Kawasaki Reviews
Kawasaki emerged out of the ashes of the second World War to become one of the big players from Japan. In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Kawasaki built a reputation for some of the most powerful engines on two wheels, spawning legendary sportbikes like the Ninja series and a line of championship-winning off-road bikes.
2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R Review
Middleweight Green Machine More Extreme
The new ZX-6R now turns in as quick as anything in its class, feedback is abundant, its brakes are stellar, and its engine seems to be up to the class standards. If you have another brand’s 600cc sportbike, keep an eye on your mirrors....
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2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R Review - First Ride
Major improvement for the middleweight Ninja
We were impressed with the '08 middleweight Ninja, but it was let down by a relatively flat engine that had a hard time running with the best in class. Check out our initial testing of Kawasaki’s thoroughly revised ZX-6R on Japan’s Autopolis Raceway....Read Full Story
2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager
Bigger is Better
Cruisers make up 35% of the total street and dirt bikes sold in the U.S., and Kawasaki is addressing this market with a new cruiser, the Vulcan 1700. This new Vulcan line is in the final design stages and was presented at last weekend’s dealer meeting....Read Full Story
Kawasaki Reviews
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- 2009 Kawasaki Motorcycles Released First look at the 2009s
- 2009 Kawasaki KX250F Review Team Green's redesigned motocrosser packs plenty of punc...
- 2009 Kawasaki KLX250S Review A Lean, Mean and Green Dualie For the Whole Family
- 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250R Review Revvy and racy in a bite-sized package
- 2008 Kawasaki Versys Road Test Dawn of a New Standard?
- 2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R Review Will This Be the Literbike Leader of 2008?
- 2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R Preview Spin Control: a pre-ride inspection
- 2008 Kawasaki ZX-14: First Ride The Magic of Fewer Emissions With More Power
- 2008 Kawasakis: First Look
- 2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R First Look Tweaked to deliciousness
- 2008 Kawasaki Versys First Ride Kawasaki’s New Standard
- 2007 Kawasaki Z1000 Mad power that looks the part
- 2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 The New Connie: Great Expectations Exceeded
- Riding with the Wind of Change The do-it-all KLR650 has been taken to a higher level
- 2006 Kawasaki ZX-10R
- 2007 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R Full Report Stay On the Gas!
- 2007 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom On a twisty road, the Kawasaki makes a pretty good a...
- 2006 Kawasaki ZX-14 Model Introduction
- First Ride: 2006 Kawasaki Ninja 650R
- 2005 Kawasaki Z 750S "The motorcycle American consumers should buy."
- 2005 Vulcan Nomad 1600
- Kawasaki Z750
- 2004 Kawasaki Vulcan 2000
- 2005 Kawasaki ZX-6R
- 2004 ZX-10R Track Test
- 2004 Kawasaki KX250F Up, up, and away!
- Kawasaki slips into something more comfortable...
- '03 Kawy ZX-6R Kawy Brings a Gun to the Knife Fight
- Getting That Factory Ride - Part Two "The Storm"
- 2002 Kawasaki Vulcan 800 Classic Great Personality
- 2002 Kawasaki ZR-7S Bad as in Good. No, Really...
- First Ride: 2002 Kawasaki ZX-12R Has Kawasaki's largest sport bike finally seen the ...
- Restoration without the Exploration The Joy of Internet Motorcycling
- 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200S Seventies on Steroids
- First Ride: Year 2000 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic Fi A Better Vulcan for eVeryone
- 2000 Kawasaki Drifter 800 How to buy an Indian and save $22,000
- 2000 Kawasaki EX250 The little green bike that could.
- 2000 Kawasaki EX500 Just like a REAL motorcycle.
- Year 2000 Kawasaki W650 Oh, so retro!
- First Ride: Year 2000 Kawasaki ZX-6R Completely new. But is it the one for you?
- First Ride: Year 2000 Kawasaki ZX-9R The Final Open Class Contender Checks In
- 1999 Kawasaki Drifter 1500
- The 1999 Kawasaki KLR650 The Return of Swamp Thing
- 1998 Kawasaki ZX-6R The Rain in Spain is Mainly a Big Fat Pain
- ATV Test: 1997 Kawasaki Lakota 300 A Mid-Sized Workhorse With Sporting Intentions
- First Impression: 1997 Kawasaki ZX-6 Urban Assault Weapon
- Kawasaki's New 1997 Off-Road Models First Ride: KDX220R and KLX300R
- First Impression: 1997 Kawasaki ZX-7R Steady Refinement is Kawasaki's Key to Success
- Kawasaki Ninja 250R .25 Caliber Top Gun
- Corbin Valkyrie Custom Corbin and J & M Give the Fat Lady a Voice
- First Impression: 1996 Kawasaki Eliminator 600 The Bully Bike
- Road Test: 1995 Kawasaki GPz1100
- First Ride - 1995 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Zero to 100 - In Top Gear!
