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Kawasaki Motorcycle Reviews

	2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 LT Humble, Not Huge more

	2009 Kawasaki KLX250SF More supermoto style for the quarter-liter set. more

	2009 Kawasaki KX450F - Meaner And Greener Leaner, greener and a bit meaner, but can it beat the Honda? more

	Short Shift: Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 Classic Big Mike Seate trolls the Florida Keys on the only cruiser that's bigger than he is. more

	2009 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R - The Ninja's New Moves A little leaner and a lot meaner, the all-new Ninja 600 eats Autopolis with a big Piston Fork. more

	2009 Kawasaki KLX250S Getting Dirty Without Going Broke more

	First Ride: 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250R - A First Ride To Remember Ninja 250R receives a massive '08 makeover. more

	Kawasaki KLX140L Fills The Gap - First Ride Not-So-Mean Green more

	2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R - First Ride - Enter The Warrior Packing Almost 180 Horsepower, This Is The Fiercest Ninja Yet. more

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

	2007 Kawasaki ZX-6R - First Ride Read about our first ride on the 2007 Kawasaki ZX-6R. 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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	Kawasaki KTRC Traction Control Generally speaking, turning 130-something horsepower loose on an expanse of wet, slippery white plastic in a hotel parking lot is very bad idea. But since our friends at Kawasaki said it would be... more
	And if it's not, don't blame the bike My Editor at the time was the best writer ever to put words in a motorcycle magazine. So I listened to what the man said, even if he did have the sort of austere, mid-western work ethic that kept him... more
	Where Egos Dare I didnâ€™t trust that plywood ramp, but the Morton twins thought it would work. This did nothing for my confidence. I didnâ€™t trust them either. Chuck the Dot did his best Steve McQueen, convincing... more
	Irreconcilable Differences I have tasted the Milwaukee Kool-Aid and it is good. I keep a couple of reminders right here on my desk. This ancient Bosch magneto is all thatâ€™s left of my Dadâ€™s first Harley. And like the man... more
	Exploring the Zen of Less Feel free to call me a heretic if it makes you feel any better. Call me Ishmael, or a Luddite or just generally soft in the gums. But the maximum four-cylinder carnivores perched atop our sport bike... more

	2009 KAWASAKI CONCOURS ?? I'd get both wheels balanced first, see if that gets rid of the high speed vibe. The clunk when stopping may be the steering head bearings a bit loose. Don't know what to do about the heat. Joe"... more
	Vintage lightweight bikes wanted Hello,We have a pre-owned motorcycle store in central Florida. We have just taken in on trade a 1972 Kawasaki 175 F 7. It is not pretty, but runs great! If it is anything you are interested in,... more
	Sexiest Bikes I lust after I loved the Kawasaki the first time I saw it, I am planing on buying one next summer, that bike is sick.... more
	Kudos to Roots! As a 41 year old 'new' motorcyclist (2 years last July, if you don't count my short stint at age 12 on a 1958 Cushman Eagle, cut short when I committed the faux pas of giving an overzealous... more
	November 2009 Issue Ok, able to spend even more time with the issue, it's not a one time read, this is one that will become tattered. When I first saw the cover, well, there was a Harley and that usually works for me... more