To help promote the brand at live events this year, Icon wrapped this lengthened, lowered 2012 Kawasaki ZX-14R in colors meant to replicate the 1991 ZXR 750. As simple as a visual concept can get, it’s nonetheless totally transformative, shifting … Continued
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, … Continued
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 … Continued
Already a little lighter and a little more powerful than the arch-rival Suzuki Hayabusa, Kawasaki has stroked the ZX-14R’s motor out to 1,441cc and fitted traction control and a three-mode, ride-by-wire throttle. The result of all this is a bike … Continued
As I sit here in the Orlando, Florida press conference, waiting for the 9am (est) embargo, the 2012 Kawasaki ZX-14R has already leaked on YouTube courtesy of Ricky Gadson. At risk of offending my hosts, I’ll let you watch the … Continued