Comments on: Kawasaki ER6n

By: John T

John T — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:17:25 +0000

Hey guys, I’m riding a 2010 ER and Im HAPPY. Bought it new and changed tyres to perelli’s straight away . . . . have a life time of experience riding most every thing on wheels. The ER feels light and if you get your ass off the seat and throw it round its just FUN . . . . I dont ride in the rain and I dont ride a bus. . . I just prefer to have dry pants when I get to where Im going . . . . dont blame the bike blame the setup . . . . (the rider?)

Ride fast and stuff every one else . . .

By: Keen Dark

Keen Dark — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:21:40 +0000

Hey there, I have a 2010 er6 n and thought I’d share my experience if you are interested (and even if you are not). It is my first bike and generally I am happy with it, although I have now came off it twice, both times in the rain.

The first time may be because I was inexperienced and becoming over confident. I might have went into a corner too sharp for the conditions (£3500 worth of damage), the second time which was last week I am convinced was because the tyres are rubbish in the rain. Bare in mind that after the first accident, which was a yr ago now I am super cautious when driving in the rain (my insurance excess is pretty heavy). The latest skid happened driving in a straight line and breaking coming up to a round about, not driving too fast, no time to do anything about the decking it was brake/slam. I looked up reviews for the dunlop tyres and they get half a star out of five for rain handling and zero stars for braking in the rain (yet weirdly end up with a median score of five stars). My next buy will be a different set of tyres so will update any prospective buyers next time it rains on whether the slams are my crap driving or the tyres at fault.

By: sooz

sooz — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:21:55 +0000

Really interesting to read peoples comments about the ER6. I’ve had mine since passing my test last July and have mixed opinions on it. Have really wanted to love it but something just isn’t working for me with it. Having read lots of positive reviews about it I had hoped that it would be the bike to help me get my confidence up as I got my first year or so of experience under my belt. At times I’ve loved riding it but other times I’ve found it a bit ‘snatchy’ as it thumps through the gears. Is probably due to my inexperience as a new rider more than any problems with the bike but have come to the decision that its not the bike for me so am gonna sell it. Gonna go back to the bike I learnt on and get a Honda CBF 600

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:38:57 +0000

Sorry to hear you didn’t like the ER6 – but I was interested in your experiences with it.

I’ve had one for about 18 months now and have been pretty happy with it. I have found it a bit twitchy – but I was blaming myself. Good to hear a biker who’s ridden a lot of bikes having problems with it – maybe it’s not all my fault. I thnk I should have stuck to Yamahas. (Think a Buell’s prabably too big and too pricey for an 8 mile each way commute in all weathers.)

Love the site (found it while trying to pay less than £50 for a footpeg!)

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