Kawasaki Reviews
Kawasaki emerged out of the ashes of the second World War to become one of the big players from Japan. In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Kawasaki built a reputation for some of the most powerful engines on two wheels, spawning legendary sportbikes like the Ninja series and a line of championship-winning off-road bikes.
Ninjapalooza
Track testing the Ninjas: 300, 636, 650 & 1000
Kawasaki brought a fleet of Ninjas in every displacement to Chuckwalla Raceway and turned us loose. If that doesn't sound like a great way to spend the day, you're probably reading the wrong website....
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Inside the 2013 Supercross Works Bikes
Factory firepower creates the coolest dirt bikes on the planet!
The start of a new Supercross season brings with it a lot of anticipation over and above race results. It’s the first time fans, riders and team personnel get to see what the competition has brought to off-road racing’s largest stage. ...Read Full Story
2013 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R Review
The 636 is back!
Known for shaking up the status quo, Kawasaki is looking to jolt some life back into the middleweight sportbike class with the 2013 ZX-6R. The magic number behind the new ZX: 636....Read Full Story
Kawasaki Reviews
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- 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300 Review The little Ninja bulks up
- 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300 Preview The littlest Ninja grows up
- 2013 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R Preview A return to 636cc
- Best Motorcycles of 2012 Spectacular bikes despite fewer new models
- 2013 Kawasaki KX450F Review The updated KX bristles with state-of-the-art technology
- 2013 Kawasaki KX250F Review A terrific motocrosser gets many improvements for 2013
- 2013 Kawasaki Early-Release Models ABS now optional on Ninja 650, electronic steerin...
- 2012 Kawasaki Versys Review Preparing for battle with the V-Strom and G650GS
- Top 10 Hottest Bikes of 2012 These 10 motorcycles are sure to make waves in 2012
- 2012 Kawasaki Ninja 650 Review: First Ride [Video] Sportier styling and a new chassi...
- 2012 Kawasaki ZX-14R Review [Video] New King of Hyperbikes?
- 2012 Kawasaki Street Models Updates Ninja 650 gets a major overhaul, while the Ninja...
- 2012 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R Preview Kawi's flagship sportbike gets a more powerful en...
- Motorcycle.com Best of 2011 Awards Some of the best motorcycles ever built
- 2012 Kawasaki KX450F Review - First Impressions Revvy and racy in a bite-sized packa...
- 2011 Kawasaki KX450F Review Big, fast and versatile
- 2012 Kawasaki KX450F and KX250F Preview Smoother, slimmer, faster and stronger
- 2011 Kawasaki KX250F Review Fast on the track...and everywhere else
- Top 10 Hottest Bikes of 2011 The 10 most Interesting new motorcycles you need to kno...
- 2011 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Vaquero Review Kawasaki's cowboy rides into bagger territo...
- 2010 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager Review Anti-heat upgrades add appeal to an underap...
- 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Review Traction control, power modes and ABS on an all-new, mor...
- 2011 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 Review - First Ride We taste test Kawi's newest Ninja
- 2011 Kawasaki KLR650 Review Simple is good!
- 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Unveiled The wraps come off the baddest Ninja yet!
- 2011 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Vaquero Preview A black bagger from Team Green
- 2011 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 Preview A fully faired Z1000 for big-bore street burning
- Motorcycle.com Best of 2010 Awards We select the cream of the crop, including our pi...
- 2010 Kawasaki Ninja 250R Review The only Japanese-American 250cc sportbike
- 2011 Kawasaki KX450F Review - First Impressions Amazing things from big K
- 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Preview We discover secret info about the baddest Ninja ever!
- 2011 Kawasaki KX250F Review - First Impressions Kawasaki introduces fuel injection t...
- 2010 Kawasaki Versys Review A Swiss Army knife among street motorcycles
- 2010 Kawasaki Middleweight and Dual-Purpose Roundup Five reasons why Kawasaki is lea...
- 2010 Kawasaki Ninja 650R Review Team Green's sensible sportbike gets updated
- 2010 Kawasaki ZX-10R Review Green machine gets honed
- 2010 Kawasaki Z1000 Review A liter-sized hooligan sportbike bargain
- 2010 Kawasaki KLX110 & KLX110L Review Good things in small packages
- 2010 Kawasaki Concours 14 Review The People's new Connie!
