One of the newest trends in motorcycling is the emergence of tourers, a.k.a. baggers, as the dominant individual street bike category. Riders are discovering...
Though called a streetfighter, the Kawasaki Z1000 ABS, which has been thoroughly reworked for 2014, is a far cry from battle-scarred sportbikes that have...
After chugging along with few changes and a distinctive tweet from its exhaust pipe for 21 years, Kawasaki's legendary KLR650 dual-sport got a major...
What’s the most important letter in Kawasaki’s alphabet? The mighty Z, of course.
In 1973, Kawasaki’s Z1, a 903cc four-stroke in-line four capable of speeds...
Kawasaki will unveil the next iteration of the Z1000 naked sportbike on November 5, 2013, at the EICMA show in Milan, Italy.
Reflecting a radical new...
For 2014, Kawasaki’s entire street lineup returns except for the Vulcan 1700 Classic—only baggers will be in the Vulcan 1700 cruiser lineup. Tweaks to...
My favorite comfort foods, heart-warming and artery-clogging classics like mac-and-cheese, buttermilk biscuits and pulled-pork barbecue, are straightforward and uncomplicated, each prepared with a short...
When the Kawasaki Concours 14 sped onto the sport-touring scene for 2008, it easily arm-wrestled the competition into submission. With its liquid-cooled, 1,352cc in-line...
Gold is highly valued for its luster, purity and rarity, characteristics that also apply to motorcycles, to varying degrees. Our Kawasaki Ninja 1000 test...
Like its ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it KLR650 dual-sport, Kawasaki produced the Ninja 250 for more than two decades before giving it a major overhaul for 2008. Styling...
Confident that neither the Mayan calendar nor the contentious presidential election will bring the world to a grinding halt later this year, Kawasaki is...
(This Retrospective article was featured in the July 2012 issue of Rider Magazine)
Story and photography by Clement Salvadori
Year/Model: 1981 Kawasaki KZ750-E
Owner: Franco Teti, Los...
Before a burst of technology and specialization in the mid 1980s commenced sharpening our motorcycles into sportbikes, long-distance luxury tourers and cruisers, a street...
Our motivations differed, but our destination was the same. Having fallen under the spell of majestic redwoods several years ago at Muir Woods National...
photography by Kevin Wing
This comparison was inevitable. After the Kawasaki Concours 14 won our last sport-touring comparison (Rider, November 2010), among the new bikes...
