At Kawasaki, we take winning races and making the best products pretty seriously. Luckily for you, we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Enjoy some of the best moments caught on camera from the past year.
The 89th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, a classic time trial in Colorado Springs to be held this year on June 26, will include an electric motorcycle. Racer Chip Yates will pilot the 365-pound, 240-horsepower superbike in the Exhibition PowerSport Division
The bike, which Yates has previously raced against gasoline-powered’ motorcycles  … More
What if it was possible to bust out a moto right behind the house? Not down on the lower 40 acres, but in the backyard with neighbors on all sides. For most motocross riders this is a far-fetched dream. Noise is the biggest issue with bikes in an urban area, but an electric dirt bike like the 2011 Zero MX makes the impossible a reality. Zero Motorcycles has been producing silent, eco-friendly two-wheelers for dirt and street in its Santa Cruz, California headquarters since 2006. For 2011, engineers went from top to bottom on the entire line, including the MX, to standardize and improve the effectiveness of this emerging motorcycle technology.
Zero is expanding its California-based design and manufacturing with a new facility in nearby Scotts Valley. This is just the beginning of a major overhaul that aims to establish Zero as a global brand rather than  … Pictures & More
Overview – Over the years, improvements in motorcycle technology have allowed the extreme sport of dirt biking to evolve. Commonly referred to as motocross, the sport of dirt biking often takes place on carved-out racing tracks. Since the invention of motocross in the early 1920s, the sport has changed to include such disciplines as freestyle and arena cross.
Early Years – In the earliest years of the sport, off-road racing was the only discipline of dirt biking. According to Freestyle Motocross  … More