- 2010 Kawasaki Models Unveiled The C-14 is first in line for Kawi's all-new traction ...
- 2010 Kawasaki Z1000 Unveiled The Z is back! Hurray!
- 2010 Kawasaki KX250F Review Team Green's Quarter-Liter MXer gets a Nip/Tuck
- 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Lineup Three Middleweight Knockouts Do NY State
- Best of 2009 - Motorcycles of the Year A sagging economy hasn't stopped the flow of ...
- 2010 Kawasaki KX450F Review Team Green injects some mean!
- 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager/Nomad Review Get outta town!
- 2009 Kawasaki ER-6n Review An affordable roadster for everyone
- 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700/LT Review The Vulcan gets a ground-up re-do
- 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R Review – Street Test Nasty new Ninja should make others nervou...
- 2009 Kawasaki KLX250SF Review More than a street-ready dirt bike
- 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R Review Middleweight Green Machine More Extreme
- 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R Review - First Ride Major improvement for the middleweight Ninja
- 2009 Kawasaki Motorcycles Released First look at the 2009s
- 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager Bigger is Better
- 2009 Kawasaki KX250F Review Team Green's redesigned motocrosser packs plenty of punc...
- 2009 Kawasaki KLX250S Review A Lean, Mean and Green Dualie For the Whole Family
- 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250R Review Revvy and racy in a bite-sized package
- 2008 Kawasaki Versys Road Test Dawn of a New Standard?
- 2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R Review Will This Be the Literbike Leader of 2008?
- 2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R Preview Spin Control: a pre-ride inspection
- 2008 Kawasaki ZX-14: First Ride You want quick? We run mid-9s at the drag strip!
- 2008 Kawasakis: First Look
- 2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R First Look Tweaked to deliciousness
- 2008 Kawasaki Versys First Ride Kawasaki’s New Standard
- 2007 Kawasaki Z1000 Mad power that looks the part
- 2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 The New Connie: Great Expectations Exceeded
- Riding with the Wind of Change The do-it-all KLR650 has been taken to a higher level
- 2006 Kawasaki ZX-10R
- 2007 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R Full Report Stay On the Gas!
- 2007 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom On a twisty road, the Kawasaki makes a pretty good a...
- 2006 Kawasaki ZX-14 Model Introduction
- 2005 Kawasaki Z 750S "The motorcycle American consumers should buy."
- First Ride: 2006 Kawasaki Ninja 650R
- 2005 Vulcan Nomad 1600
- 2005 Kawasaki ZX-6R
- 2004 Kawasaki Vulcan 2000
- Kawasaki Z750
- 2004 Kawasaki KX250F Up, up, and away!
- 2004 ZX-10R Track Test
- Getting That Factory Ride - Part Two "The Storm"
- Kawasaki slips into something more comfortable...
- '03 Kawy ZX-6R Kawy Brings a Gun to the Knife Fight
- 2002 Kawasaki ZR-7S Bad as in Good. No, Really...
- 2002 Kawasaki Vulcan 800 Classic Great Personality
- First Ride: 2002 Kawasaki ZX-12R Has Kawasaki's largest sport bike finally seen the ...
- Restoration without the Exploration The Joy of Internet Motorcycling
- 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200S Seventies on Steroids
- First Ride: Year 2000 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic Fi A Better Vulcan for eVeryone
- 2000 Kawasaki EX250 The little green bike that could.
- 2000 Kawasaki Drifter 800 How to buy an Indian and save $22,000
- Year 2000 Kawasaki W650 Oh, so retro!
- 2000 Kawasaki EX500 Just like a REAL motorcycle.
- First Ride: Year 2000 Kawasaki ZX-6R Completely new. But is it the one for you?
- First Ride: Year 2000 Kawasaki ZX-9R The Final Open Class Contender Checks In
- 1999 Kawasaki Drifter 1500
- The 1999 Kawasaki KLR650 The Return of Swamp Thing
- 1998 Kawasaki ZX-6R The Rain in Spain is Mainly a Big Fat Pain
- First Impression: 1997 Kawasaki ZX-7R Steady Refinement is Kawasaki's Key to Success
- First Impression: 1997 Kawasaki ZX-6 Urban Assault Weapon
- ATV Test: 1997 Kawasaki Lakota 300 A Mid-Sized Workhorse With Sporting Intentions
- Kawasaki's New 1997 Off-Road Models First Ride: KDX220R and KLX300R
- Kawasaki Ninja 250R .25 Caliber Top Gun
- Corbin Valkyrie Custom Corbin and J & M Give the Fat Lady a Voice
- First Impression: 1996 Kawasaki Eliminator 600 The Bully Bike
- Road Test: 1995 Kawasaki GPz1100
- First Ride - 1995 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Zero to 100 - In Top Gear!
