I may not be much of a person in your eyes but if you post me some pics of the screen, brackets and bike. I may be able to figure something out for you. I am quite good at that sort of thing.:wink:

I like the windscreen this guy got. Didnt line up well but that's how it goes.

http://www.kawasakimotorcycle.org/fo...r6n-stuff.html

Yeah, I saw that. He adapted a double bubble style screen for a Ninja 650R. I'd rather either adapt the one I have, or use the one that's available from Kawasaki, in Europe. Take a look in the "accessories" tab: http://www.kawasaki.co.uk/ER-6n

Price. The target market for the ER-6N and 650R are newbies and/or riders who want a sportbike or streetfighter look minus the cutting-edge performance. The Versys is an adventure-touring bike, something for which people are willing to pay a premium. Riders willing to pay for better suspension on sportier models will usually just buy a ZX-6/10R.

The ER-6N is the only decent-looking naked / standard on the market right now as far as I'm concerned, and I'm not even that crazy about it. It's a dying (mutating) class. What was so wrong with round headlights..?

There's a market for smaller bikes with passable suspension though. For some odd reason the ER and Ninja 650 don't even share the same forks! If they did, then economy of scale would give the option of cartridge forks on those bikes, at a reasonable cost.

I agree, on both counts, though I also don't mind square headlights on bikes of this style. As to a "dying class", Kawasaki Canada has dropped the ER for 2011.

In the states, that's called a 600cc supersport.

Yeah, but not everyone wants a supersport. The ergos suck, if you're getting on in years. Back in the something like a G00f4/4i was a very comfortable bike. Even the older ZX-6R made for a good commuter. These days the ergos are simply too aggressive, as every manufacturer tries to out-Ducati Ducati.

Something that I would refer to as a "GT Standard" would be a great bike, for most people. sort of the 2-wheel version of a BMW touring car; good, but not earth shattering performance, in a comfortable package. I don't need horsepower. In my experience most people don't know what to do with it, anyway, and it just gets you in trouble on the street. What I want is reasonable mid-range and good suspension.

No, not all buyers want a supersport, just most buyers. That's why the standards you and I enjoy have mostly disappeared. Give me something that looks like a ZR-7 with a modern powerplant and acceptable suspension over a Z1000 any day of the week. I'm in the overwhelming minority, however, so it will never happen. Sales statistics dictate that if you want performance, you want a supersport, and that if you want a standard, you like Transformers.

IMHO we need a return to the UJM; a basic bike, that you modify to suit your specific needs.

Update hoe!