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Kawasaki Z500 Review | Motorcycle Test

Kris Hodgson — Thu, 16 May 2024 23:14:34 +0000

2024 Kawasaki Z500 Review Test by Kris Hodgson, Images Sam Kimber This year is a big one for the 400-500 cc beginner class in motorcycling in many ways. Kawasaki has rolled out its larger 451cc parallel twin across the Z and Ninja lines, which are being called ‘500’s in Australia. This follows on from the […]

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Kawasaki Ninja ZX-4RR Australian Racetrack Review

Wayne Vicko — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 01:26:54 +0000

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-4RR & ZX-4R Review Words by Wayne Vickers, Images by MotoThing Can you believe that it’s been almost 25 years since the glory days of the Japanese 400 supersports being in full flight? Seems crazy that there’s been that gap for so long. But it’s another case of everything old being new again; […]

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2024 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R Review | Motorcycle Test

Rennie Scaysbrook — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 01:15:28 +0000

2024 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R Review Bike review by Rennie Scaysbrook What’s the best way to fool people about your age when the years creep up? If you answered, “Get a facelift”, you’d be right. A facelift, at least on human subjects, is a surgical procedure that involves the removal of excess facial fat, the tightening […]

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2023 Kawasaki ZX-4RR Review | Motorcycle Test

Rennie Scaysbrook — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 01:17:08 +0000

2023 Kawasaki ZX-4RR Review KRT Edition Kawasaki ZX-4RR Test by Rennie Scaysbrook If you were lucky enough to grow up in the 1990s, small capacity inline four-cylinder motorcycles were omnipresent. Honda’s CBR250RR and CBR400, Yamaha’s FZR250 and 400, Suzuki’s GSX250 and GSX-R400, and of course, the Kawasaki ZXR400. In Australia, these things were ripping roads […]

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2021 Kawasaki KLR650 Adventure Review | Motorcycle Test

Kris Hodgson — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 21:48:39 +0000

2021 Kawasaki KLR650 Adventure Review Words by Kris Hodgson, Images by D. Hodgson I spent a couple of weeks with the new KLR650 recently and despite a decidely modest specification sheet, that by design does keep the bike in the LAMS approved list, I came away quite impressed. For the full run down of changes […]

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2021 Kawasaki ZX-10R Review | Rennie rocks Team Green

Rennie Scaysbrook — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:25:37 +0000

2021 Kawasaki ZX-10R Tested by Rennie Scaysbrook It’s reasonable to say the past near decade of international superbike competition has belonged to one brand and one man. Kawasaki and Jonathan Rea have been near unstoppable over the last six years, taking six consecutive titles in a reign even more dominant than our own Mick Doohan […]

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2021 Kawasaki Versys 1000 S | Motorcycle Test

Adam Child — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 21:23:58 +0000

2021 Kawasaki Versys 1000 S Review I was lucky enough to attend the world launch of Kawasaki’s big Versys in 2012, and although it was hardly love at first sight, its qualities soon became apparent. The way the adventure-styled tourer smoothly churned out big miles, while cosseting both rider and pillion, was quickly evident. Since […]

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Ultimate Super Naked Group Track Test Comparo

Adam Child — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:28:53 +0000

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Kawasaki Z H2 Review | Naked and blown on the road…

Adam Child — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 02:41:54 +0000

Kawasaki Z H2 Motorcycle Test By Adam Child ‘Chad’ Photography by Simon Lee Kawasaki’s Z H2, a supercharged 998cc inline four producing 197bhp and 137 Nm. However, despite its amazing, match-winning engine output, the Z H2 is anything but a race bike, and hides a split personality. This ridiculously aggressive H2 can be as docile […]

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2020 Kawasaki Ninja 1000SX Review

Adam Child — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:10:22 +0000

Kawasaki Ninja 1000SX Test By Adam Child ‘Chad’ Kawasaki’s popular Ninja 1000SX receives a multitude of upgrades for 2020. We sent international journalist Adam ‘Chad’ Child to Spain to wheelie, I mean test, the latest version of this popular sports-tourer. Kawasaki’s first Z1000SX was introduced in 2010 and I was lucky enough to attend the […]

