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Bike Icon: Kawasaki ZXR750
By Mark Shippey on 11/10/2010 13:09:50
Lean, mean and best in green, come and meet the best-looking mass production 750 four-cylinder sportsbike ever
on the world stage for the ZXR750 as 1996 saw the launch of Kawasaki's new flagship 750, the ZX-7R. Ahh... I remember it well.Rewind seven years to 1988. The World Superbike Series is launched and Kawasaki face stiff opposition with their outdated GPX750R from
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Class of '91 - Pocket Rockets
By Visordown on 23/09/2010 12:09:33
There’s the buzz of impending revolution in the air as UK riders demand scaled-down, high-performance pocket rockets built for the Japanese market. and the cbr400 and zxr400 are the best of them all...
of the end for the 600cc class?Kawasaki are the only UK importer officially bringing in their gorgeous little ZXR400, so it seems only fitting to line up the ZXR against the sexy little Honda CBR that is the latest toy on the list of discerning grey
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Grey Matters - 400cc test
By Jon Urry on 29/07/2010 14:49:50
In the early 1990s, 400cc race reps were all the rage. But that was nearly two decades ago. Are these pocket rockets still a viable buy in the secondhand market or simply relics from the past?
If you were young and looking at buying a sportsbike in the early 1990s your choice was limited. This was long before the times of the 0% finance deal or free insurance currently being offered to try and entice younger buyers.In the 1990s you could either go for a fairly dull 600...
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Road Test: Real World 600s
By Jon Urry on 03/06/2003 14:54:52
If pound notes are more important than lap times these 600s offer the best compromise of race replica handling with real world practicality. New and secondhand these still top the sales podium
What a difference a year makes. Just 12 months ago three of these bikes were the very latest, sharpest tools that their respectivemanufacturers could produce. Now they are overshadowed by newer, faster and better looking siblings. The march of progress has developed into a flat o...
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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
GSX-R1100 here.Yamaha FZR750R OW01Where Honda led, others followed. Enter Yamaha's wannabe RC30-beater, the OW01. Read about the Yamaha FZR750R OW01 here.Kawasaki ZXR750The Kawasaki ZXR750 was lean, mean and best in green, meet the best-looking mass
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Used 400's test coming up in Issue 7
By Ian Malnis on 19/11/2009 09:53:39
Don't have the cash for a sports 600? These 400s will still give you a buzz and teach you loads about corner speed
Just came back from shooting a used 400's test for an upcoming of Visordown. Check out a couple of the incidentals. Anyone care for a guess at which one was the best?1988 Kawasaki ZXR400 - £1,599 - 53,126 kilometres 1991 Honda VFR400R NC30 - £1
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Snowed in? Well, me and the ZX-6R are!
By Andy Stevens on 18/12/2009 13:01:18
Britain’s extreme weather strikes again!
For the second time this year ive got up in the morning, gone to leave for work and found this sitting in my garden.Usually I leave the ZXR under cover, but last night I knew it may be tricky getting out of the garden so I had it lined up and ready
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Have you owned a sports 400? Want to be in Visordown mag?
By Ben Cope on 23/11/2009 16:30:55
Get your mug in the mag. We're doing a second-hand 400cc sportsbike group test and want owner opinions
ZXR400, Honda VFR400R NC30, Suzuki GSX-R400R and Honda CBR400RR NC29 - and they're going to be in a future issue of the magazine.If you've owned one of these models, then you could be in the mag. Please send an email to visordown
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Used test: Kawasaki ZX-7R vs Suzuki GSX-R750 SRAD
By Jon Urry on 09/09/2010 11:30:18
Suzuki's GSX-R brand represented the ultimate race replica for the people. Can Kawasaki's masterpiece take it on?
affectionately as ‘The Plank’, the ZXR750 was tired and ready for immediate replacement.The incredible effort that Suzuki put into the development of the 750WT blew our minds then and is still evident today. The entire machine was scrutinised meticulously from
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Motorcycle Radar: 1992
By Roland Brown on 21/11/2010 15:43:10
It was the year of the FireBlade. But a lot of other stuff happened too, lest we forget..
for the penultimate race in Brazil, and rode in agony to finish just outside the points. Texan Doug Polen won his second World Superbike championship for Ducati. John Reynolds dominated British racing on his Kawasaki ZXR750R but the season’s highlight was Steve Hislop
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