TL:DR - great starter bike, highly recommend Great starter/smaller cc bike. I'm 6'2 @ 275lbs and I can easily get up to and maintain highway speeds. Seat position is a little more upright than other, sportier bikes (R3 was uncomfortable it was so low and tight) so it's very comfortable. I recommend immediately getting bar end mirrors, the stock ones are not very good and getting a fender eliminator kit (cheap amazon ones work great) A slip on would be a great choice, the leovince lv-10 has the best sound imo

Oklahoma has some great rodes to rode near the lakes ...i just got me a z 400 ,its plenty for a mew rider,a lot of fun ...

I've had this Bike (red&black) for about 9 months now and I Love how easy and comfortable it is to Ride

I had a 450 cc Suzuki in the early 80s to the early 90s. It was cabureted. Great little bike..400 cc bikes have plenty of power to get around….Great video..

I've had this bike for a year. Definitely the easiest bike I've ever been on! So smooth

I’m 190 6’0 and glad u mentioned that lookin at this bike currently

Best zee/zed 400 review

For some reason I kind of like the orange and black color.

Thanks for your excellent and thorough review! I put a deposit down on one of these last week, and watching your review gave me a lot of confidence that this was going to be a great first bike for me. I finalized the purchase this morning, and take possession next week. If your review is any indication, I am going to really enjoy the Z400!

Love hedgehogs haha best animal there is! Nice channel dude, it's a sub for sure! I'm between this and the Versys x300 as a first bike. Will do 80/20 commuting and 20% roadtrips maybe. Done the Versys? Will I upgrade the seat for longer trips on both or is this Z really nice for like 260miles trips? I think I'll chill on klx250 as a first one, but would be good to practice on in the gravel hehe! What would you say? All the best!

thank you for good review

I have this bike and bloody love it. I got the black and green one as a posed to the green and black one 😀 I have had my license for over 20 years and it is just perfect. I preferred it to the z650. it is so smooth and easy to ride and balanced and stable at slow speed. I can use all of it’s power and not lose my license it so much fun.

just got one first time rider, best bike

I just bought a 2021 red/black w/ABS... pick it up at the dealership tmrw and can’t wait

You just new buyers curiosity and confirmed a down payment I put down yesterday's worries. Endorsement classes this weekend. Excited new rider!

Greetings from Okc

Leo vince makes a great slip on exhaust that sounds great but isn't too loud. I have the coffman shorty which sounds great as well.

I really like the lineup from Kawasaki. The clutch on these and the Versys 300 don't even feel like they are attached to anything. I wish they would put this engine in the Versys.

rubber topped foot pegs will greatly reduce buzz of the engine, and reduce fatigue. I like soft suspension, I dislike anti-dive. That energy has to go somewhere when you’re breaking and it goes into the fork springs. otherwise, I had a BMW K 1200 LT that had anti-dive, that made the bike feel very top-heavy and unstable when braking especially in slow parking lot maneuvers in the front end would not absorb the breaking energy of you stopping. I actually dropped that BMW two times because the suspension would not absorb the breaking/stopping energy. That’s the first time in over 30 years ever dropped a bike I never dropped either of my Yamaha aventures/850 pound bikes in 16 years of riding them. But that BMW anti-die front end made me drop that BMW twice. I don’t like ABS brakes either. I was on a gravel downhill road on my way to a campground on my BMW with ABS. I touched the brakes and the brake lever came all the way back to the bars and the foot pedal went down also no brake pressure. I actually picked up speed, and I ran off the road at the bottom because it was a turn, luckily I ran into an 8 foot high cyclone fence that absorbed The impact like a big wire net. that ABS computer kept sensing that the wheel was trying to stop and would not apply brake pressure. I do not like ABS. You can get caught in the snow which I have had happened to me commuting to work here in the Northeast in one day I got caught at work and had to ride home and 8 inches of snow back in the 80s. If I was on a bike with ABS, I would have no breaks in that situation. traction control, stability control, and ABS is for idiots pretty much.. I am considering this bike as my second around town bike, because I have a Honda GL 1800 Goldwing right now/non-ABS model.. good review, common sense mentality approach to the machine. I like it. One little thing, I can put a tag bag on it, place to carry my rain suit, water, air compressor and tire plug kit, spray and cloths to clean bugs off the visor, gloves for cold, gloves for hot, liner for my jacket when needed/not needed, rain suit, toilet paper which I carry baby wipes instead, you can get 100 of them at a dollar store and you could practically take a bath with them because they’re pre-moistened,. flashlight, cargo net, boy Scout knife/Ford/spoon/can opener/lighter for starting Cook fires in campgrounds or rest areas. Sunscreen, walking shoes so I can take my riding boots off when I reach a destination that requires a lot of walking.bungees, maps, owners manual, you know all the normal things you carry in a tiny bag that you really can’t leave home without unless you’re not going more than 5 miles from home