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2020 Kawasaki W800 Street and Cafe Review

Adam Child — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 23:34:31 +0000

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A MotoGP bike going head to head with a Kawasaki H2R

Ryan — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 23:02:59 +0000

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Graeme Crosby rides the 2018 Kawasaki Z900RS

Kiwirider — Sat, 05 May 2018 10:58:13 +0000

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2018 Kawasaki KX450F Review

Kiwirider — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 01:36:43 +0000

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Kawasaki’s 2017 Z650 & Ninja 650 LAMS Review

Kris Hodgson — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 21:58:43 +0000

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Kawasaki W800 Review

Trev — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:30:01 +0000

Kawasaki W800 Review – By Trevor Hedge Kawasaki were the first of the Japanese brands to go seriously retro with their W650 more than a decade ago. Despite this, Triumph’s modern day Bonneville (also largely manufactured in Asia) had more cred’ with the buying public, thanks to that British brand name on the tank. The […]

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Kawasaki KLR650 Review

Trev — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:33:59 +0000

Kawasaki’s venerable KLR650 is one of the least powerful big bore dual-sport motorcycles on the market. The KLR has been around since God was a boy, feels and looks a little dated and has about as much sex appeal as Kevin Rudd. So why is it by far the biggest selling adventure-touring motorcycle in Australia? […]

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2011 Kawasaki KX250F Review

Mark Willis — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:06:27 +0000

Kawasaki KX250F (2011) Review By Mark Willis Since its inception back in 2004, the Kawasaki KX250F has built up an impressive CV of race and championships wins both here and overseas, especially in the USA with the all-conquering Pro Circuit race team. In Australia, Luke George was the last one to rack up a national […]

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2011 Kawasaki KX250F Review

Mark Willis — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:34:22 +0000

Riding The 2011 Kawasaki KX250F By Mark Willis Since its inception back in 2004, the Kawasaki KX250F has built up an impressive CV of race and championships wins both here and overseas, especially in the USA with the all-conquering Pro Circuit race team. In Australia, Luke George was the last one to rack up a […]

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Kawasaki Ninja 1000 Review

Trev — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:53:49 +0000

Riding the Kawasaki Ninja 1000 By Trevor Hedge There was a time when Kawasaki made some of the most practical road going sportsbikes with exciting engines and good road-tuned suspension, combined with friendly ergonomics. The 1998 through to 2003 ZX-9R Ninja machines and the last carburetted 636cc version of the ZX-6R in 2002 in particular, […]

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2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Review

Trev — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:27:34 +0000

2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Tested By Trevor Hedge It’s no secret that for many years Kawasaki has been left behind by their Japanese brethren, in the race for 1000cc sportsbike supremacy. Taking a different development cycle to their competitors, who have also delayed new models due to the GFC, Kawasaki were already so far advanced with […]

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Kawasaki Ninja 300 Review

Trev — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 05:55:52 +0000

Kawasaki Ninja 300 Review By Trevor Hedge Despite leading the motorcycle sales charts on and off for many years, Kawasaki had been short changing Australian learners by only offering them an outdated version of the venerable Ninja 250, long cast aside by other markets in favour of a more modern fuel-injected model. Only when Honda […]

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Five countries with a Kawasaki ZX-12R and Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa (2005) – By Colin Schiller

Trev — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:17:49 +0000

I’ve always been good at denial, or so the, wives, girlfriends and people whom I apparently deny always tell me… No seriously, I have always been good at that control and self-discipline necessary when travelling long distances on a a motorbike, so that while friends and colleagues are getting off and going for a piss, […]

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2005 Kawasaki ZX-6R Review

Trev — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 06:38:02 +0000

Riding the 2005 Kawasaki ZX-6R There has been a lot of excitement and buzz about the 600cc class this year, with all the major players rolling out new or improved machinery. Suzuki kicked it off with their latest GSX-R in 2004 and since then Yamaha, Honda and Triumph have unveiled their respective weapons. Now Kawasaki […]

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