Past Articles Kawasaki Dirt Bike Reviews

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.

2003 Kawasaki KLX125L Comparison

Thursday, August 07, 2003
It wasn't long ago that people in the market for a small bore four-stroke were subject to just a few choices, now there are no less than three excellent machines to choose from.

2003 Kawasaki KX125 Comparison

Friday, April 18, 2003
Five bikes go head-to-head in MCUSA's massive 125cc class shootout. Lightest, fastest, best? We've got the answers.
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