For me, and I also own a R1200GS... the Z has heart and soul, it's that simple.

Contrast to the GS, which does everything I need very well, pillion is the best comfort my wife has experienced.

It's a simple bike, easy to work on, easy to repair and yet (in my experience) super reliable. In the ten years I've owned it, it has let me down once, and that was due to an overtightened cable tie that caused chaffing on the wiring loom.

On a personal level, it's comfortable, quick enough for the road, works well enough in the dirt, carries enough kit. It's a sort of motorcycle version of a Landrover - not brilliant, but good enough at almost everything.

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