I bought a no abs no riding mode no traction control 2019 model in March for $6499 + tax title dealer prep. Rides great! Love the UJM in-line-four, (even though I like the Yamaha triple too.) I own several Kawis before and can attest to Kawi's rock solid reliability. One down side is that the front forks is not easily upgrade-able without going with a complete pricey cartridge kit solution. The Yamaha triple, on the other hand, is easily upgrade-able with reasonable prices. Had I done my homework prior to the purchase, I may have gone with Yamaha. For compression, I had to do it the old fashion way by changing fork oil weight. By trial and error, I arrived at a mix of 10 wt and 15 wt weight to get what I want out of it and can finally ride it like I stole it on the bumpy Santa Cruz mountain roads. For me at 175lb, the fork oil weight is ~36 CST@40C. The rear shock is for a 200lb rider so a little stiff for me. I added a set of Shad 23 pannier. So it's ok.
For accessories, 1st thing I bought is a windshield. The little flyscreen is useless on the freeway. The 2nd thing is the seat. The Kawi ergo seat works for me, probably not good enough for a Death Valley trip. For a DV trip, I will have to add a sheepskin to the seat.
Don't mess with the fork protrusion. The in-line four pulls like crazy. On a clover leave from 280W to 85N, my front wheel is off the ground for quite a distance. Leave it at the factory setting (6mm protrusion). It seems to reasonably keep the front down.
After 5K on the front, and 7K on the rear, I got rid of the OEM Dunlop and got some Bridgestone S22. Big difference!