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Meet the family - Kawasaki Z900
By Visordown on 14/06/2010 15:08:33
The Z900 was a memorable moment in Kawasaki's history as one of the motorcycling milestones of the past fifty years
Of all the bombshell bikes launched in the last fifty years, Kawasaki’s 1972 Z900 (becoming the Z1 in 1974) is a milestone machine.Kawasaki decided to trump Honda’s CB750 by launching something else altogether. With double overhead cams to the Honda
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2010 Most Important...Kawasaki
By Visordown on 09/08/2010 16:33:25
The important bikes from Kawasaki in 2010 and they don't all come in green
Kawasaki VersysCost £5,999 (ABS - £6,399) Engine 649cc parallel twin Power 63bhp Wet weight 206kgThe surprisingly good Versys gets a sharper look with revised mirrors and a new style stacked headlight and side cowls. The taillight is the same
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Kawasaki ZZR1400 official accessories
By Visordown on 19/01/2012 08:40:50
2012 ZZR1400 optional extras includes a 47-litre top box, Akrapovic slip-ons and a centre-stand kit
Kawasaki have a selection of optional extras available for their new ZZR1400. The genuine Kawasaki accessories are:Single seat pillion cover, available in a coordinating colour of ZZR1400.Tinted spoiler windshieldTitanium Akrapovic slip-ons47-litre
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Discuss: Everyone wants a 750
By Visordown on 01/06/2010 11:29:00
1000cc is now too much and the 600s too track orientated, do we need to see a return of the 750s?
Not so long ago, people would hanker after a big, fast superbike - say an R1 or FireBlade - but know, deep down, it was going to be a bit much. So they'd opt for the softer, more useable 600cc alternative such as a CBR600 or R6.But things have changed. Sports 600s are now so focu...
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The 12 motorcycles that matter
By Visordown on 22/11/2011 12:35:55
We wouldn't be where we are today without these twelve bikes that changed history and in doing so, reached the coveted status of icon
about the Suzuki GT750 here.Yamaha RD400Post RD350 and pre RD350LC there was the RD400. Cool doesn't even come close. Read about the Yamaha RD400 here.Kawasaki KR-1Looking like it had been waved out of pitlane and on to the road, the KR-1 arrived in a
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Time Tunnel: 1978 - Hailwood's TT
By Visordown on 19/10/2010 18:23:16
Sharing the podium with Mike the Bike at the '78 TT
that moment in history was amazing. Mike was my hero before I started racing, and to stand with him on the rostrum was brilliant. It's hard to describe how good that felt."We actually started the Formula One race together. I was number 11 on my Kawasaki
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WSB: Chris Vermeulen's girlfriend Toni Pinion
By Visordown on 08/08/2011 13:30:10
A gallery of images of World Superbike rider Chris Vermeulen's fiancee Toni Pinion
Kawasaki's World Superbike rider, Chris Vermeulen has won the World Superbike title and also competed in MotoGP for Rizla Suzuki. His girlfriend and now fiancee Toni Pinion is formerly a photographer and TV presenter. Toni Pinion is rarely seen
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Lunchtime debate: Your sexiest bike of all time?
By Visordown on 23/11/2010 14:52:56
We’ve spent the last few weeks debating what the 10 sexiest bikes of all time are for our supplement. which is yours, and why?
the red and silver missile appeared through the trees. The sound was the howl of that MV Agusta. I think that was MV’s last GP win, maybe Ago’s as well. The MV looked good, but that sound...ManofiranKawasaki’s monster Z1300. As a young lad delivering
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Every new motorcycle available with ABS
By Visordown on 16/11/2011 14:45:41
List of all the 2011 motorcycles that you can buy today that come equipped with ABS or as an optional extra
: ReviewCBF600S: ReviewVT750C Shadow: ReviewCB1300S: ReviewCBF1000: ReviewCBF1000FVFR800: ReviewVFR1200F: ReviewGL1800 Goldwing: ReviewST1300 Pan European: ReviewNT700V Deauville: ReviewKawasakiZX-10R (optional): ReviewZ1000SX Tourer ABS ER-6f ABS: Review
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Four-stroke GP retrospective
By Visordown on 16/09/2010 09:53:15
MotoGP is about to see another change with a move to a 1000cc engine limit, this change is seen with excitement. Here we look back at the trepidation of the four-stroke GP before the class changed in 2002
uncertain of the original four-stroke change. This feature from 2001 sums up the intrigue, distaste and excitement before the MotoGP class was born.Why? Well the GP people have been addicts to the smell of two-stroke pre-mix and the sheer purity of an engine
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