I've had about 10 Kawasaki's in a row now, and I always used to joke about them being hard and clunky shifting bikes. Character if you will...lol.
Seriously, I would ride a new Hon-duh CBR1000RR, and would be just amazed at how smoothly that bike would shift. But that same smooth powered effortless shifting Honda was boring to ride, just meh.
Then, I don't know what came over me, but I had to try a couple Triumphs. First and 08 Tiger 1050, and then a Sprint-ST 1050. Yes I got a couple Triumph t-shirts, no I didn't buy a tweed jacket and turn into a hipster or anything, but oh my god did those bikes shift smoothly. Like nothing I had ever ridden...they just shifted like pulling a hot knife through butter. No joke. I had several friends try the bikes as well, and they agreed. Too bad though that the rest of the bikes were junk. I'd actually get down on my knees and kiss that 1050 transmission if I wouldn't get a mouthful of oil, or get a connecting rod in the eye.
I guess my point is, if the C14 is a hard shifting bike, then I certainly don't notice it. It feels like it shifts as smooth as a babies bottom to me, at least compared to my previous Kwakas;)>
I'm out,
TGIF people.
Cory