Kawasaki president Kenji Tomida unveiled the Japanese manufacturer’s complete range of roadgoing bikes for 2016 at the EICMA Motorcycle Show in Milan in November. These included an exciting liquid-cooled J125 ABS scooter developed in conjunction with Kymco. There were also sexy Sugomi special-edition versions of the Z800 naked bikes, with dark red and black colour […]
We posted an invitation a few days ago to submit photographs of your Kawasaki custom bikes – café racers, street fighters, bobbers and other works of motorcycle art. The link unfortunately became corrupted but has since been sorted out, so please use it to forward good images of your pride and joy to us HERE. […]
We all know that most Kawasaki owners are a little – um – different to people who buy other brands. They like their bikes to be quick and they like them to have a heart and soul. That’s why Kawasaki motorcycles of all ages are so often used to build the café racers and stripped […]
Kawasaki Motorcycles South Africa has appointed Extreme Machines at 201 Greyling Street, Pietermaritzburg as an official service centre for Kawasaki motorcycles and quads. Extreme Machines, already a full dealer for Aeon and Sym products, can now service and repair Kawasaki products without affecting the manufacturer’s warranty. The Pietermaritzburg motorcycle shop was selected as a service […]
Kawasaki’s “unofficial” racers – Team 38 – or, more accurately, Team 38 PS-K – is made up of a small coterie of mostly Japanese enthusiasts and Kawasaki factory test riders, although it has in recent years been joined by Kawasaki USA test rider Derek Keyes for the annual Suzuka 8 Hour race. Named after the […]
Developed between the Kawasaki Racing Team and the Kawasaki factory, the 2016 Ninja ZX-10R is as close as a WSBK bike on the road can get. Now see the bike that Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes will base their KRT racing machines on next season and that will be available from road riders in Kawasaki […]
We thought it was unlikely that Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ foray into the field of forced induction would be left to whither on the vine after the supercharged H2 and H2R models were launched, and it seems that we were right. The factory has issued a release on its Rideology website, established to cover its exhibition […]
With the possible exception of a six year period between 1977 and ’82 during which they won no less than 73 grand prix races and eight riders’ world championships in the 250 and 350cc classes, Kawasaki’s motorcycle division has never invested into World Championship Grand Prix racing as heavily as the other three Japanese manufacturers. […]
