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7 July 2019

2019 Kawasaki Versys 1000 SE review

This update to an easy going, road-biased adventure tourer adds tech and even more comfort but at a price. Meet Kawasaki’s Versys 1000 SE, with electronic suspension. Can it match the Euros? Kawasaki is now onto its third generation of Versys 1000, and this time around the adventure-tourer is available as a base model at $23k and this upspec’d SE
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11 March 2018
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New chapter for Kawasaki

At the recent launch of the Z900RS and Ninja 400, the new distributors of Kawasaki outlined their plans for the brand in New Zealand. And then we got...
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13 September 2017
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2017 Kawasaki Z900 ABS review

Streetfighters you often think of as wild and crazy motorcycles. Just check the mean, predatory visuals of Kawasaki’s new Z900. Yet this has the nature of a big...
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13 March 2017
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2017 Kawasaki Versys 650 ABS review

Kawasaki’s Versys has always been close to being the ideal all-rounder. Is this third iteration the charmer? This is the successor to the machine that Britain’s Bike Magazine...
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15 September 2016
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2016 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R ABS review

Kawasaki’s latest race-winning-est Ninja ZX-10R is a green gorilla and gentle giant rolled into one. We get to grips with a bike that is a thinly disguised version...
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15 February 2016
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2016 Kawasaki Vulcan S review

Want to learn to ride a bike or return to motorcycling on something that looks wild and goes halfway reasonably? Kawasaki’s Vulcan S cruiser might fit the bill...
6 November 2024
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New Kawasaki Z900 is A Complete Makeover

There’s lots of new stuff for what was already a rather desirable naked middleweight neo-retro bike. It’s virtually a new machine and it seems much more sports oriented this time around. The special SE model remains with better brakes (Brembo M4.32 monobloc four-piston calipers up front) and suspension (Ohlins boingers front and rear). Not that the standard Nissin radial-mount four-piston calipers
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3 October 2024
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Extra Grunt and SE Model for Kawasaki’s Sport-Tourer 

Entering its fifth generation, Kawasaki’s Ninja 1100SX sport-tourer gains another 100cc and extra low and midrange urge for improved long distance travel. There’s also a new SE model with high-end Brembo and Ohlins components. Its combination of sport performance and aggressive Ninja appearance with a relaxed riding position are all part of this sport- tourer’s enhanced package. Extra grunt An
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8 November 2023
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Learner Kawasakis Now 500 Twins

With rivals like Honda CB 500 and CFMoto 450 SR/NK, Kawasaki must have figured it was time to enter the half-litre street bike fray. So at EICMA 2023, the company unveiled the Ninja 500 and Kawasaki Z 500, a new engine powering the pair. Few details are available about the 500-class twin-cylinder motor Kawasaki has installed in its new Ninja
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7 June 2023
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Kawasaki Eliminator LAMS cruiser – coming 2024

While nothing is official just yet, Kawasaki is set to launch a mid-sized LAMS-legal cruiser to take on the likes of Honda’s CMX500 Rebel. Expect it here early next year. Powering the long and low cruiser is a 451cc parallel twin engine, a development of that powering Ninja and Z400s. Up front is an 18-inch wheel wearing 130/70 rubber while
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