Kawasaki COMPARISONS
- 2013 Beginner Sportbike Shootout - Video Honda CBR250R vs. Hyosung GT250R vs. Kawasa...
- 2013 Sport-Touring Shootout 1.0 - Video Yamaha FJR1300 vs. Honda ST1300 vs. Kawasaki...
- Middleweight Multi-tool Shootout: 2012 Honda NC700X vs. Kawasaki Versys - Video
- 2013 Kawasaki ZX-6R vs. 2012 Suzuki GSX-R750 vs. 2012 Triumph Daytona 675R - Video
- 2013 Honda CRF250L vs. 2013 Kawasaki KLX250S - Video Honda's all-new lightweight 250...
- 2012 Kawasaki ZX-14R vs. 2012 Suzuki Hayabusa LE - Video A heavyweight battle among ...
- 2012 650 Adventure-Tourer Shootout - Video BMW G650GS vs. Kawasaki Versys vs. Suzuki...
- 2012 Japanese Superbike Shootout - Video New upgrades shuffle the rankings and bring...
- 2012 BMW K1600GT vs. 2011 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS [Video] Sport-Touring taken to th...
- 2011 Supersport Shootout - Street [Video] Honda CBR600RR vs. Kawasaki ZX-6R vs. Suzu...
- 2011 Supersport Shootout - Track [Video] Can Suzuki's new Gixxer spoil the 600cc par...
- 2011 Literbike Streetfighter Shootout Honda CB1000R vs. Kawasaki Z1000 vs. Triumph S...
- 2011 Gentlemen Sportbike Shootout Kawasaki Ninja 1000 vs. Suzuki GSX1250FA vs. Yamah...
- 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R vs. 2011 BMW S1000RR Shootout - Street Can the all-new Ninja ev...
- 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R vs. 2011 BMW S1000RR Shootout - Track The new literbike contend...
- The Best Literbike for the Street Is a 2011 Ninja 1000 a better streetbike than a co...
- 2011 250cc Beginner Bike Shootout Newbs rejoice; the Honda CBR250R, Kawasaki Ninja 2...
- 2011 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Vaquero vs. 2011 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Custom
- 2010 Bennche Megelli 250R vs. Kawasaki Ninja 250R Newcomer nips at the heels of an e...
- 2010 Oddball Sport-Touring Shootout: Ducati Multistrada vs Honda VFR1200F vs Kawasaki Z1000
- 2010 Kawasaki Ninja 650 vs. 2009 Suzuki GSX650F vs. 2010 Yamaha FZ6R
- 2010 Literbike Shootout: RSV4 R vs S1000RR vs CBR1000RR vs ZX-10R
- 2010 Streetfighter Shootout: Kawasaki Z1000 vs. Triumph Speed Triple
- 2010 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Classic vs. 2010 Triumph Thunderbird A flight of two fanci...
- 2009 250cc Streetbike Shootout CFMoto V3 Sport vs. Hyosung GT250R vs. Johnny Pag FX/...
- 2009 Sport-Touring Shootout BMW K1300GT vs. Honda ST1300 vs. Kawasaki Concours 14 vs...
- 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R vs. Triumph Daytona 675 Supersport Face-Off!
- 2009 Naked Middleweight Comparison Kawasaki ER-6n vs. Suzuki Gladius: Six of one, ha...
- 2009 Literbike Shootout Honda CBR1000RR vs Kawi ZX-10R vs Suzuki GSX-R1000 vs Yamaha...
- 2009 Supersport Racetrack Shootout The 600s take the battle to the track
- Quarter-Liter Supermoto Shootout Yamaha WR250X vs. Kawasaki KLX250SF
- 2009 Supersport Shootout Honda CBR600RR vs. Kawi ZX-6R vs. Suzuki GSX-R600 vs. Yamah...
