Kawasaki motorcycles Archives

James Whitham’s W650 tracker

It’s comforting to know that even TV stars and retired former race aces aren’t immune to the project bike disease. That’s why…

I’ll admit it, I didn’t know that Kawasaki made a twin-cylinder ‘Z’ until I came across the bikes we’ve selected below. It…

The economics of the custom business in Japan are very different to what we usually see in the west. Most of the…

One of the things I love most about the new wave custom scene is the healthy mix of professional and garage builders.…

Tobias Guckel is one of Germany’s top custom builders, and a name you’ve probably never heard of. Based in the tiny Bavarian…

We’ve waxed lyrical about Kawasaki’s W800 before, and how great it is as a custom platform. It’s simple, reliable and looks good…

Gentlemen, place your orders. If you love the style of classic racebikes, but don’t like the thought of tricky maintenance, take a…

The name Chad Hodge should sound familiar. He designed the sensational Bullitt helmet concept a few years ago—a retro, full-face design that’s…

The Kawasaki W650 is a motorcycle just begging to be customized. Production ended in 2008, but it’s easy to find one on…

We’re starting a new series on our favorite custom bike platforms. To kick it off we’ve chosen Kawasaki’s W650, a popular choice…

The Kawasaki Z1 was mad, bad and dangerous to know. So in the mid-90s, Kawasaki decided to revive the legend and create…

If you follow the race scene, you’ll probably know the name Graeme Crosby. In the 1980s he won the Daytona 200, the…