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Kawasaki KX450 Review | 2024 model Launch Test

Dan Thomerson — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 21:55:26 +0000

I recently attended the launch of the new Kawasaki KX450, which has gained a lot of updates for 2024. I’d been eagerly awaiting the launch, given that it was held

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Review: 2023 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-4RR & R, Track Test!

Zane Dobie — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 02:45:47 +0000

There is no denying that a non-lams approved, small capacity, high revving four-cylinder sportsbike is an incredibly niche market. But, goodness, we are glad Kawasaki brought the new Ninja ZX-4RR

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World Launch: 2023 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid, Full Test

Alan Dowds — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 04:42:16 +0000

Sometimes when you ride an all-new bike, it takes a bit of time to get your head around it all. But in all my years testing motorcycles, nothing has been

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Track Test: Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR Homologation Special

Jeff Ware — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:12:27 +0000

Just over 10-months ago when we were first offered the chance to ride the Ninja ZX-10RR I was out of action with injuries. Now I’ve finally had a go on

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Throwback Thursday: Scott Russell Kawasaki ZXR750R Superbike

Alan Cathcart — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 00:00:37 +0000

It’s exactly 30 years since Kawasaki won Superbike’s World crown for the first time, courtesy of American Scott Russell, the cool-dude Georgian rider once memorably described as ‘so laid back,

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Review: 2023 Kawasaki KLX230SM

Jeff Ware — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 05:38:28 +0000

Kawasaki re-joined the supermoto class in Australia in early 2023 with the KLX230SM. Based on the KLX230S, the LAMS approved SM has 17in wheels, road tyres, sportier steering geometry, bigger

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Racer Tests: Riding the Empire Kawasaki Racing Team Bikes

Dan Thomerson — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:00:23 +0000

The Empire Kawasaki Team Launch day started off with an introduction to the entire team including the riders and all other members who complete the factory team. After a small

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Quick Test: 2023 Kawasaki KX250

Dan Thomerson — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 05:30:00 +0000

At the 2023 Empire Motorsport Team launch, Dan had the pleasure of riding the freshly revised 2023 Kawasaki KX250. As he had been fanging the 2022 model around at CityMX.

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Video Review: 2022 Kawasaki H2 SX

Zane Dobie — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:00:32 +0000

Never in my career have I considered putting in an offer to buy a motorcycle after testing it. Sometimes the price is too high, sometimes I struggle to see the

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New Model: Kawasaki’s Wild New ZX-4R Sportsbike!

Bike Review — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 06:45:23 +0000

The Kawasaki ZXR400 came out in 1989, with a top speed of 225km/h and a 60hp screaming 12,000rpm inline four slotted into a trick 160kg package. It was one of

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