Kawasaki Motorcycle Road Tests

Motorcyclist’s Road Tests section showcases our staff taking it to the streets to compare and ride the latest Kawasaki motorcycles and street bikes. Find Kawasaki motorcycle comparisons and sport bike road tests including comparison test results and much more.

Kawasaki Road Tests & Comparisons

	Mc Test - 2008 Kawasaki KLR650 - Big Bang Theory Good Pavement, Bad Pavement Or No Pavement At All, Kawasaki's 2008 Klr650 Is The Cheap Adventure Champion Of The World. more

	2004 Kawasaki ZX-10R Road Test You expect certain things from the Ninja. Power. Quickness. Agility. Focus. Bravado. Attitude. Heavy on the attitude. Still, unless you... more

	Road Test: Kawasaki Z1000 Has it really been 30 years since Kawasaki levered the motorcycling world off its axis with the Z-1? Indeed. Those old enough to have some... more

	Kawasaki W650 and Triumph Bonneville Turning old memories into new motorcycles is tough enough on its own. But reanimating Triumph's venerable Bonneville--the epitome of cool... more

	2002 Kawasaki ZX-9R While the other Japanese makers are busy tripping all over one another in the rush to produce lighter, more powerful, LED-encrusted... more

	2002 Kawasaki ZZR1200 To be honest, we weren't expecting a lot of excitement from the new ZZ-R1200.For some reason, Kawasaki's people seemed to speak in hushed... more

	2002 Kawasaki ZX-12R The new ZX-12R comes not to praise its predecessor but to bury him. Although they share the same name, the Maximum Ninja you see inhaling... more

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	Good cheap bikes :grin: Consider the Kawasaki Concours. They sold for under $9000 new, and so are not very expensive used. Six speed and 1000CC they are plenty quick, handle well, have great luggae. Talk to others... more
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	Looking for a fast, low-maintenence commuter bike A sub 750 would do just fine. My Kawasaki KLR 650 commutes at 75 mph 6 days a week. But by the description of what you want for new ride I would suggest a Honda Civic. It would cost about the same or... more
	2008 MOTY Kawasaki Versys MOTY and Kawasaki KLR650 Best Bang for the Buck Runner Up...from you persepctive they are logical well thought out choices and deserving your recognition.... more
	2008 ninja 250 i've noticed kawasaki has redesigned the ninja 250 for 2008. i plan on getting one in the spring when they come out. any opinions?... more
	i got a sort of important quetion- There are 160,000 miles of paved roads in this country and 3,000,000 miles of unpaved roads. Go dual-sport and see that 99% of the country that the street riders never see. Dual-sports are much more... more
	I Hate Star Trek I have a 2004 2000 Vulcan and it's been in the shop over the past 3 years for roughly 1 year under warranty. The problem, per the mechanic, is the HDL's. I've read many forums that Kawasaki and... more
	01 monster s4 or 07 sv650? No problem. I ride an '02 Kawasaki Concours. Every once in a while I will get the itch for a Honda ST1300. I've never been on one but I hear they are smooth and I'm sure they run Honda great. When I... more

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