Kawasaki

KAWASAKI Z1100 and Z1100 SE – The Sugomi Spirit Evolves

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Mark Lancaster

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11th November 2025

For 2026, the Z family has grown teeth again with the launch of the brand-new Kawasaki Z1100 and Z1100 SE – a pair of heavy-hitting supernakeds designed to sit at the very top of Team Green’s naturally aspirated hierarchy. Sugomi, if you’ve forgotten, is the design and riding philosophy first baked into the 2014 Z1000.…
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KAWASAKI: 2026 Ninja ZX-10R takes flight with radical aero…

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Mark Lancaster

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3rd November 2025

Kawasaki has lifted the covers off its 2026 Ninja ZX-10R and its race-honed sibling, the ZX-10RR. Bruce Wilson brings us up to speed: Having dominated World SBK with seven titles in the last decade, the ZX-10R has earned its stripes as a true championship thoroughbred, and for 2026, Kawasaki has doubled down on it with…
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RALLY RAID REVIVAL – Kawasaki’s new KLE500

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Mark Lancaster

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27th October 2025

Kawasaki’s legendary KLE name is back for 2026, reborn as a midweight, rally-styled adventure bike ready to take on the world. Think lightweight trellis chassis, proper off-road poise, and the use of the brand’s proven 451cc parallel-twin motor with assist and slipper clutch… all wrapped up in bodywork that screams Dakar vibes. Up front, a…
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CLEAN & GREEN Kawasaki

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Mark Lancaster

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10th June 2025

We first caught a glimpse of this at the Suzuka 8-Hour endurance race last year, but now Kawasaki has brought its hydrogen-combustion-powered motorcycle to the European stage, showcasing it with a damp parade lap at the Le Mans endurance round. Visually, the bike is hard to ignore — and not necessarily in a good way.…
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KAWASAKI: 2025 Z900

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Mark Lancaster

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2nd December 2024

It’s often overlooked for its fancier retro sister, the Z900 RS, but Kawasaki’s Z900 is a big hit with its owners, and sits nicely inbetween the mental supercharged Z H2 and the smaller Z650 twin naked. It’s been overlooked a bit by Kawasaki too arguably: But no longer. For 2025, the 124bhp inline-four 948cc motor…
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TESTED: Kawasaki Z500 and Ninja 500

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Mark Lancaster

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18th November 2024

Tim Neave rides Kawasaki’s new 500s. Here’s what Tim told MoreBikes: I get so used to riding big bikes that it’s often all too easy to overlook the smaller-capacity motorcycles – and just like myself, good things come in small packages. With the European midrange markets looking as healthy as ever, this is exactly where…
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KAWASAKI: Hydrogen H2?

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Mark Lancaster

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30th September 2024

Kawasaki’s been spinning laps on a futuristic H2. Here’s what you need to know A quick look at electric bike sales in the UK will show you that battery-powered machinery is not getting a lot of love at the moment. But science says we need to stop putting CO2 in the air – so we…
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Long Termer: Kawasaki Versys 650 GT

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Mark Lancaster

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12th February 2024

Bertie Simmonds has been riding the Versys for a few months now, covering over 1,500 miles. Here’s how he’s getting on: A strange, orange icon appeared on the Kawasaki Versys 650 GT’s LCD display the other morning. It stated: ICE. Now, considering the fact that my teeth were chattering and I was urgently stabbing at…
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Hybrids and upgrades for Kawasaki

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Mark Lancaster

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21st December 2023

Kawasaki was fairly quiet at Milan: it had already released its interesting new Ninja 7 hybrid model, and the ZX-4RR and ZX-6R models were also already out. We did get a new Z7 naked version of the new hybrid bike, which looks a little less chunky than the Ninja, and uses exactly the same cunning…
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2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 hybrid motorbike

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Alan Dowds

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15th October 2023

It’s the world’s first hybrid motorbike – and here’s my first impressions I’m just back from the launch of the new Kawasaki Ninja 7 hybrid bike in Barcelona. And it’s fair to say that I’m very impressed with it. It’s one of the most interesting bikes I’ve ever ridden, with an intriguing technology set-up, and…
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