Kawasaki KLR650 Motorcycles

Kawasaki to Release New KLR650S Variant for 2023 (UPDATED)

Kawasaki surprised us all a year ago when it brought back the KLR650, resurrecting the venerable adventure bike with fuel injection, updated styling, and a new one-piece frame.

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2022 Kawasaki KLR 650 Video Review – First Ride

The Kawasaki KLR has been kicking around since its first 600cc iteration in 1984. Despite being a strong seller for Team Green and developing a cult following over the decades, Kawasaki announced in 2018 that the old workhorse was being put out to pasture. Likely due to tightening emissions standards and other modern regulations, the KLR was put to rest briefly, only to be resurrected for the 2022 model year. With more than a handful of updates and welcome changes, the KLR 650 is back like it never left and will still occupy the simple, affordable adventure niche it had dug out for itself over the years. 

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2022 Kawasaki KLR 650 Review - First Ride

Which side of the fence were you on when you got the hot goss that a new KLR 650 was coming down the pike? The for the love of god don’t change it! troop, or the this thing better be a Twin- cylinder Tenere-killer gang? 

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Church of MO: 2011 Kawasaki KLR650 Review

Oh, look, there was a new Kawasaki KLR650 ten years ago, too. Okay, the big redesign was in 2008, but MO didn’t get around to testing one ’til ten years ago. Anyway, they built the first one in 1987, which has to make the Killer one of the longest-running models in Kawasaki’s line-up, even if it was missing for a couple years. Kudos is one of our go-to words, and in this case it actually fits… Kudos, big K, on Donner, on Blitzen, on KLR.

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Kawasaki Is Bringing The KLR650 Back For 2022

Good news, dual-sport fans; the Kawasaki KLR650 is back. One of Kawasaki’s most popular models since its introduction in 1987, the return of the KLR650 for the 2022 model year (to be released in the 2021 calendar year – yeah, we know it’s confusing) is sure to bring a huge smile on the faces of those who are intrigued by the rise of adventure bikes lately, but want something more… utilitarian.

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RIP Kawasaki KLR650: 1987-2018

The end is nigh for the venerable Kawasaki KLR650, as the long-running dual-sport is reportedly being discontinued, ending a production run that traces back to 1987.

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2016 Kawasaki KLR650 Review

The last time I rode a Kawasaki KLR650 was fifteen years ago, in San Francisco as a photo op for a story about the Motorcycle Emergency  Response Corps. MERC was a non-profit organization composed of motorcyclists volunteering their skills to provide mobility, rescue, and communications during a disaster. Sadly, the MERC website now leads to a health blog, and any search I conducted didn’t turn up recent MERC information, so I must assume the organization has disbanded. But, the threat of disaster looms as large now as it did back then. Whether it be an earthquake, tornado, tsunami or zombie apocalypse the KLR650 remains the ultimate get-the-hell-outta-Dodge machine.

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