Kawasaki Motorcycles

Motorcyclist’s First Rides section showcases our staff riding the latest Kawasaki motorcycles and street bikes in order to give you their professional impressions. Find Kawasaki motorcycle reviews and sport bike tests including comparisons and much m ... more

Kawasaki Motorcycle Reviews

	2009 Kawasaki KLX250S Getting Dirty Without Going Broke more

	2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 - First Ride This Is Why It's Called Sport-Touring. more

	First Ride: 2006 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic V-twin value, refined and redefined more

	2006 Kawasaki ZX-14 The nine-second Gentleman's Express more

	2005 Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 Nomad At first glance it looks like Kawasaki's familiar 1500 Nomad--but look again. Most pieces of Kawasaki's 2005-spec Nomad turn out to be new,... more

	First Ride: 2005 Kawasai Z750S Rational motorcycles--bikes with livable ergos, street-sensible power, non-intimidating styling, flexible manners, prices that don't... more

	2005 Kawasaki ZX-6R more

	First Ride: Kawasaki ZX-10R Midway through my first "Meanie Greenie Ninjatini," I noticed there was no motorcycle in the fifth-floor reception suite of Miami's posh... more

	First Ride: Go Naked, Go Fast: Kawasaki Z1000 First Ride Editor's Note: We took delivery of a Z1000 testbike just the other day, and have already begun the thrashing. But in the space between... more

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	2009 Kawasaki KLX250S Getting Dirty Without Going Broke... more
	2007 Kawasaki Z1000 - Up To Speed Kawasaki has made it abundantly clear that it intends to kick ass and take names in every segment of motorcycling. And the latest salvo in the Japanese firm's battle for supremacy is aimed at the... more
	2007 Kawasaki ZX-6R - First Ride Read about our first ride on the 2007 Kawasaki ZX-6R.... more
	Suzuki GSX-R600, Honda CBR600F4, Kawasaki ZX-6R And Yamaha YZF-R6 - Reality Check 600cc ComparoFantasies are good for you, even Freud would agree. They make tolerable the dulling grind of gainful employment, make bearable the hellish commute and the vacuous elevator banter.... more
	Suzuki GSX-R600, Honda CBR600F4, Kawasaki ZX-6R And Yamaha YZF-R6 - Reality Check 600cc ComparoFantasies are good for you, even Freud would agree. They make tolerable the dulling grind of gainful employment, make bearable the hellish commute and the vacuous elevator banter.... more
	Kawasaki Z1000 - Naked Performance - First Ride As niche markets go, the "performance naked class" as Kawasaki calls it (and claims to have started back in 2003 with the original Z1000, which other manufacturers would surely dispute) is booming.... more
	'04 Kawasaki ZX-12 Break-In Process - Answers - MC Garage Running On About Running InI bought an '04 Kawasaki ZX-12, and it came with a sticker on the tachometer telling me to not exceed 4000 rpm for the first 500 miles. What do you think about this? I've... more
	Hard Parts - Kawasaki Concours 14 Inside the Ultimate Transcontinental Power Trip.... more
	Kawasaki ZX-10R: Light & Strong! We have begun wringing out the 2004 Kawasaki ZX-10R (or perhaps it would be more accurate to say it has been wringing us out). Here are a few hard numbers to pique your interest and whet your... more
	2004 Motorcycle Guide - Sportbikes, Sport Tourers and Standards < more

	McQueen Kawasaki goes on Auction International auction house Bonhams & Butterfields will be offering for sale motorcycles previously owned by screen legends Clark Gable and Steve McQueen (pictured) at next month's auction at the... more
	Dual-Sport Riding My last motocross outing had ended with a crash and an ambulance ride... more
	What's in a name? Interceptor, Hurricane, Ninja, Katanaâ€¦... more
	Why We Ride We got so many letters about our "Why We Ride" cover story (November, 2006) that we couldnâ€™t begin to fit them all in the magazine... more

	MOTY Touring another WOW,You chose the Kawasaki concours 14 for MOTY TOURING? What are you guys thinking? that bike albeit is nice, but how can KAWASAKI make a Sport Touring bike and not give it Cruise control,... more
	Setting a Land Speed Record on a modified 500 - faster than a Hayabusa Alan Spears is an old racer that just canâ€™t seem to give up the habit. Heâ€™s come out of retirement, at the age of 58, to set a land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats. And he says he... more
	Final MotoGP preseason test ends with Lorenzo on high The second and final evening of MotoGPâ€™s first ever night test at Losail International circuit ended with Fiat Yamahaâ€™s Jorge Lorenzo at the head of the timesheet, courtesy of a time of... more
	2008 MOTY I got my '08 KLR 650 in June of '07. It now has just shy of 15,000 trouble free miles on it. It gets consistantly 60+ mpg. 100+ top speed. It will rip paved corners and go all the way to and past the... more
	Tire profiles.... Hello, I have a question: I own a 2007 Kawasaki ZZR 600. I recently brought a Dunlop Qualifier for the rear. The stock Dunlop D207 is still on the front (itâ€™s the OEM tire). Even though... more
	Motorcyclist Retro MCPubAnd to quickly answer the question why no Nortons and Triumphs. There are a lot of mags out there that do a lot with old British bikes. Our take for this magazine was to focus on "newer", more... more
	Looking for a fast, low-maintenence commuter bike A sub 750 would do just fine. My Kawasaki KLR 650 commutes at 75 mph 6 days a week. But by the description of what you want for new ride I would suggest a Honda Civic. It would cost about the same or... more
	2008 ninja 250 i've noticed kawasaki has redesigned the ninja 250 for 2008. i plan on getting one in the spring when they come out. any opinions?... more
	i got a sort of important quetion- There are 160,000 miles of paved roads in this country and 3,000,000 miles of unpaved roads. Go dual-sport and see that 99% of the country that the street riders never see. Dual-sports are much more... more
	I Hate Star Trek I have a 2004 2000 Vulcan and it's been in the shop over the past 3 years for roughly 1 year under warranty. The problem, per the mechanic, is the HDL's. I've read many forums that Kawasaki and... more