BOLT Motor Company’s 100th Build… Back in 2001, Kawasaki released the ZRX1200R, a neo-retro muscle bike that carried on the style of the ZRX1100 and original KZ1000R Eddie Lawson Replica. It had a beefy double-cradle […]
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Seventies Smokeshow: Spondon Kawasaki H1 500 Triple
Tarty Two-Stroke: Manx Road Racer and Toolmaker Builds a 70s-Style Smoker… No street bike is as infamous as the Kawasaki Triple. For the 1969 model year, the original H1 Mach III 500 came howling and […]
Boosted Classic: Bandit-Powered Kawasaki Z1000 Turbo
Dave Solomon of Butchered Classics puts a Bandit’s Heart in his Zed Turbo… It’s always a treat to hear from old buddy Dave Solomon, founder of Butchered Classics — an online community that “pays homage […]
Norsaki: Norton Dominator x Kawasaki Two-Stroke Triple!
From Davmomoto: 1955 Norton Dominator Meets 1974 Kawasaki S3 Mach II… Yes, you can believe your eyes. What you see before you is a 1955 Norton Dominator with a featherbed frame mated to a 1974 […]
Kawasaki Meguro S1 Desert Sled
BSA-Inspired Meguro Desert Sled from LEMBinc… Based on the Kawasaki W230, the Kawasaki Meguro S1 is a tribute to Meguro, Japan’s oldest motorcycle manufacturer, which Kawasaki acquired in the early 1960s to help them enter […]
Maverick Spec: 140-hp Kawasaki GPz900R Restomod
Top Gun-inspired Ninja 900 built by an experienced pilot and friends… When the Kawasaki GPz900R (Ninja 900) appeared in 1984, it was nothing short of revolutionary. The first of the iconic Ninja series, the 900R […]
Rideable Quadruped: Kawasaki Corleo Enters Production
The Kawasaki Corleo: Could four legs replace two wheels? In a move that feels equal parts science fiction and inevitable evolution, Kawasaki Heavy Industries has officially announced production plans for the Kawasaki Corleo—a rideable, […]
OA 100 Project: Kawasaki 250TR Scrambler
“Make a hundred things that will last for a hundred years”… That’s the motto of Japan’s OA 100 Project, an offshoot of OA Proto Corporation, which designs and produces prototype parts for Japanese bullet trains […]
Zed Ain’t Dead: Moto Martin Z1000J “Ghost 8”
Ride and Restore builds a Zed-powered Moto Martin for a Game of Thrones star… In 1970, Georges Martin — a French industrial designer who drew his inspiration from 1970s competition race bikes — founded Moto […]
Beach Runner: “Kellyx” Kawasaki KLX250S
A Baja-inspired Homage to Japanese Dirt Bikes… In 2006, Kawasaki introduced the KLX250S as their new quarter-liter dual-sport, featuring a DOHC four-valve single-cylinder engine, inverted forks, and a wet weight of under 300 pounds. While […]
