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Past Articles Kawasaki Dirt Bike Reviews

2012 Kawasaki KX450F Comparison

Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Kawasaki’s updated ’12 KX450F faces off against the world’s best 450-class dirt bikes. Find out if can run up front this year.

2012 Kawasaki KX250F Comparison

Monday, December 05, 2011
We put the 2012 Kawasaki KX250F up against the other four players in the Lites class. Read on to find out where the Kawasaki ranked at the end of our 2012 250 Motocross Shootout.

2011 Kawasaki KX450F Flat Track Project 3

Friday, October 07, 2011
We head to Perris Raceway to try our hand at dirt track motorcycle racing with the Southern California Flat Track Association.

Kawasaki Jet Ski Ultra 300X Versatility Test

Thursday, September 22, 2011
Summer means one thing: water sports. So we head out to the lake with Kawasaki’s latest sit down PWC to see how it performs with family and friends.

2012 Kawasaki KX250F First Ride

Wednesday, July 27, 2011
MotoUSA tests the 2012 Kawasaki KX250F at The Ranch motocross facility in Southern California. Find out how the new dual fuel injections performs in this first ride review.

2011 Kawasaki Jet Ski 800 SX-R First Ride

Friday, July 08, 2011
We test drive Kawasaki’s 800 SX-R stand-up Jet Ski before it is laid to rest forever in this personal watercraft review.

2011 Kawasaki KX450F Flat Track Project 2

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
MotoUSA races its KX450F flat tracker at Willow Springs for Round 1 of the Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series.

2012 Kawasaki KX450F First Ride

Tuesday, June 14, 2011
MotoUSA tests Kawasaki’s latest KX450F motocross bike at Red Bud in Michigan. Find out what this new 450-class dirt bike is all about in this review.

2011 Kawasaki KX450F Flat Track Project 1

Friday, May 20, 2011
MotoUSA transforms a 2011 Kawasaki KX450F into a full fledged flat tracker, see how the Kawasaki project bike performs.

Timbersled Snow Bike Comparison Review

Monday, March 21, 2011
Timbersled is a new entry into the snow bike arena and the company from Idaho knows how to carve powder.

2011 Kawasaki Jet Ski Ultra 300X First Ride

Saturday, March 12, 2011
Kawasaki releases the fastest most powerful Jet Ski on the market. Will Team Green’s flagship personal watercraft live up to the hype? Motorcycle USA reports from the turquoise water of The Bahamas.

2011 Kawasaki KX250F Comparison

Monday, February 21, 2011
Kawasaki comes into 2011 throwing knockout punches with major revisions to the KX250F. The green bike uses a unique SFF Showa suspension and fuel injection to beat up the competition.

2010 Kawasaki KX450F Fast-Aid Project Bike

Monday, January 31, 2011
MotoUSA’s pro-level test rider, Matt Armstrong shares with us how he set-up his 2010 Kawasaki KX450F motocross bike. Find out how it performs in this dirt bike review.

DRD Kawasaki KX450F Off Road Project Bike

Thursday, December 30, 2010
Dubach Racing Development modifies a Kawasaki KX450F for use in motorcycle grand prix and off-road races and we test it in this dirt bike review.

Monster Kawasaki Ninja 650R

Monday, December 27, 2010
In the attempt to satisfy a long-standing curiosity with Flat Track MCUSA straddles six of the top AMA Twin bikes in the sport. Read on for the details of the Monster Kawasaki Ninja 650R.

2011 Kawasaki KX450F Comparison

Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The 2011 Kawasaki KX450F has some slight tuning to make it even more of a driving force in the 450 motocross class.

2010 Kawasaki KX450F Long Term Wrap Up

Friday, October 01, 2010
Read our long-term assessment of the 2010 Kawasaki KX450F motocross bike in this dirt bike review.

2010 Kawasaki KLX250S Comparison

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
In this quarter liter dual sport comparison motorcycle test the Honda CRF230L, Suzuki DR200SE, Kawasaki KLX250S, and Yamaha WR250R face off. Which street legal dirt bike will come out on top? Find out in this review.

2011 Kawasaki KX450F First Ride

Monday, August 09, 2010
Kawasaki debuts its 2011 Kawasaki KX450F motocross bike and Motorcycle USA rides it in this dirt bike motorcycle first ride review.

Kawasaki KX450F Mammoth MX Race Project

Friday, July 16, 2010
MotoUSA competes in the legendary Mammoth Motocross event with its 2010 Kawasaki KX450F project bike.

2011 Kawasaki KX250F First Ride

Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Kawasaki turned us loose at Budds Creek Motocross Park to sample the new 2011 Kawasaki KX250F. This motocross bike has new fuel injection and completely redesigned suspension.

2009 Kawasaki KLX450R Race Test

Friday, April 23, 2010
Kawasaki's KLX450R is a great trail bike, but not necessarily a renowned off-road racer. Is it possible to win trophies on the KLX without breaking the bank? We find out in a California hare scramble race test.

2010 Kawasaki KX250F Comparison

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The 2010 Kawasaki KX250F takes on the rest of our 250 motocross comparison with mild updates for the new year.

2010 Kawasaki KX450F Comparison

Friday, January 01, 2010
MotoUSA rounds up four of the best open-class motocross bikes on the planet from Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and KTM for our 2010 450 Motocross Comparison.

