Kawasaki recently launched the world’s first Strong-HEV motorcycles, but America’s riders have few reasons to buy them. The '73 Z1 rode on 36 mm, hydraulically dampened telescopic front forks.

At one time a vice president of Kawasaki of America, Masek offered to buy 1000 1978 Z1-Rs from the Kawasaki factory ... if kept garaged'. In total, 1600 of these machines were produced in 1978 and 79, ...

and spurred Kawasaki into action. The outcome was the Z1-R, which was little more than a facelift job. But backed by a persuasive PR campaign, it managed a reasonable holding action for a year or so, ...

The Kawasaki Z1 -- an iconic figure in motorcycle history, and the basis for the future Z1-R -- arrived in the U.S. in late 1972, just in time for the 1973 model year. At the time of its release ...

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#1 insurer: 1 out of 3 insured riders choose Progressive. Savings: We offer plenty of discounts, and rates start at just $75/year. OEM parts in repairs: We use OEM parts in repairs and don’t ...

One of the best Off road motorcycles in its class. Perfect Offroad adventure and endure bike that is a very capable and well handling bike. Reliability and power and performance like none other models ...

The 2003-2004 Kawasaki ZX-6R was, and still is, a hugely exciting machine, offering great handling and a fantastic soundtrack in a tiny, focused package. Kawasaki stuck with their capacity ...

The Kawasaki ZX-10R is sold as the ultimate track bike – the 2004/05 ZX-10R was one of Kawasaki’s first machines after the firm gave itself a kick up the arse in 2002. The 10R’s one wild ...

It was in 1966 that BMW presented the 1600-2 at the Geneva Motor Show. It had to be the successor to the BMW sedan "Neue Klasse" (German for New Class) 1600. The 1600-2 was the sportier coupe with of ...