Kawasaki is not Honda...Kawasaki doesn't have the $$ to back the R&D needed for a new four stroke project, so they went the cheaper route by teaming up with the next smallest 'big four'. I'm extremly disappointed myself, but from a business stand point it makes alot of since. I for one won't buy one because it's a clone, if I want a DRZ then I'll buy a DRZ...but probably most of the people that are loyal to the Kawasaki brand & maybe only ride once in a great while would be ignorant to the whole DRZ rip-off, and would buy one without knowing the back ground of the bike. Just a guess, we'll see.
matt