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Kawasaki Announces Second Ordering Period for 2015 Ninja H2, April 7-21

Kawasaki announced today its plans to offer a second, limited ordering period for the 2015 Kawasaki Ninja H2 motorcycle. This only applies to the...

Video Review | 2015 Kawasaki Vulcan S

After spending more than 250 miles on a 2015 Kawasaki Vulcan S while sampling different seats and trying all three peg positions, we’re here...

Dual-Sporting in Northern California on the Kawasaki KLR650 New Edition

Adventures are good. They don’t have to be big adventures, like crossing the Sahara Desert or Panama’s Darien Gap, but can be quite small and...

New for 2015 Motorcycles: Bombshells and Bargain Blasters

We’ve already devoted more space to new bikes in the last several issues than we have in years, and now another round of new-for-2015...

2015 Kawasaki Vulcan S | Road Test Review

When’s the last time you drove a car, van or truck with zero adjustability for the seat, steering wheel or foot controls? Yeah, that’s...

2015 Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT | First Ride Review

Using the same engine in multiple motorcycle models makes good economic sense. The 649cc parallel twin that debuted in the Kawasaki Ninja 650 found...

New for 2015: Big Bangs for the Buck

The 2015 crop of new bikes is a big one, with lots of all-new or significantly updated models. We’ve covered the new stuff from...

Middleweight Touring Cruisers: Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic LT, Star V Star 950 Tourer, Suzuki Boulevard C50T, Triumph America LT

Baggers, with their broad fairings and hard saddlebags, are popular these days, but classically styled cruisers with windshields and leather saddlebags have been mainstays...

2014 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic LT Review

V-TWIN VALUE Remember 1984? That’s the year Apple launched its Macintosh computer during the Super Bowl and Kawasaki introduced the Vulcan 750 cruiser (as a...

2015 Kawasaki Versys 650 LT – First Ride Review

Photography by James Wright and Ula Serra I Prat As Inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan advised, “A man’s got to know his limitations.” Male or female,...

2015 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS – Road Test Review

Photography by Kevin Wing Borrowed from the French, concours (pronounced kawn-koor; the “s” is silent) refers to an assemblage of things or a contest, such...

2015 Kawasaki Ninja H2 | First Look Review

One of the most exciting announcements during the 2014 Intermot show, held last month in Cologne, Germany, was the introduction of the Kawasaki Ninja...

2015 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS – First Look Review

For its eighth model year Kawasaki has nicely revised and updated the 2015 Concours 14 ABS sport-tourer, which offers a high-powered but flexible 1,352cc...

2015 Kawasaki Vulcan S / ABS – First Look Review

Kawasaki is betting that a large number of cruiser enthusiasts are willing to do without the traditional looks of a V-twin-based machine in exchange...

2015 Kawasaki Versys 650 ABS/LT and Versys 1000 LT – First Look Review

When the Kawasaki Versys 650 debuted for 2008, it had styling as unusual as its name (a mash-up of “versatility” and “system”). Powered by...

Intermot First Look: 2015 Motorcycles from BMW, Ducati, Kawasaki, KTM, Suzuki and Zero

Held in Cologne, Germany, the International Motorcycle, Scooter and E-Bike Fair, known as Intermot, is the first big international motorcycle show of the fall...

Comparison Test: Honda CBR300R ABS vs. Kawasaki Ninja 300 ABS SE

It was only a matter of time. In the face of Honda’s 2011 CBR250R challenge to its long-lived Ninja 250, Kawasaki embarked on a...

Retrospective: Kawasaki KZ1000 Z1-R TC (Turbocharged): 1978-1979

As the old adage goes, when enough is good, more is better. In late 1977, Kawasaki’s new Z1-R, a somewhat sexier version of the...

Kawasaki Teases the Upcoming 2015 Ninja H2

Kawasaki has announced that it will unveil an all-new addition to its Ninja sportbike line at the Intermot Motorcycle Show in Cologne, Germany, which...

2015 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R ABS 30th Anniversary Limited Edition – First Look Review

Kawasaki is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Ninja with a very limited edition of numbered 2015 ZX-14R ABS motorcycles. Only 300 ZX-14R Limited...

2015 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R and ZX-10R 30th Anniversary Editions – First Look Review

Kawasaki is celebrating 30 years of its Ninja sportbike line with two special editions for 2015. The commemorative Ninja ZX-6R/ABS and Ninja ZX-10R/ABS models...

2014 Kawasaki Vulcan Vaquero ABS SE Review

Introduced as a 2011 model, the Vaquero (which means “cowboy” in Spanish) is one of three dressed versions of the popular Vulcan 1700. Each...

Comparo: 2014 Honda Gold Wing F6B vs. Kawasaki Vulcan Vaquero ABS SE

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...

2014 Kawasaki KLR650 New Edition | First Ride Review

Kawasaki’s KLR650 has secured a place of honor in the pantheon of great motorcycles. Not because it’s the fastest or the most stylish or...

2014 Kawasaki Z1000 ABS – Road Test Review

  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...

2014 Kawasaki KLR650 New Edition First Look Review

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...

2014 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 ABS – Road Test Review

More than any other manufacturer, Kawasaki has all the sportbike bases covered, with its line of Ninjas ranging from 298cc to 1,441cc. If you’re...

2014 Kawasaki Z1000 – First Look Review

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...

Retrospective: Kawasaki KLX650: 1993-1996

If you were in the market for a dual-purpose, big-single sort of ride back in 1993, Kawasaki certainly had the market covered. It offered...

New Kawasaki Z1000 to Debut on November 5th

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...

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