Model(s) covered: 2004 Kawasaki VN 1600 Meanstreak
If you had the opportunity to leave the cold Chicago winter behind to do a little canyon blasting on some great southern California roads, and you'd get to do it on Kawasaki's newly updated Mean Streak, what would you say? It had been three months since I had thrown a leg over a motorcycle, so I didn't need to think about it for more than a nanosecond. Get me on a big silver bird; I was stoked and ready to roll. I saddled up the new Mean Streak at the Kawasaki headquarters in Irvine, and my faithful guide led me on a brief highway sprint down I-5 to San Juan Capistrano.
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