LONG TERMERS
KAWASAKI 750 TURBO
KLEVER KIWIS
Ventura EVO-10 Sports-kit, A$399. Bag alone $109.
Ventura EVO-40 Sports Touring-kit, A$489. Bag alone A$199.
THE KIWIS CLAIM not to like Australians. You can see it in little jokes like, “Did you know that a New Zealand engineer has developed a camera sensor so fast that you can get a photo of an Australian with his mouth shut?”. But they belie that attitude with the way they send us so much beautifully made stuff; take the wonderful frames from Ken McIntosh. Whenever I order something made in Unzud, it’s always at least rugged and useful, and at best brilliant.
But it’s not just the products; it’s the service, too. You may have noticed that a Kawasaki E1 Turbo has joined the long term fleet here at MOTORCYCLIST. Being the inveterate fiddler that I am, I wanted some luggage capacity for the bike and contacted Kenma Australia, who import Ventura gear from Unzud. Would it be possible to get a pair of the bike-specific L brackets for the Turbo, and did they work with the new, low-profile EVO luggage rack?
“Yes and yes,” said Emma at Kenma. The Turbo might be nearly 35 years old, but she was sure that Ventura had made L brackets