Thanks for the review. Any way you think you might be able to do a review of the honda cb300r? It’s in the same class as the z400. I would love to see your opinion on it

Subbed. Sat on a z400 today. Felt a lot of what you described just from manipulating the bike at rest. I’m a beginner so take that as you will. But anyway, your outlook on bikes. Love it. Always hesitated to saddle up thanks to my family being terrified and being surround by people who don’t gear up and are more concerned with brand than what bikes are about. Decided f that and started looking into things. Glad to see dudes like you just trying to get the rest of us riding, for the sake of riding.

Greetings from the UK, your roads are similar to ours "shite" great bike for zipping through city traffic.

Great review. Appreciate the insight. You shared everything I wanted to know about the bike. How would you compare it to the Honda CB500F?

Nice!

Getting that for my birthday upgrading from a Duke 200. doing 200cc at time

How bad is the left mirror and the right put Peg due to the exhaust?

Would you say the Z400 has more than enough power for highway cruising?

Some of the reviewers said the z and Ninja 400 were buzzy over about 65 mph. Did you find that to be true?

Pretty good review there RH! Just bought a 2019 green and black one out of an Indy shop last week. Thought I'd add couple things on it. Some said in other reviews that tall riders might not fit well on the bike. Being 6'2" I thought it was okay to sit on and not suffer too much. The seat is kinda weird in that it's hard to keep your pants on right and not hike up while driving. The mirrors definitely are hard to see traffic from behind esp. while wearing a jacket so I went to Amazon and found some extenders that were about $12. They're just two small aluminum black devices that are very simple things; just unscrew the mirrors and screw the devices in the attachment on the handlebars and they work much better as they extend out and up so the rider can use the mirrors properly. Couple more nice things in the display are temp and fuel gauges and eco reader. The bike also automatically shuts down if dropped and has a recorder onboard to record last readings of the bike in case of mishap. I had the choice of the Honda CB300F or this and chose this bike. The size of the engine is closer to reality than Honda and it has the green I like. So I recommend this bike to anyone looking for this kind! UPDATE: got a handlebar riser which helps take off pressure on my arms. Can raise it up about an inch before you have to get extension cables. Good purchase if you want to sit up even straighter.

If you were looking for a combination short tourer/commuter, which would you choose, the Rebel 500 or the Z400 & why? Thank You.

Nice review sir.. some people say this bike pull like a bigger bike, not like a 400.. is that true?

I've never had a motorcycle and am interested in either a naked or a dual sport. Of the CHEAPER dual sports which is better the MT-03 or Z400? I would love to find a used one in the ~$3000 range but I think its unlikely with them being as new as they are.

would you recommend this over the scrambler sixty2 in terms of riding? (disregarding the price of course)

Hey Rabid Hedgehog I’m the same height as you and I have the same inseam, but I weigh 300lbs , and to top it off I’m a newbie. Do you think the Z400 can handle my weight. Thanks man for the great reviews.👍🏻😎🇨🇦

Kawasaki claims the z 400 suspension is 10% softer than ninja 400 for urban riding.

Another great review. I have no desire for a crotch rocket, but the bike is much closer to a standard. I believe you used that term in the review.

