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4/12/2013 2:55:32 PM

Rick Chalupsky lucks out by finding a low-milage Kawasaki KZ650 on Craigslist.

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12/7/2012 4:39:59 PM

Best bets on tomorrow’s classics: 2000-2001 Kawasaki W650. 

12/7/2012 2:24:22 PM

Before the 1980s turbo wars came the 1978 Kawasaki Z1R-TC, the first production turbocharged motorcycle of them all.

10/5/2012 3:27:48 PM

The Kawasaki GPz550: An old school canyon carver for the boy racer set

7/30/2012 11:52:38 AM

Everyone remembers the Kawasaki Z1 900, but was the Kawasaki KZ900 that followed even better?

4/12/2012 4:56:09 PM

Raymond Moses shares the story of "Snarling Sue," his 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000.

4/12/2012 2:28:58 PM

Scott Horr's Mercedes-silver 1986 Kawasaki Concours has been quite a conversation starter.

3/28/2012 9:37:05 AM

A 1969 Kawasaki 500 H1 Mach III at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Leeds, Ala.

1/31/2012 9:59:26 AM

Ton up boys and Ace Café men welcomed Triumph’s highly-anticipated Steve McQueen Bonneville Tribute at Progressive’s New York International Motorcycle Show. Paying homage to the legendary actor and racer who helped cement Triumph’s status as a cultural icon, Triumph will be offering just 300 units for sale in the U.S. when it hits the market in June.

10/27/2011 11:31:40 AM

Weighing in at an astounding 710 pounds, the Kawasaki KZ1300 was a heavyweight 6-cylinder motorcycle.

10/6/2011 2:46:25 PM

Vintage race bike enthusiast Mike DiSabatino hires Thad Wolff to construct a replica of the Vetter/Pridmore Kawasaki KZ1000 in honor of Reg Pridmore and the early days of Superbike racing. 

 

9/20/2011 11:00:34 AM

Joe Kiess discusses owning and riding his Kawasaki W1 motorcycle.

8/5/2011 2:02:36 PM

Kurt Limesand shares his experience owning and riding a 1975 Kawasaki S3 Mach II.

6/27/2011 11:42:17 AM

Mitsuaki “Aki” Shinohara discusses owning and riding a 1978 Kawasaki Z1-R.

1/26/2011 4:39:44 PM

Peter Hickman spared no cost in restoring his 1974 Kawasaki H2 Mach IV.

1/6/2011 2:54:10 PM

Dave Gurry shares his experience of owning and riding a 1972 Kawasaki H2 Mach IV

12/14/2010 10:56:09 AM

British engine fabricator Allen Millyard built a custom 5-cylinder Kawasaki motorcycle for Clive Adams.

12/14/2010 10:24:40 AM

Kawasaki H1 motorcycles are revered today as the fastest, most powerful and most out-of-control motorcycle of its day.

10/8/2010 9:20:50 AM

The boys at Kawasaki knew a sporty image sold bikes, and the new for 1982 Kawasaki GPz 750 showed just how sporty a Kawasaki motorcycle could be. It marked the last - and probably the best - of Kawasaki’s air-cooled 750s.

6/10/2010 12:01:22 PM

Neale Bayly recounts his motorcycle tour of Central America and South America 15 years ago.

2/9/2010 9:53:37 AM

Classic meets extreme in a wild Kawasaki-Suzuki hybrid motorcycle.

2/8/2010 10:24:29 AM

While most of us might not have the skills to rebuild an engine or transmission, reupholstering a motorcycle seat cover is a project within reach of the average Do-It-Yourselfer.

10/7/2009 3:09:10 PM

The 1970s produced the most dramatic transformation the motorcycle industry has seen before or since. The Kawasaki Z1-R proves the point.

 

7/31/2009 4:44:50 PM

In our 6-cylinder motorcycle shootout, three riders from different backgrounds take a quick ride on the Benelli Sei 900, Honda CBX 1000 and Kawasaki KZ1300 and give us their feedback.

6/4/2009 10:42:35 AM

The Kawasaki H1 was introduced in late 1968. The Sixties were in full swing, and dizzying changes in art, music and politics were taking place. Motorcycles were changing, as well.

2/3/2009 1:20:47 PM

If ever a machine was worthy of Under the Radar status, it’s the big twin Kawasaki KZ750.

7/7/2008 11:11:40 AM

In life we’re faced with choices: republican or democrat, blond or brunette, paper or plastic? Shopping for a new motorcycle in the early 1980s, you also had to choose between normally aspirated or turbo models.

11/28/2007 3:26:20 PM

The editors of Motorcycle Classics spend ten days with a 1975 Kawasaki S3 Mach 2.

7/30/2007 11:32:05 AM

Call it the semi-chopper, or maybe the almost-custom. No matter how you slice it, Kawasaki's KZ650SR was, in many respects, little more than a mildly-altered KZ650. And, believe it or not, that's what made it great.

7/18/2007 12:54:31 PM

The Kawasaki W2TT Commander helped set the stage for Kawasaki's motorcycle success

7/18/2007 12:47:19 PM

The Kawasaki GPz550 set the standard for middleweight sport bikes of the early Eighties

7/11/2007 12:33:12 PM

The Kawasaki Z1 was the crown jewel of road bikes

7/11/2007 12:26:56 PM

Fast, loud and rude, the Kawasaki H2 Mach IV was a rebel,and today it’s a prized vintage Japanese motorcycle.

7/11/2007 10:56:34 AM

The Kawasaki KZ1000R Eddie Lawson Replica was a mean machine in its day.

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