Who is buying all the Kawasaki Mach IV Widowmakers?

Two-stroke streetbikes have never sold well at auction – but in the last few weeks, something strange has been happening. Kawasaki’s Mach IV H2, the notorious 750cc “Widowmaker,” is setting record prices after a flurry of sales to a single buyer.Contin… Continue reading Who is buying all the Kawasaki Mach IV Widowmakers?

Kawasaki’s supercharged 1,000cc Ninja-copter drone lifts 440 pounds

Armed with a 300-horsepower, supercharged engine from Kawasaki’s fearsome H2R hyperbike, the K-Racer X1 unmanned helicopter is an absolute beast of a cargo drone, the size of a small car. Watch it lifting a national-record weight in this new video.Cont… Continue reading Kawasaki’s supercharged 1,000cc Ninja-copter drone lifts 440 pounds

Kawasaki has built a hydrogen-powered, supercharged Ninja H2 SX

Kawasaki is doing some fascinating work toward decarbonizing motorcycles. After launching the world’s first hybrid streetbike in the Ninja 7 Hybrid, it’s now built a supercharged, zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered Ninja H2 SX. An H2 H2, if you will.Cont… Continue reading Kawasaki has built a hydrogen-powered, supercharged Ninja H2 SX

Bimota gets weird with hub-steered, supercharged adventure tourer

Bimota has a whole new design for its wacky hub-steered front end, nearly doubling the steering range, and it’s celebrating this achievement with one of the strangest production motorcycles of the year: a 200-horsepower supercharged adventure bike.Cont… Continue reading Bimota gets weird with hub-steered, supercharged adventure tourer

Kawasaki launches world’s first hybrid streetbike – with “e-boost”

Kawasaki has managed to squeeze both a combustion engine and a full electric powertrain into its new Ninja 7 Hybrid streetbike – and it doesn’t look as ungainly as you’d think. The benefits? Fuel economy, electric boost, and some other neat tricks.Cont… Continue reading Kawasaki launches world’s first hybrid streetbike – with “e-boost”

Kawasaki reveals 125cc-class electric Ninjas on their way to the UK

Back at the EICMA 2022 trade show in Milan, Kawasaki unveiled a dual-battery Ninja-style electric motorcycle designed for A1 license riders in the EU. Now the company has announced that two Ninja electrics will go on sale in the UK next month.Continue … Continue reading Kawasaki reveals 125cc-class electric Ninjas on their way to the UK

Kawasaki leans into electric mobility with Noslisu e-trikes

Japanese motorcycle company Kawasaki has ridden into the electric mobility space with three new models – sadly not the Ninja BEV previewed at last year’s EICMA expo, but with the launch of the Noslisu series electric tilting three-wheelers on its home … Continue reading Kawasaki leans into electric mobility with Noslisu e-trikes

Kawasaki presents the pinnacles of its robot developments at iREX 2022

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has plenty of experience mass-producing industrial robots, and now we get to see some of its early progress into service robots, multi-purpose humanoids, and, for some reason, a very silly-looking ride-on robot ibex.Continue R… Continue reading Kawasaki presents the pinnacles of its robot developments at iREX 2022

Emergent trends from the biggest motorcycle auction of 2022

Upon reading last year’s report on this auction (due to Covid-19 the traditional Mecum Las Vegas auction was run in April/May instead of January) in 2021, it would have been easy to take the text, change a few dates and republish, at least for the topl… Continue reading Emergent trends from the biggest motorcycle auction of 2022

Emergent trends from the biggest motorcycle auction of 2022

Upon reading last year’s report on this auction (due to Covid-19 the traditional Mecum Las Vegas auction was run in April/May instead of January) in 2021, it would have been easy to take the text, change a few dates and republish, at least for the topl… Continue reading Emergent trends from the biggest motorcycle auction of 2022