When I bought the S2000 I wrestled with getting another bike vs the S2000 convertible.
The upside is in 17 years of ownership I never dropped the S2000 on it's side once, even in rainy slick conditions.
Well, that itch never really went away,
May I introduce my 2019 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS







After 30 years away the test drive was quite moderate. and first gear clutch work was simply ugly.

 

Kawasaki lets the good time roll!

 

Very nice.

 

Nice toy,congrats,and drive carefully.

 

Try not to kill yourself on the Connie. We would miss your input in Politics, not to mention your posts under your nom de la mort of Dr. Death.

 

Welcome back to the Biker world Some days I walk past the drop tops and straight to the bike

 

My wife was rather adamant in "You're just trying to kill yourself!"
If I was trying to do that, I could spend a lot less money on clapped out sport bike.

 

Should have got a Sprite.

 

Enjoy it, but just be careful.

 

Enjoy it and stay safe.

I was in the motorcycle industry for fourteen years and was involved in teaching motorcycle safety in no less than four different courses (including two Yamaha Learn to Ride Programs) back in the 70's during the first two gas shortages when the statistics for new riders were brutal.

In one of these courses it was in conjunction with the Arlington County, VA police department. Motorman Sgt Bill Siddell gave the best advice I have ever heard regarding a motorcycle. According to a study by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (back then) seventy-four percent of motorcycle accidents involved vehicles turning left in front of an on coming motorcycle, with the vehicle's drivers stating that they did not see the motorcycle. His advice is simply this: "Just pretend that you are the invisible man riding on an invisible motorcycle"

One of the things that we did during this course held in a parking lot with cones set up to create a "motorcycle rodeo" with a slow speed course which was intended to navigate at slow speeds using the clutch and NOT putting one's foot down at any point. At that time I was riding my Kawasaki S-2, the other civilian instructors were on a Kawasaki F-9 (a 175 CC Enduro bike) and a Honda XL-175 Trail bike). Many of the people that could not navigate the course on their street bikes complained that it was impossible to do on their larger bikes. They were quickly humbled when Sgt Siddell and the other motormen rode their Harley-Davidson police bikes through the course (which had been laid out by them).

P.S. Motorcycles to me are a bit like flying is to a pilot: If you have to explain it to someone, they will NOT understand.