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  • 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 hybrid motorbike

    2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 hybrid motorbike

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    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…

  • New 2024 Ninja ZX-4RR due in September

    New 2024 Ninja ZX-4RR due in September

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    Following a universally enthusiastic reception when recently announced, the new for 2024 Ninja ZX-4RR is due to arrive in the UK in September 2023, with dealers already anticipating strong demand and many already taking pre-orders. Available in one colour (Lime Green / Ebony), the all-LED lighting equipped mid-weight street and track machine is rated at…

  • Japan’s Big Four come together on hydrogen-powered small engines

    Japan’s Big Four come together on hydrogen-powered small engines

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    Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha are banding together to research and develop hydrogen-powered small engines, it has been announced.

  • Cost-effective classics: Kawasaki Z650

    Cost-effective classics: Kawasaki Z650

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    Possibly the best VFM classic Japanese four you can buy! Steve Cooper takes a look… Classic, old-school, air-cooled multis don’t come more attainable than the Z650. Essentially a second generation Japanese four, it has similar performance to Honda’s seminal CB750/4 but with reduced mass… and cost! Background Kawasaki’s move into air-cooled fours occurred late 1972…

  • LAUNCH! ZX-4R for 2023

    LAUNCH! ZX-4R for 2023

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    There’s a new range of hot 400s on the way – and they’re a big departure from the ‘old’ Ninja 400 We’ve been talking about this bike for some time. Rumours have been swirling, registration documents have been leaked, and Kawasaki even teased us with some photos – but now we’ve got the full lowdown…

  • Tom Morris’s Kawasaki ZX-6R

    Tom Morris’s Kawasaki ZX-6R

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    Old-style bikes are still going strong, with a big presence in the club racing scene… bikes like this 2010-spec machine.

  • World Supersport: Booth-Amos confirmed

    World Supersport: Booth-Amos confirmed

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    Tom Booth-Amos will compete for Motozoo Racing in the 2023 World Championship Supersport season. After a great 2022 finale, with Booth-Amos riding Motozoo’s Kawasaki Ninja at the last three rounds of the season – and achieving an eighth place finish in Australia at Phillip Island – the Italian team and English rider will join forces…

  • Wind + stray trampoline flatten H2 SX…

    Wind + stray trampoline flatten H2 SX…

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    Our specialist motoring solicitor Andrew Prendergast guides readers through their legal trials and troubles… Q It was the summer of all summers and my neighbour’s kids were understandably out in the garden 24/7 bouncing on their trampoline or jumping in their paddling pool.  I had no issue with that, why would I? However, now the…

  • Jonathan Rea, OBE! Congratulations

    Jonathan Rea, OBE! Congratulations

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    Six-time FIM Superbike World Champion Jonathan Rea has added a further prestigious award to his impressive collection after he attended a ceremony at Buckingham Place in London to accept the Order of the British Empire (OBE) from The Princess Royal. Having previously been recognised for his sporting prowess with the Member of the British Empire…

  • Kawasaki’s TWO electric bikes are coming soon

    Kawasaki’s TWO electric bikes are coming soon

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    Kawasaki could be poised to become the first big name Japanese factory to reveal a range of electric motorcycles. Recent reports suggest that we’re not going to have to wait too much longer for the first glimpse of the launch of a pair of new battery-powered learner-legal machines from the manufacturer. It shouldn’t come as…

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