How does this bike compare with the gs500f you reviewed a few years ago?

Anche io possiedo una Kawasaki Z400, e sono molto soddisfatto. 😊

how is the Z400 when you open it up? i hear they tune these naked a bit more for lower RPMs for more practical riding compared to the sport versions of these bikes.

I'm looking at the z400 and rebel 500. What one do you recomend?

This, it sv650?

Loud pipes save lives I put me a Leo Vince muffler tip on it mine and it's awesome like a big boy bike and better so people on the road don't hit you when you are riding they can hear you coming that's for dam sure ride safe people.😎👍🤙🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️😎👍🤙

i like the usability of the bike. not too powerful, not too heavy, good riding position. The only deal breaker for me is the rear seat seat/hump. It's too unfriendly to the pillion. It's not styled like a sportbike upfront but the back portion is too extreme like a sportsbike. If only they styled it appropriately with a proper double bench seat but once again, the bean counting accountants won the day.

How would you compare this to the sv650? I know this is a couple thousand dollars cheaper.

How about a sprocket change for highway trips

how long (how many mies) is the 'break in' period on this bike?

Good review. Boring roads where you live, bro.

How is the acceleration on this one is this better than duke 390

What’s the Honda at the intro to the video??

Which is more fun...this or Rebel 500?

How would you rate the seat on this bike. Ok for 2-3 hr rides?

No vibrations in the mirrors?

straaaaaaiight roards everywhere is USA.... I'm not suprised you guys need bigger CC bikes. You are fine with smaller bikes is EU where we have more twisty roads.

is the Kiyosaki good for dirt road?

I'm 6ft 230 lbs is this bike going to have trouble getting up A hill with me on it???

i am 62 yo and just bought one exactly like this today did about 50 miles and i agree with this guy , everything he said is spot on. i have had big bikes and back in the day a 350 was normal and a 450 was much bigger, but this runs rings around the 1974 honda 460 i had but still it reminds me of that bike, my last bike was a harley 1200 sportster custom 2015 bought it ne and last march i took it in for inspection and the tail light was out, 650 bucks, no you can not change a bulb 650 bucks, i sold it and have been bikeless till today and my sweet little z400, i had a 2015 civic si and the z400 reminds me of that car.

Prefer the ergonomics of Yamahas mt03 and that exhaust placement is horrid right up behind the peg. Always loved Kawi’s but not this one after a test ride.

How much do you pay for insurance? And full coverage or just liability?

Hedgehog gotta lay off the hedgeburgers!

Z400 or CB500f?

i cant decide between the ninja and this zee

What does plucky mean?

Weird proportioned human? You haven’t met me 😅

Hi, what is the top speed?

4:30 "No big Dildo...."

What's the top speed on this bike?

The Ninja 400 is cheaper than the z400 in the US if you don't get abs.

Sounds like a scooter

I say zee when I mention my z1000. To be incorrect about it is so petty a thing to mention for correcting him. You don’t think he knows how it’s to be said ?? If that’s all you worry about is correcting people then you must be Jesus Christ and able to throw stones in a glass house.

The honda cbr 300r just seems better. Cheaper, doesn't need to shift gears so quickly. that's annoying lol.

Who else thinks we should have motorcycle only lanes 🤚🏻

If you really want to brake in the engine any bike and are dedicated. 1 proper warm up and Ride it like you stole it. 2. First 50 miles pull in to get a drink and let bike cool off completly, real good to seat the pistons. 3. 100 miles dump the oil. 4. 200 miles dump the oil. 5. 400 miles dump the oil. AT ALL TIMES RUN IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT. and the so called 600 mile first service m, now your favorite synthetic oil and K@N filter. Your bike is perfectly broke in because if not you will be in many rpms and it's revving hard just does not feel right. This is eliminated. Remember the engine is put on a dyno and red lined before it's put on the bike. A lot of work but you will have a great broken in motorcycle oil every 2000 miles filter every second change. 😈

It's a Z400 (zed) not a z400(zee) lol