Kawasaki COMPARISONS
- 2008 Lightweight Dual-Purpose Shootout Adventure Within Reach
- 2008 Supersport Shootout: CBR600RR vs Daytona 675 vs ZX-6R vs R6 vs GSX-R600
- 2008 Literbike Shootout: ZX-10R vs CBR1000RR vs GSX-R1000 vs YZF-R1
- 2008 Hayabusa vs. ZX-14R Shootout Japanese hyperbikes American style
- 2007 Liter Bike Shootout Honda CBR 1000RR : Kawasaki ZX-10R : Suzuki GSX-R1000 : Yam...
- Three for Five: Budget Bombers Check-out 3 bikes on a $5,000 budget
- Godzilla Cruisers Shootout We Must Flee!
- 2006 Light-Middleweight Cruiser Comparison HD 883 Custom :: Honda Shadow 750 Aero ::...
- 2007 Power Cruisers Shootout Mmm...Power
- Big, Naked and Beautiful: Open-Class Standards 2006 2007 Buell XB12Ss v. 2006 Honda ...
- 2006 Rocket Tour - World's Fastest Imbeciles 2006 Kawasaki ZX-14 and the 2006 Suzuki...
- 2006 Middleweight Supersport Shootout Honda CBR 600RR : Kawasaki ZX-6R : Suzuki GSX-...
- 2006 Open Superbike Shootout Honda CBR 1000RR : Kawasaki ZX-10R : Suzuki GSX-R1000 :...
- 2006 Suzuki SV650S v. 2006 Kawasaki Ninja 650R To SV or not SV, that is the question...
- The B-Team: Value Supersport Shootout 2005
- 2005 Adventure Touring Comparo Adventure Touring Single, Twin, Triple
- 2005 Open Supersport Shootout Honda CBR 1000RR : Kawasaki ZX 10R : Suzuki GSX-R1000 ...
- 2005 Middleweight Supersport Shootout Honda CBR 600RR :: Suzuki GSX-R 600 :: Kawasak...
- Living With Comparo Honda VFR800 Interceptor :: Kawasaki Concours
- 2004 MO-ron Sport Tourer Comparo BMW K 1200 GT :: BMW R 1150 RT :: Honda ST1300 ABS ...
- 2004 Middleweight Standards F 650CS :: Sportster 1200R :: FZ-6 :: Ninja 500R :: Spee...
- Classic Tourer Comparo Roadstar Silverado :: Victory V92TC :: Nomad 1500 :: Road Kin...
- 2003 Naked 1000 Shootout The Owl and the Pussycat: Kawasaki Z1000 vs. Suzuki SV1000
- 2003 Best of the Best Aprilia Mille R :: Kawasaki ZX-6R :: Suzuki GSX-R1000
- 2003 Six Hundred Shootout Part II: On the Dirty Boulevard Beauty is in the Crotch of...
- 2003 Six Hundred Shootout Part I: Pure Prurient Performance Is 636cc Cheating? Kawas...
- Honda CBR1100XX vs. Kawasaki ZZ-R1200 Break out the Good Silverware
- 2002 Naked Bike Shootout We Like to Play the Emperor's New Clothes
- 2001 Power Cruiser Comparo In search of enlightenment and two-wheeled bliss.
- Two Unlikely Bedfellows Inline-four vs V-four Sport Touring
- 2001.5 Supersport Comparo The Best of the Rest
- 2001 Open Class Shootout Four Big Devils in the City of Angels
- 2000 Valuebike Shootout Who let the MO out?
- 2000 Openbike Shootout Thank you, may I have another?
- Year 2000 World Supersport Shootout 600(4)+748=Fun
- Y2K 250 Motocross Shootout The Main Event!
- 1999 600cc Supersport Shootout Head-On Collision
- Open Twin Cruisers '98 The Definition of Cruising
- 1998 Sport Tourers The Truth is Out There
- The Best of the Best: Part One
- .25 Caliber Shootout Three Japanese Fighters Whip Out Their Little Guns
- 1997 Middleweight Cruiser Shootout Cruise Light!
- 1997 Honda XR400R Vs. 1997 Kawasaki KLX300R Four-Stroke Trail Bikes
- Open Superbikes, 1997 Power Trippers!
- Heavyweight Cruisers, 1996 Five Fat Uglies on Five Fat Bikes
- Top 600s, 1997 1997 600cc Sportbike Shootout
- Power Tourers Soft Saddlebags Required
- Lightweight Tourers Comparison
- Open Warfare, 1996
- Frugal Flyers: A Six-Bike Shoot Out
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