2010 Kawasaki KLX110 First Ride

Monday, November 16, 2009
Kawasaki revamps its KLX110 off-road motorcycle and releases an all-new KLX110L dirt bike designed for larger motorcycle riders. MotoUSA rides both in this motorcycle review.

2010 Kawasaki KX250F First Ride

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
We ride the new 2010 Kawasaki KX250F motocross motorcycle. Discover how the KX250F performs in this off-road motorcycle first ride review.

2010 Kawasaki KX450F First Ride

Monday, August 10, 2009
We romp around the motocross track on the 2010 Kawasaki KX450F motocross motorcycle. Read how the new KX stacks up in the world of off-road motorcycles in the Motorcycle USA first ride review.

2009 Kawasaki KX250F Comparison

Monday, December 08, 2008
An all-new chassis highlights a whole slew of changes for the 2009 KX250F. It might be the leanest and meanest of the bunch, but certainly the greenest. This bike is building off a massive championship year in 2008.

2009 Kawasaki KX450F Comparison

Monday, November 24, 2008
Hop on the new KX450F and you'll probably need a professional tailor to lengthen your shirt cuffs. The 2009 Kawasaki makes a ton of power!

2009 Kawasaki KX450F First Ride

Monday, September 22, 2008
MotoUSA puts in some laps aboard the all-new 2009 Kawasaki KX450F at Muddy Creek MX Park in Blountville, Tennessee.

2009 Kawasaki KX250F First Ride

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Lites supremacy? For 2009 the Kawasaki KX250F is all-new from the ground up and we got the chance to throw a leg over the new 'little' KX...

2008 Kawasaki KLR650 Comparison

Monday, September 08, 2008
We took our reigning 650cc dual-sport champion, the Kawasaki KLR650 and pitted it against a challenger from the opposite end of the DS spectrum, Suzuki's DR650SE.

2009 Kawasaki KLX250S First Ride

Monday, April 28, 2008
A new and improved dual-sport motorcycle for off-road adventure? Kawasaki signed us up and we were along for the ride in Death Valley, California.

2008 Kawasaki KX450F Comparison

Wednesday, April 09, 2008
It took a long time to get dialed in, but the wait was worthwhile after sampling the amazing motorcycles offered in MotoUSA's 2008 450 Motocross Shootout.

2008 Kawasaki KLX450R Comparison

Monday, February 11, 2008
We toss three of the meanest roost-throwing enduro motorcycles through sand, snow and mud in this year's 450 enduro challenge.

2008 Kawasaki KX250F Comparison

Monday, December 24, 2007
We set out to deck the halls with red, yellow, blue and green in a X-mas motocross extravaganza just for you - the 2008 250F Motocross Shootout.

2008 Kawasaki KLX140 First Ride

Wednesday, December 05, 2007
We sent our newest test rider out to try her hand with Kawasaki's spankin' new KLX140 enduro.

2008 Kawasaki KLR650 Comparison

Friday, November 02, 2007
Take three big-bore Single thumpers, the Honda XR650L, Kawasaki KLR650 and BMW Xcountry, and you get our 2008 Dual-sport Comparo.

2008 Kawasaki KLX450R Bike Test

Friday, June 22, 2007
Our second date with the all-new 2008 Kawasaki KLX450R was on familiar ground as we took the Green beast to our home turf in Oregon for a month of woods blasting.

2008 Kawasaki KLR650 First Ride

Sunday, May 27, 2007
The 2008 Kawasaki KLR650 is a funky machine. Whether or not it's for you depends on how you like to boogie.

2008 Kawasaki KLX450R First Ride

Sunday, April 08, 2007
I've not even completed my first lap on the smaller of two rocky loops and already I'm in love with this romping beast. So familiar, and yet a whole new sensation - a real off-road Kawasaki.

2007 Kawasaki KX250F Comparison

Monday, March 19, 2007
Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, and Honda all bring potent 250 Motocross machines to the table, but which bike will come out on top in our 2007 shootout?

2007 Kawasaki KX450F Comparison

Sunday, February 11, 2007
We set out to discover what another 365 days of Darwinian Theory has done to the latest crop of 450 motocross bikes.

2006 Kawasaki's KX250F Comparison

Friday, December 30, 2005
We could barely contain our glee when we finally got the bikes collected for MCUSA's 250cc 4-stroke shootout. We soon found that it was more than we could have hoped for.

2006 Kawasaki KX450F First Ride

Monday, October 17, 2005
Kawasaki completely re-vamped it's '05 prototype to finally satiate the starving mass of green riders who have been longing for a big-bore thumper.

2006 Kawasaki KX250F First Ride

Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Kawasaki is swinging for the fence in 2006, opting to completely re-design an already stellar KX250F.

2005 Kawasaki KDX220R

Monday, July 25, 2005
Few sounds are better than the frenetic bumble bee buzz of a two-stroke out on the trail. Hear it again by checking out the'05 KDX220R.

2004 Kawasaki KX85

Friday, May 07, 2004
The Kawasaki KX85 has spent the last decade on top of the mini podium thanks to names like Stewart and Carmichael. Is it still a player in the 85cc wars?

2004 Kawasaki KLX300 Comparison

Thursday, February 12, 2004
If you want something a little more than a playbike but something less than a big-bore Thumper, any one of this trio might be just what you're looking for.

2004 Kawasaki KX250F Comparison

Thursday, December 25, 2003
Yamaha once dominated the 250cc 4-stroke MX class, but with three new entrants for 2004 the fight for the top mx'er just got dirty.
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