Kawasaki Videos Win Awards at New York Film Festival

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Kawasaki Motors Press Release: Two Kawasaki promotional videos have been recognized as being among the best of their kind in key categories at the New York Festivals World’s Best Television & Films Awards. Productions for the Kawasaki Ninja® ZX-6R (636) and Z800 motorcycles achieved first place in highly coveted award categories including best cinematography and [...]

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2013 Kawasaki ZX-6R First Look Strokin’ Kawasaki’s middleweight racer-replica.

First Look: 2013 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R

Back between 2003 to 2006, Kawasaki produced a 636cc ZX-6R that, while not legal for AMA 600 Supersport roadracing competition, proved very popular among street riders due to its robust low-end and midrange power. Now, that same concept is back with a vengeance in the form of the 2013 ZX-6R. While this middleweight sportbike has [...]

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Jardine Performance Products GP1-R Exhaust System – New Product Ideas

Jardine Performance Products GP1-R Exhaust System

The MotoGP-inspired, racetrack-ready GP1-R ($1099) is constructed of thin-wall 304 stainless steel for a weight savings of as much as 10 pounds compared to original-equipment sportbike exhaust systems, claims Jardine. What’s more, this high-flow, under-engine design is said to deliver noticeable power and torque gains throughout the rpm range and lower the center of gravity [...]

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Road to Daytona: Team Cycle World Attack Performance is Headed for Florida!—By Matthew Miles

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In six short weeks, Richard Stanboli and the Team Cycle World Attack Performance crew have built two Kawasaki ZX-10R AMA Pro American SuperBikes and four ZX-6R Daytona SportBikes. During that same time span, riders Eric Bostrom and JD Beach have tested variations of those machines at Daytona International Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Buttonwillow Raceway [...]

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Team Cycle World Attack Performance: Pre-Daytona Testing Continues with Eric Bostrom and JD Beach on Kawasaki ZX-10R and ZX-6R—By Matthew Miles

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Team Cycle World Attack Performance spent two days last week at Buttonwillow Raceway testing its 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R AMA Pro American SuperBike and ZX-6R Daytona SportBike. Veteran racer Eric Bostrom and team newcomer JD Beach each completed more than 100 laps around the bumpy, 2.7-mile Central California racetrack. This was the third time Bostrom had [...]

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Eric’s Take, Part 8: Bostrom Blogs!

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The rare alignment of ideas and ideals is always worth noting. Formation of Team Cycle World Attack Performance is just that: an extra element to the already-exciting two-wheel racing environment that we love so dearly. We’ve taken responsibility to push the sport to a new level by bringing in new eyes, non-endemic sponsors, important new [...]

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Eric Bostrom will race Team Cycle World Attack Performance Kawasaki ZX-10R at Daytona

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Team Cycle World Attack Performance and rider Eric Bostrom will debut Kawasaki’s all-new 2011 ZX-10R at Daytona International Speedway March 10-12. Led by crew chief Richard Stanboli, the newly formed team will begin its pre-season development program by participating in the January 17-18 Dunlop Tire Test at Daytona. Rising star JD Beach will also test [...]

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2009 Honda CBR600RR vs. 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R – Comparison Test Green to the extreme.

Photography by Brian Blades Green, it seems, is the freshest buzz-word to sweep the planet. “Green this, green that,” exhort the Capital Hill privileged that purportedly represent us overtaxed payers. While politicians produce enough hot CO2 to feed a forest and burn through newly printed notes as if they grew on trees, my idea of [...]

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Two, Three or Four? Which configuration best settles the score?

Photography by Brian Blades Diversity is good, but when the topic is motorcycles, being unique is just plain cool. Despite using three completely different engine configurations, the four middleweight supersports tested on the same day at Willow Springs for the preceding 2x2s lapped within a second of each other. Considering that their respective engine designs [...]

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