So does the new Kawasaki Z650 offer the perfect combination of easy-to-ride intensity, as the company claims? We went along to the bike’s launch in Spain to find out more...
Many of us crave the raw brutality, fight-inducing aggression and incredible feeling from top shelf components that a hulking super naked gives. Yet a huge number of riders, both new and old, are defecting to (or not graduating from) smaller capacity naked machinery – with Kawasaki swelling the middleweight ranks with capable, unintimidating, but certainly stylish options. And the new Z650 falls exactly into this description.
For us, this bike has a lot to live up to. Replacing the ER-6n was always going to be a tough job as it was such a cheap and easy all round package. Then the 'Z' heritage is filled with four decades of incredible and iconic machinery that still carries a lot of clout. So a combination of the two for this new bike could surely be an absolute winner, right?
We've always wanted that little bit of extra spice for the ER-6n – although we all are self-admitted spice-oholics. We’re all for practicalities, but we also want to have a blast when things denote fast. Finding a machine able to blend both into its remit is much harder to find than it sounds. Could this Kawasaki finally crack that nut? It seems like Team Green means business here.
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Steve Parrish
It's been a busy old month but so good being back in the thick of it. Despite the great British weather, it finally feels like summer is here, and I've been all over the place with some really great events since we spoke last month.
Christian Iddon
It's a long time since I had that feeling... 1057 days, to be precise, and if you were to ask if 'that day' was the day it would happen again, then I would have bet all my worldly belongings against it.
BOTH A CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASE
There’s a time and place to lawyer up to the hills, and this is one them...
LONGTERMER KAWASAKI ZX-6R
Last month, I was gearing up to consign my ZX-6R to the back of my garage while I disappeared for the best part of three weeks to work at the TT with Batham's Racing.
YAMAHA WABASH RT
When you live a life of wheelies, burnouts and fast laps on race tracks, it's hard to spot a midlife crisis... but six months on in the saddle of Yamaha's Wabash e-bike, I daresay that's exactly where I'm at. I'll be honest, cycling isn't for everyone, and quite frankly, Lycra is even more polarising, but for me, life on two wheels, be it powered or pedalled, has formed my staple diet for as long as I can remember.
24 HOURS FLAT-OUT!
Ever fancied a crack at 24-hour endurance racing? You might think again after reading this...
PROJECT 37 A TEST OF TIME
Having got his head around the standard bike at Cadwell, Timmy heads to Powerslide Motorcycles with a wish list of improvements for the Suzuki GSX-8R...
'WHY WE GO RACING...5
Ever wondered why big brands spend big money and put in huge amounts of effort to go racing? Well, we did too, so we didn’t hesitate to ask the man who makes that call for Honda Racing UK...
9 BIKES WE WISH WERE STILL HERE...
No one’s worked out how to bring things back from the dead, but if we had our way, these are the bikes we’d oe see makingareturn.
SENSATIONAL SUZUKI LIVE
Blending decades of motorcycles, racing legends, track time and a beer tent with a cracking band, Suzuki Live’s formula proved a winner for the thousands there.