- 2008 Lightweight Dual-Purpose Shootout Adventure Within Reach
- 2008 Supersport Shootout: CBR600RR vs Daytona 675 vs ZX-6R vs R6 vs GSX-R600
- 2008 Literbike Shootout: ZX-10R vs CBR1000RR vs GSX-R1000 vs YZF-R1
- 2008 Hayabusa vs. ZX-14R Shootout Japanese hyperbikes American style
- 2007 Liter Bike Shootout Honda CBR 1000RR : Kawasaki ZX-10R : Suzuki GSX-R1000 : Yam...
- Three for Five: Budget Bombers Check-out 3 bikes on a $5,000 budget
- Godzilla Cruisers Shootout We Must Flee!
- 2006 Light-Middleweight Cruiser Comparison HD 883 Custom :: Honda Shadow 750 Aero ::...
- 2007 Power Cruisers Shootout Mmm...Power
- Big, Naked and Beautiful: Open-Class Standards 2006 2007 Buell XB12Ss v. 2006 Honda ...
- 2006 Rocket Tour - World's Fastest Imbeciles 2006 Kawasaki ZX-14 and the 2006 Suzuki...
- 2006 Middleweight Supersport Shootout Honda CBR 600RR : Kawasaki ZX-6R : Suzuki GSX-...
- 2006 Open Superbike Shootout Honda CBR 1000RR : Kawasaki ZX-10R : Suzuki GSX-R1000 :...
- 2006 Suzuki SV650S v. 2006 Kawasaki Ninja 650R To SV or not SV, that is the question...
- The B-Team: Value Supersport Shootout 2005
- 2005 Adventure Touring Comparo Adventure Touring Single, Twin, Triple
- 2005 Open Supersport Shootout Honda CBR 1000RR : Kawasaki ZX 10R : Suzuki GSX-R1000 ...
- 2005 Middleweight Supersport Shootout Honda CBR 600RR :: Suzuki GSX-R 600 :: Kawasak...
- Living With Comparo Honda VFR800 Interceptor :: Kawasaki Concours
- 2004 MO-ron Sport Tourer Comparo BMW K 1200 GT :: BMW R 1150 RT :: Honda ST1300 ABS ...
- 2004 Middleweight Standards F 650CS :: Sportster 1200R :: FZ-6 :: Ninja 500R :: Spee...
- Classic Tourer Comparo Roadstar Silverado :: Victory V92TC :: Nomad 1500 :: Road Kin...
- 2003 Naked 1000 Shootout The Owl and the Pussycat: Kawasaki Z1000 vs. Suzuki SV1000
- 2003 Best of the Best Aprilia Mille R :: Kawasaki ZX-6R :: Suzuki GSX-R1000
- 2003 Six Hundred Shootout Part II: On the Dirty Boulevard Beauty is in the Crotch of...
- 2003 Six Hundred Shootout Part I: Pure Prurient Performance Is 636cc Cheating? Kawas...
- Honda CBR1100XX vs. Kawasaki ZZ-R1200 Break out the Good Silverware
- 2002 Naked Bike Shootout We Like to Play the Emperor's New Clothes
- 2001 Power Cruiser Comparo In search of enlightenment and two-wheeled bliss.
- Two Unlikely Bedfellows Inline-four vs V-four Sport Touring
- 2001.5 Supersport Comparo The Best of the Rest
- 2001 Open Class Shootout Four Big Devils in the City of Angels
- 2000 Valuebike Shootout Who let the MO out?
- 2000 Openbike Shootout Thank you, may I have another?
- Year 2000 World Supersport Shootout 600(4)+748=Fun
- Y2K 250 Motocross Shootout The Main Event!
- 1999 600cc Supersport Shootout Head-On Collision
- Open Twin Cruisers '98 The Definition of Cruising
- 1998 Sport Tourers The Truth is Out There
- The Best of the Best: Part One
- .25 Caliber Shootout Three Japanese Fighters Whip Out Their Little Guns
- 1997 Middleweight Cruiser Shootout Cruise Light!
- 1997 Honda XR400R Vs. 1997 Kawasaki KLX300R Four-Stroke Trail Bikes
- Open Superbikes, 1997 Power Trippers!
- Heavyweight Cruisers, 1996 Five Fat Uglies on Five Fat Bikes
- Top 600s, 1997 1997 600cc Sportbike Shootout
- Power Tourers Soft Saddlebags Required
- Lightweight Tourers Comparison
- Open Warfare, 1996
- Frugal Flyers: A Six-Bike Shoot Out
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