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  • New Kawasaki Z1000 R Edition for 2017

    New Kawasaki Z1000 R Edition for 2017

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    Kawasaki has just confirmed that in addition to the standard Z1000, there will be an ‘R’ edition in the line up too. The ‘R’ gets high-spec Brembo brakes, Öhlins suspension and revised ECU settings. Pricing details are being held until Motorcycle Live, and the first bikes could be with customers as early as January 2017.…

  • Video: Kawasaki Spain goes ‘full monty’ for road safety

    Video: Kawasaki Spain goes ‘full monty’ for road safety

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    We’ve seen various road safety campaigns in the past that try and make car drivers notice motorcyclists around them. Most of them fail to grab your attention. Others are a bit dull. And then there are some that are just plain bonkers, like this one that Kawasaki Spain has just released. The idea behind the video is…

  • Impressive Honda CBR250RR power figures confirmed

    Impressive Honda CBR250RR power figures confirmed

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    Our friends in Indonesia have the official details from Honda that confirm the power, weight and other details of the new Honda CBR250RR. According to the documents, the maximum power output from the parallel twin is 36bhp at 12,500rpm, which is pretty impressive considering that the 125cc version only manages 13bhp. It’s also well ahead…

  • Kawasaki giving the H2R bigger wings. Design drawings point the way to proper downforce increase

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    These drawings from inside Kawasaki show how the factory is having to up the amount of downforce on its next-generation of the brutal H2R to MotoGP levels, just to keep the front wheel of the coming-version of the bike on the floor during top-end acceleration. There’s no details about an increase in the bike’s power…

  • Kawasaki Versys 250 documents surface in Indonesia

    Kawasaki Versys 250 documents surface in Indonesia

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    There’s been talk about a 250cc version of Kawasaki Versys for some time now, but the story just got more credible with the publication of Kawasaki Indonesia documents on tmcblog.com The documents show that Kawasaki Indonesia has registered two codes: Kawasaki LE250B and KawasakiLE250C. Since the code for the 650cc Versys is LE650C, it’s quite likely that…

  • Intermot show: Kawasaki announces TWO more new models! The Z900 and Z650!

    Intermot show: Kawasaki announces TWO more new models! The Z900 and Z650!

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    Here we go then, another two models coming in from Kawasaki – the Z900 (the black bike, below)and Z650 (the white bike). Below are the details from Kawasaki directly – we’ll let you know the price when it appears from Kawasaki UK: Z900 / Z900 ABS CONCEPT: RIDER-FOCUSED SUPERNAKED OFFERS SUBLIME BALANCE OF POWER &…

  • Intermot show: Just 120 of these carbon H2 Kawasaki’s are going to be made in 2017… H2 and H2R get lean angle recorders too!

    Intermot show: Just 120 of these carbon H2 Kawasaki’s are going to be made in 2017… H2 and H2R get lean angle recorders too!

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    Intermot show: Just 120 of these carbon H2 Kawasaki’s are going to be made in 2017… H2 and H2R get lean angle recorders too!   It’s pretty, but with only 120 of these carbon H2s being built, you’ll be lucky to see one in the flesh. Basically, it’s carbon bodywork on the big bike whilst…

  • Intermot show: Kawasaki’s ALL-NEW 2017 Ninja 650 revealed

    Intermot show: Kawasaki’s ALL-NEW 2017 Ninja 650 revealed

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    Intermot show: Kawasaki’s ALL-NEW 2017 Ninja 650 revealed.       Kawasaki has just unveiled its new 650 – and the factory is calling it the ‘all-new Ninja’ raising the question as to whether or not this is signalling the end of the ZX-6R supersport bike. Aside from the questions raised by the news of…

  • Intermot show: Kawasaki’s ZX-10R gets an RR version (think of it as an old-style homologation racing special on the road)

    Intermot show: Kawasaki’s ZX-10R gets an RR version (think of it as an old-style homologation racing special on the road)

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    Intermot show: Kawasaki’s ZX-10R gets an RR version (think of it as an old-style homologation racing special on the road). Now we like this! Kawasaki has revealed its 2017 ZX-10RR. A ZX-10R with knobs on. If you get our point. But there’s only going to be 500 of these bikes made – so if you…

  • Intermot show: Kawasaki shows the 2017 Z1000SX with some pretty big upgrades

    Intermot show: Kawasaki shows the 2017 Z1000SX with some pretty big upgrades

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      Kawasaki’s Z1000SX has just been launched by the factory and gets some major upgrades for 2017.   The bike gets a wider top fairing and larger “double-bubble” adjustable screen as well as LED headlamps that are claimed to be 1.4 times brighter than those on the current machine. Ergonomically both rider and passenger seats are…


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