Here is a 2005 Kawasaki Concours C10 ZG1000 looking for a new home and owner.
Here is her smiling face! Can’t you see yourself out this summer sport-touring on the cheap and super-fast?!
This comes with her special friend: M.U.T.T.. That’s the monster under the tank. Wherever you and her go, MUTT follows. MUTT gives you just about ONE HUNDRED HORSEPOWER; With the pleasantness and affection of any good mutt.
If you are interested in a Connie, then you already did your home work. So did I. Save yourself some time and money and start here and start riding now!
- Here is just about everything about her that you should care about
- Reading this post makes my heart ache a little bit because this bike is so easy to fall in love with! She needs to move on to a new owner though and now is the right time, and good for you!
- Check out all of the details, and the pictures, and the video and you will fall in love, too!
- You can ride her anywhere doing everything
- On the way home you can even ride her around the lakefront and stop at the supermarket because tons of cargo space
- Daily commutes in Whitefish Bay, WI rock; haul your laptop with ease and tons of space
- Take an afternoon next-city trip to Madison, WI
- Carve canyons on it (or the closest thing do them in the Midwest)
- You will make sport-bike riders jealous and baggers cry how you can ride this bike fast and in comfort
- Join the IBA and do the Lake Michigan 1000
- That is just a starter, check out more around the rest of the continent
- Head Over The Pond (OTP) (OTP Facebook) to really get your feet wet
- This is do anything and a go anywhere bike
- 1-up or 2-up, so comfortable
- Gotta mention this twice: this bike is super comfortable for your passenger
- Since your passenger is someone you care a lot about it, it results in them
- Being happier
- Which results in you being happier
- See why this super comfortable passenger seat thing is such a big deal?
- Haul tons of stuff or pop the bags off for a svelte Ninja ZX-10 dueler
- Antlers are perfect and original side-panels included
- So easy and inexpensive to maintain
- This bike looks fast even sitting in a garage
- If you never owned or worked on a bike before, this bike has tons of resources over at COG and YouTube. The model has a twenty year production run so parts are plentiful and numerous and high-quality. Whether you do the maintenance yourself or with a shop; owning this bikes means that the only thing that you will spend a lot of is your time having fun. will spend
- Best community ever. If you aren’t a member of a motorcycle club yet, then Concours Owners Group people will teach you about how a community should be. Kind words. Sage advice. Tons of resources. Insanely low membership price. Their motto is “Come for the bike; stay for the people”… and ain’t it true.
- Checkout Facebook, too: COG and C10 Riders
- If you already did your research, then you know that this is the bike that you need to start sport touring this summer
- If you didn’t already do you research, then read on… all of the details are included below that you need to fall in love with this bike and start sport-touring this summer, and even better: start riding today
- Reading this post makes my heart ache a little bit because this bike is so easy to fall in love with! She needs to move on to a new owner though and now is the right time, and good for you!
- Make and Model
- 2005 Kawasaki Concours (ZG1000)
- Pearl Lustre Beige in perfect condition
- Mileage: 11,992; this bike is barely broken in, leaving that for you
- Location: Whitefish Bay, WI, USA; basically located half way to anywhere, so ride her home!
- The Good
- Everything; owner is borderline OCD and also likes maintaining things, so again… perfect for you as the new owner
- Everything functions as expected; perfect operational health
- Never touched the ground except for the bottom of the tires
- The Less Good
- None
- The Bad
- Sorry, keep trying; it is ideal
- Stick your finger in the exhaust; dry and dirty just like it should be
- Stick a penny in the treads, it will stay just like it should
- Listen to the sound of that engine, ideal
- If you never rode a bike before, that is how it is supposed to sound
- Farkles
- Operation
- Murph’s Kits Tip Over Bars $340
- They don’t make your bike tip over; instead, they save you from replacing all of your body work when your bike tips over. There are only two kinds of Connie riders: those who have joined the Connie Droppers Anonymous (CDA) club… and those who will… those who will.
- 650-03602 B34: Black 7/8″ Suzuki GS-E Style Handlebars $123 and Storz SB-025 Superbike Bar Mounts $171
- These two combine to give you a risen handlebar that let you sit with your head-neck-trunk aligned in total comfort. This transform this bike into the touring bike that you while retaining all of its performance power.
- Murph’s Footpeg Lowering Kit $138
- Make that three things that make this the ultimate sport-touring bike. If you are over five feet tall then you will love these.
- ThrottleMeister Cruise Control $131
- Save your right hand for the rest of the day
- Fuel gauge resistor corrector
- Enjoy using your fuel gauge again
- Murph’s Kits Stainless Steel Front Brake Line $65
- Stopping strength
- Murph’s Kits Fender Extender $30
- Less road junk throw-up
- Rifle Windshield $219
- Ride in as much, or little wind, as you like
- OEM windshield included for when it is hot out
- Ride her home tonight
- OEM Passenger Backrest
- Bring your friends along without a pain in their back
- Targa 1/2 Tank Cover $46 & Green Light Trigger $25
- Like your belt buckle scratching your tank every time that you ride her? Issue no more with a bra.
- Like sitting a red-lights for 25m until a car pulls up? Issue no more with the trigger.
- Murph’s Kits Tip Over Bars $340
- Safety
- Hyper-Lites $56
- Love it or hate it: these things get cagers attention… and it helps
- BackOFF Brake Light Module $38
- Love it or hate it: brake light flashers get folk’s attention. All publicity is good publicity.
- BuckSport Tailbrights $25
- Buck Sport Touring sells reflective stickers called Tailbrights that stick to the rear and side portions of the hard bags
- Everybody oughta have em
- Hyper-Lites $56
- Luggage
- Givi Trunk with Givi Mount Plate $60
- This Italian trunk stores more and makes you feel more elegant about whatever you are storing in there
- You can easily store a laptop, dinner, gloves, and a dop kit
- Cee Bailey’s Hard Luggage Bag Liners $80
- Easily haul your laptop to work, groceries on the way home, and your travel stuff when you go away for the weekend
- Really, these bags rock
- What a great profile
- Mag’s Bags Gear Bag
- Haul a lot of whatever you want
- Givi Trunk with Givi Mount Plate $60
- Maintenance
- Kawasaki’s Service Manual $60
- Easy reading
- Clymer’s Service Manual $20
- Fun reading
- Kawasaki’s Operator’s Manual
- Must reading
- Kawasaki’s Service Manual $60
- Storage
- CoverMax Motorcycle Cover $25
- Keeps the worst of the rain off
- CoverMax Motorcycle Cover $25
- Operation
- Maintenance
- Always Shell Rotella T
- Dunlop K700/701
- Front: Barely used replaced two years ago
- Rear: Stock (from purchase of motorcycle)
- Third owner; all city miles
- Southeast Sales
- Nice folks
- The Shop
- Nice folks
- Tune-ups
- PRICING
- This could be you tomorrow!
- ASKING $3467USD
- OPEN TO NEGOTIATION FOR SERIOUS BUYERS
- Contact me: gcr@wisdomandwonder.com or Facebook
- This could be you tomorrow!