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Euro 5 regulations signalled the death knell for the once thriving European Supersport market. And so we kissed goodbye to the Suzuki GSX-R600, the Yamaha YZF-R6, the Honda CBR600RR and also the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R... Or did we?
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BeMoto motorcycle insurance is getting nostalgic about the original high-revving, low capacity Ninja in the face of the new ZX-4R. Prices weren’t amazing when they came out, they’re not much better now!
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The track focused Ninja ZX-4RR is the first proper 4 pot 400 screamer to hit the UK since the 90's. Props to Kawasaki for offering a welcome diversion away from the predictable cheap parallel-twin norm that we have become accustomed to...
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Kawasaki’s final 750cc four-cylinder sportsbike quickly became iconic: winning races and hearts along with it during the mid-nineties and early noughties. Unchanged in an eight-year production run, this is why you need to think about nabbing this Ninja now…
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In terms of racing, it was outgunned from birth. But that never stopped us from wanting one. Bike World swings a leg over the limited edition Ninja as part of their Dream Rides series.
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We take a closer look at the new 2023 Husky Enduro line-up that is inspired by their past
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Zed’s not dead! Fifty years after the very first Z model broke cover, Kawasaki has announced no less than four Z50th celebration models.
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The BeMoto-backed California Superbike School is back in 2022 and once again powered by Kawasaki models. Check out the dates and venues for the upcoming year and book now to avoid disappointment
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Around 20 years ago, some manufacturers cashed in on the retro vibe from the 70s and 80s by releasing new models that looked a bit old. Now these are becoming classics in their own right...
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Each week, one of the BeMoto team will fess up as to what’s lurking in their eBay watchlist. This week Scottie Redmond is looking at a Suzuki GS1000S…
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Manufactured between 2000 and 2006 the Kawasaki ZX-12R Ninja was the most powerful production motorcycle. It was specifically built to rival the Suzuki Hayabusa. Overtaken by the ZX-14, this stunning beast is one of our prime contenders for a future classic. Find out why...
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Seven years on from the game changing Ninja H2, the only other charged bikes we’ve had are the H2 SX supertourer – a great bike, but few obvious benefits over the ZZR1400 it replaced – and now, the Z H2 supernaked, with a 197bhp variant of the supercharged motor and a radical insectoid styling package. Alan Dowds take one for a spin...
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One big hiccup in the bike industry was the lack of any trade shows and that meant there was nowhere for the big firms to show off their new 2021 models to us all. And with Euro 5 updates there were plenty of new bikes – far more than you might have expected given the impact of Covid-19 on the world...
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Now over 20 years old, this beauty is officially a Classic… Designed to compete in the Superbike World Championships and 8 hour endurance races, we let Kar Lee loose at Rockingham Circuit to blow some cobwebs off our R7…
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Kawasaki’s Z900 RS Cafe is a good-looking retro roadster. But the crazy guys at Big CC Racing have given their Zed an extra 100bhp – doubling its output with a neat turbocharger install. At BeMoto we got our hands on it and had a decent bit of fun!
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Do you feel the need for speed? In December 2019 Kawasaki's YouTube channel fueled rumours of a possible return of the iconic GPZ900R. If you’re wondering what it might possibly look like, wonder no more as we’ve taken a best guess with our digital rendering...
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Kawasaki’s pulled out all the stops for its top-spec adventure tourer. The PR blurb speaks of taking on ‘any road’, which is fair enough. But unlike, say, the Africa Twin, or the R1250 GS Adventure, the Versys isn’t really intended for serious off road use...
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2018 looks to be an exciting year for new bikes, with sweet machinery from Ducati, Kawasaki, BMW and Triumph all heading our way. Here's a roundup of the latest price announcements for all the hot 2018 bikes, so far...
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This rare 1972 model Z1 is completely unrestored. It also has the handbook and tool kit, the seat is completely original even down to the black foam. It is in fantastic condition and has 25,000 miles and is £30,000. Compare that to a Sandcast Honda CB750 and it is great value... and far more rare.
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In April 2016 we imagined what a street H2R could look like. The response was incredible and the feedback unanimous... "Get rid of that ugly exhaust"! Well we listened and new for 2017, this virtual supercharged H2 CGI gets a Kardesign update...
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Following the launch of the new YZF-R6, Yamaha have followed up with a new ' race-ready' middleweight Supersport bike at the 2016 EICMA International Motorcycle Exhibition in Milan.
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Every few years, there has to be some new bike tech for us to get excited about. It's been the same since forever. Some of these leaps forward are genuinely great, and have changed biking. Some – not so much. So what category are gas forks in?
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Over the years there have been a number of engine configurations of 250cc to 500cc sportsbikes, powered by both two-stroke and four-stroke engines. The two-stroke 250cc Sportbikes were always powered by twin cylinder engines and all four-stroke incarnations were originally in-line 4 cylinder screamers...
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The 750cc Sportsbike can be traced back to 1969 when Honda introduced the CB750; it was a revolution, featuring an in-line four-cylinder four-stroke engine producing a claimed 67bhp and capable of hitting a top speed of around 120mph...
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Yeah, yeah, we know what the grown-ups say. Wheelies: they're not big and they're not clever. Anyway. Done properly (on a closed road or track naturally), wheelies are a very fine test of a bike's performance...
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If we're getting a supercharged Kawasaki H2R Supersports bike, let's imagine what a street version could look like too. Originally created for Rapid Bikes magazine, this virtual supercharged H2 CGI gets a BeMoto update...
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The bike that kicked off the 600cc Sportsbike sector, also known as 'Supersports', was the Kawasaki GPZ600R (also named the Ninja 600). The GPZ600R was launched in 1985 and was the first of the breed....
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The companies’ founder, life-long petrol head and engineer Soichiro Honda, launched the first proper Honda motorcycle, the D-Type (Dream) 2-stroke 98cc in 1949. The company has consistently been the largest manufacturer of motorcycles since the ‘60s...
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Torakusu Yamaha, was born in 1851 in Nagasaki, Japan. Having studied engineering, he eventually turned his skills to making musical instruments. This required many hours of fine-tuning, hence the three tuning forks in the Yamaha logo...
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