2011 Yamaha FZ8 Review – 8 is the new 6
Sun, 8/08/10 – 23:56 | One Comment

While the Yamaha’s Fazer family has been a European mainstay since 1998, it’s still relatively new in Canada. For 2011 Yamaha has delivered the FZ8, a bike that owes much to its bigger and more brutish sibling the FZ1, and surprisingly little to the defunct FZ6. That positions the bike to be novice and intermediate rider friendly, so it needs to be both frisky (or even occasionally ferocious) and friendly all at once.

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Kawasaki Ninja 250R
Friday, 1 Aug, 2008 – 14:20 | Comment
Kawasaki Ninja 250R

“What displacement is that?” The ice cream truck driver has ditched his station and crossed the street.
“That’s a quarter litre.”
“Quarter Litre?” Labeled that way the Kawasaki Ninja 250R sounds much more intimidating, in …

2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 – 20 Years in the Making
Tuesday, 14 Aug, 2007 – 11:57 | Comment
2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 – 20 Years in the Making

Deer Creek Rd. on the northern edge of California’s Malibu Canyons is narrowing to a lane-and-a-bit of pockmarked pavement with dirt-dusted corners. It’s a motard road, which likely isn’t what Kawasaki had in mind for …

ZZR 1200 – So powerful I can’t think of a witty way to relate how powerful it is.
Tuesday, 28 Oct, 2003 – 1:53 | Comment
ZZR 1200 – So powerful I can’t think of a witty way to relate how powerful it is.

I never intended to ride this bike. Indeed it wasn’t even on my must try list, but it should have been. In riding this bike I gave in to peer pressure, a number …