorcycles, I decided to stuff the right footrest of the naked 250 version right into my gentlemen parts whilst tying to ‘surf’ on it. The result, besides being more embarrassed than having my tracksuit pants pulled down from behind in a Checkers supermarket revealing questionable underwear, was sitting on the sofa that night in a ‘Y’ position, if you know what I mean? Not to mention my finest Addidas pants were torn, in the gentleman region, like an aggressive mongoose had tried to make a new home. Yes, I’m a prize knob and weirdly quite proud of it too, because we managed to get the pictures, otherwise it would have been a sad waste of scratched, irreplaceable reproductive parts.