Flogged it Friday! Kawasaki AR50 big bore piston. “I can remember buying a big bore kit for my moped.” If you started your motorcycle journey on a 50cc moped, the chances are you probably treated it to a big bore…
Make or Brake? Kawasaki ZXR750H1. “What, you bought it blind from eBay?” I spotted this ZXR750H1 on eBay and it ticked several boxes that made me put it on my watchlist. The biggest plus was that it was fairly local….
Make or Break? Kawasaki ZXR750J. “Coz we all love hoover tubes” The 80s, a decade that saw motorcycle development come on leaps and bounds. The decade had it all, 16 inch front wheels, complex V4 engines, road legit 500cc GP…
“Am I too young to own a modern retro?” Z900RS vs Katana Sportsbike Britain is dead, may she rest in peace. I stopped being interested in riding sportsbikes a long time ago, though I can admire the leaps in technology…
Make or Break? Kawasaki ZX9R E. “It’s the 90’s sportsbike that history forgot” The Kawasaki ZX9R, never really got the attention it might have deserved. The first B models were big heavy brutes, they had the poke alright, but struggled…
Despair Shop 37 – Teaching an old dog new tricks. Picked up a pretty grubby ZX6R A1P the other day – one of the 636’s. Scruffy but I could see potential and it wasn’t dear. All I had been told…
Flogged it Friday! Kawasaki Z750 E1. “Is that one of those ‘barn finds’?” eBay, it’s our go to place to both buy and sell motorcycle stuff. Since around the year 2000 I’ve been a regular user on both counts. Prior to…
Make or Break? Kawasaki ZXR750J. “What’s the story Morning Glory on this one?” This is one of those genuine shed finds. It’s the rolling bones of what once was a ZXR750J. I know sod all about its history and it came…
Make or break? Kawasaki GPz900R. “The red revolution wasn’t it?” Motorcycle manufacturers love to add a catchphrase type slogan to their associated bumf. It’s something that they still do now, like Suzuki with their ‘Way of life’ and Yamaha’s ‘Revs your…
Make or Break? Kawasaki ZRX1100. “One owner from new you say?” In these PCP times where people upgrade motorcycles like they would a mobile phone, the chances of long term one owner from new motorcycles gets slimmer with every latest…
