October 11, 2011
News
Spy Photos: Kawasaki Versys 1000
These photos, captured by French website Moto-Net.com, appear to show a Kawasaki Versys equipped with the alloy beam frame and 1,043cc inline-four from the Z1000. Aside from the engine and frame, which wear different color finishes to the Z, this bike looks very production ready and is equipped with bespoke parts such as the large, low-mount exhaust. That seems to indicate that this is a productio...
11 October 2011
Turkey’s toughest enduro
Three days, 62 miles and 7,800 feet of elevation. Red Bull Sea to Sky is a “hard” enduro organized by the creators of Romaniacs and runs from ocean to mountain top in Mediterranean turkey. This weekend, 95 riders from 16 countries participated in the race. It’s considered so challenging that qualification for the silver medal only required reaching an altitude of 6,200 feet. Only 12 riders c...
11 October 2011
News
Faster than a Hayabusa
The at-the-limit performance of bikes like the Suzuki Hayabusa may seem a touch irrelevant. Power figures nudging 200bhp just aren’t within the exploitable realm of mortal men, right? But this is America, damn it, and not only is bigger better, but we even have a sport dedicated to heavy, long, ridiculously powerful motorcycles. It’s called drag racing and, according to Ricky Gadson, the 2012 ...
11 October 2011
20 live photos of the new ZX-14R and Ninja 650
Just back from Kawasaki’s annual dealer conference in Orlando, Florida, here’s photos I shot of the two biggest news items unveiled there. The 2012 Kawasaki ZX-14R is a mild facelift of the existing bike, but thanks to a larger stroke upping capacity to 1,441cc, it should put out something in the region of 200bhp sans ram air in American trim, a slight advantage over the European model, which ...
11 October 2011