Amidst the chaos of industry news that we covered during the pandemic (a sample being the magnesium shortage, the semiconductor...
We’ve just been given the heads up that Yamaha has joined forces with Kawasaki in their quest to build a...
Bimota’s Lab Might Have Some New Buns in the Oven When Bimota revealed their KB4 at EICMA, we were pretty jazzed – after all, Kawasaki’s hands in the ‘boutique brand’ were resulting in some pretty neat machines – and now, we’re told that Bimota plans on branching out into other...
I have Multiple Sclerosis, but it doesn’t have me. This is not a story about MS, though. It’s a story...
Some Guys Put a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 Engine into a mini Toyota GR Yaris What do you do when you build a...
…and They Just Might Join Forces and Co-Develop a Hydrogen Engine To Speed Things Along In a recent Joint Press Conference posted on YouTube by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Kawasaki Heavy Industries), Subaru Corporation (Subaru), Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda), and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Yamaha Motor),...
Amidst the rumble of Ducati’s climax to their world premiere with the DesertX, Triumph falling smack into the discovery of...
We’ve known that the Bimota KB4 has been in development for a while now. The Italian firm first showcased the...
Kawasaki showcased multiple models from its 2022 lineup at the recently concluded EICMA show in Milan. Of the lot, the Versys 650 and H2 SX SE have received the most notable updates, including styling tweaks and updated tech. 2022 Kawasaki Versys 650 The Versys 650 finally gets a much overdue...
Team Green just released at this year’s EICMA that they are on track to show three EV machines for next...
They’re finally here, folks. After nearly two years of hush-hush, Bimota’s new four-cylinder looker – the KB4 – has debuted...
Toprak Razgatlioglu has become the first rider to dethrone Jonathan Rea as WorldSBK Champion since 2015. Razgatlioglu clinched the 2021 WorldSBK Championship title with a second-place finish, behind Rea, in Race 1 at Mandalika, Indonesia, this past weekend. Visordown reports that he becomes the first rider from Turkey to win...
Kawasaki ATVs have been manufactured for just over four decades now. The Japanese manufacturer’s first ATV was a three-wheel model...
It’s been a while since we heard that motorcycle manufacturers were tinkering with the concept of radars for bikes –...
When it comes to presenting new bikes, every company does it differently. Ducati goes big with their World Premiere Series, KTM plunks their entire 2022 RC range out of nowhere, and Damon Motorcycles leads us on with tantalizing tidbits of new information on the weekly. Team Green, however, has been...
Kawasaki has just announced that it will no longer participate in the Australian Superbike Championship with immediate effect. MCNews Australia...
Yesterday, Kawasaki punched out a little teaser video in commemoration of the Z1’s 50th anniversary (see above). While this seems...
Team Green is fixing to release a beastie into the European market – and many are rating the bike as a less-than-spectacular version of the more ‘genuine’ Triumph Bonneville. The W800’s predecessor, the W650, was released in Japan in the year 1999. It showcased a nicely overbuilt 650cc air-cooled twin-engine...
Not much time has passed since the Japanese Motorcycle manufacturer released a statement to the masses revealing that Kawasaki plans...
The President of Kawasaki Motors, Hiroshi Ito, has announced that none of the manufacturer’s motorcycles will be powered by petrol...
Kawasaki has been busy. On top of announcing that they will be releasing a slew of bikes on November 23rd of this year (with the updated MotoCross range released May fourth of 2022), Team Green has just given us an upgraded version of their championship-proven KX™450 platform – the MotoCross flagship...
In November 2020, Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced that the motorcycle business would spin-off as a separate company called Kawasaki Motors...
The Kawasaki Versys 1000 family will see the addition of two variants in 2022, albeit ones that sport minor changes....
Kawasaki has just teamed up with Adidas to create some lean, mean, green shoes based on their Ninja line – and I want them reinforced for riding. As a green girl, I’m as much a fan of playing matchy-matchy with motorcycle gear as the next. But quality counts in a...
While the prospect of jumping onto a liter-class supersport may seem enticing for a new rider, it may not be...
Kawasaki has just flipped the cover on their all-new middleweight naked – and she’s got a couple of surprises under...
Kawasaki has been experimenting with hybrid motorcycles for a while. None of them are in production, but we’ve seen several patents that the Japanese manufacturer has filed regarding the technology. The most recent one, however, suggests the addition of another Kawasaki technology – a supercharger. More specifically, the patent is...
Thanks to Yamaha’s boldness in producing the three-wheeled Niken, we now have a relatively small corner of Powersports dealerships worldwide...
In the automotive world, the ‘SE’ suffix usually denotes ‘Special Edition’, typically bringing better hardware and additional features to a...
The last couple of years haven’t been easy on the automotive industry due to obvious reasons. But, as the world eventually comes back to order, manufacturers have started to report an upward trend in sales numbers. More and more people are getting back on their bikes and riding, and people...
Not too long ago, Kawasaki took the incredibly smooth inline-four motor that powered the Z900 and put it in a...
While it seems a bit morbid to state so, the global pandemic that arrived in 2020 (and is still continuing...
You know we couldn’t just ignore this little smidge of science that Edmunds performed last week. On September 3rd, an American online resource for automotive inventory and information – known as Edmunds.com – answered the following question: What would happen if the world’s fastest stock car was matched against the...
When it comes to giving the masses a pretty penny to play with, almost all the major motorcycle manufacturers have...
As much as the increased energy limitations of Europe give me an occasional case of the bike blues, you can’t...
Japanese Manufacturer Kawasaki has released a series of models to be recalled for faulty rear bearings and engine oil pressure relief valves. The report from AVDRider states that Kawasaki dealers were notified as of August 18, with over 2,380 bikes affected by the recalls. The first of two recalls involves...
We are lucky in the USA and Canada to get a solid amount of imported motorcycles, more often than not...
Next up on our voyage through the decades, we arrive at the 1990s. While the 80s was a decade of...
Of all the Japanese Motorcycles ever produced, the Honda CB750 epitomizes the effect that they had on the British Motorcycle Industry. Total technical supremacy. And volume…the Brits could never hope to produce motorcycles in the sheer volumes of the combined might of Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki & Yamaha. Just when the...
KAWASAKI MOTORCYCLES – A BRIEF HISTORY Kawasaki Heavy Industries got its start in 1878 building Western-style ships in Hyogo, Japan....