Well I picked it up today. First impressions.... It was very different from the z900. Aside from all the controls being in a slightly different location it went well. I could go on all day for the differences but nobody cares. The view in mirrors slightly better, the clutch engaged a little closer to the grip. It was more particular about which gear it was in. Two most important things is yes it did come with panniers. All the adventuras in the showroom had the panniers on. Which was great. I think it was a little underfilled with oil as the manual says the oil should be checked on the sidestand and otherwise level ground. The oil only showed up in the window when the bike was lifted off the sidestand to a full upright position. Oh and the display does not work with polarized sunglasses at all. I thought it was broken for a minute. I sure don't remember the z900 having that problem but most of my sunglasses are not polarized.