ISLAND LIFE! Remember Karl Webster and friends building a Kawasaki ZXR-based racer in less than a week? We continue the amazing story of this old, cheap bike! It’s fair to say there’s something about Phillip Island…. Or ‘The Island’ as…
When first launched, this was seen and billed as a FireBlade beater – but truth be told it was a more of a Blade Bloater. Yes, the original incarnation of the ZX-9R Ninja (the B model) was a respected machine:…
Everything is faster in racing – even the bike builds. Down Under specials builder Karl Webster recalls the week he (and his friends) took building a Kawasaki ZXR750 racer! Take a look at this beautiful Kawasaki ZXR750 H2 – can…
Well I never, do you know the ZRX series has been with us for 22 years? And it’s surging ahead, used-value-wise… Let’s set our stall out early doors – this article looks at both the Eddie Lawson replica ZRX1200R and…
Way, way back in 1990 Kawasaki launched two sibling rocket ships. Yes, at the time of their birth, both the ZZ-R1100 and ZZ-R600 were cutting-edge sports tackle and fast as buggery hell. Soon – in just a few short years…
We here at CB-Net think it’s quite amazing to realise that the humble Kawasaki ZX-7R is now coming up to 25 years old… Look at it… drink it in. It’s stayed classy and still looks good today. Launched right at…
For many years Kawasaki were known as the manufacturer that created ballistic bikes – the Z1, the GPZ900R, the GPZ1000RX, the ZX-10 and then 1990’s ZZ-R1100… Thunder was stolen from the long-standing king of speed – the ZZ-R – by…
Yes, we are waving the flag for what could be argued as the less pure of the ZXR/pre-ZX-7R models, but bear with us… We know that the H1 and H2 models of ZXR750 were real knockout blows to the opposition,…
We have to ask – but has any retro machine looked as good or so ‘right’ as Kawasaki’s ZRX1100/1200? OK, so other retro-look bikes may have had an air-cooled lump and therefore been more true to the original, some may…
CB-NET delves into the past to give you an idea of what came when in the classic world: this time – Kawasaki’s massive Z1300! HUGE is not a big enough word for Kawasaki’s Z1300… even with us putting the caps-lock…
