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Kawasaki Hydrogen Motorcycle Plans Revealed

Hydrogen-powered cars have been a thing for a little while now, but motorcycles utilizing a hydrogen powertrain haven’t existed. Kawasaki wants to change that.

According to a new report by Cycle World showing images from AutoBy Kawasaki is working on an engine that will be internal combustion and utilize hydrogen for fuel.

Let me explain what I can about how this came to be.

2022 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Order Period Open Now

Kawasaki officially opened the order period for all three versions of the Ninja H2.

The company offers the Ninja H2, the Ninja H2 Carbon, and the Ninja H2R. I’m a day late in announcing it, but I figured it’s still relevant news, and if you want one of these you need to act.

Kawasaki is not accepting orders after December 17 for the various versions of the supercharged sportbike.

CAKE Delivered the Kalk AP for Anti-Poaching Efforts in Africa

Cake has delivered its first batch of electric anti-poaching bush bikes to Africa.

The motorcycles were delivered to the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC). The SAWC is now using these bikes to increase the efficiency of combating poaching.

This is a great initiative by Cake and its motorcycles—specifically the Kalk—are uniquely positioned to make a difference here.

Combat Motors Launches its First America Tour

Ernest Lee invites all Combat, Confederate, or Curtiss Warhawk motorcycle owners to join Combat Motors’ first America Tour.

The tour begins in Jacksonville, Florida, and follows the I10 corridor to Las Cruces, New Mexico, and then on to Las Vegas, Nevada, and then on to to the LA Auto Show.

The goal is to arrive at the show on November 18, 2021. This is a ride all the way across the southern United States.

Curtiss Motorcycles Updated its OTC Filings

In 2018, Curtiss Motorcycles (formerly Confederate) changed its name and stock symbol and stopped reporting numbers. That triggered the Caveat Emptor with OTC Markets.

Now the electric motorcycle company has reported two fiscal years’ worth of data.

With this update, the company expects the Caveat Emptor status to be withdrawn.

Electric Motorcycle Company LAND Is Ready to Start Production

In an email, Scott Colosimo, CEO of LAND, stated that the company is ready to start production of its electric motorcycles.

This is very good news. I’m a huge fan of LAND and Scott’s. His former focus was Cleveland CycleWerks, but now he’s all-in on LAND.

Production will happen right here in the US. In Ohio, to be exact. The company secured funding to make this happen.

Kawasaki Announces 9 New 2022 Models are Coming

Kawasaki announced that six new motorcycles would be debuted on October 5.

Following that release, it will reveal three more motorcycles on November 23 at EICMA.

Only eight of these nine vehicles are motorcycles. One of them is a Jet Ski. The best part of this news is that it’s just for Kawasaki USA, so while some of these might be sold outside of the US, all of them will be sold here.

Vance & Hines Creates an Exhaust for the Harley-Davidson Pan America That Doesn’t Look Ugly

Vance & Hines recently released a new exhaust system for the new Harley-Davidson Pan America adventure motorcycle called the Adventure Hi-Output 450.

Typically, I’m not one to bash stock exhausts, but dang it if Harley doesn’t make uggo of a stock exhaust for the Pan America. So, the news of Vance & Hines stepping in to put this misery away is very good news.

This slip-on exhaust not only gives Pan America riders a way to get rid of an eyesore, but it also puts Vance & Hines into the adventure motorcycle segment for the first time.

6 Ducati World Premiere Events Announced

Ducati has some new motorcycles coming, and to support the release of these bikes, the company has six world premiere events scheduled.

The events will start September 30 and run through to December 9. So that’s every two weeks you’ll get to dee a new bike from Ducati.

All of the details about what bikes will be revealed aren’t known just yet, but here’s a closer look at what I do know.

Kawasaki Is Working on a Hybrid Motorcycle With an Electric Supercharger

Kawasaki and supercharged bikes are nothing new, and rumors of a hybrid motorcycle have been swirling for a while, but now it seems Kawasaki will marry the two.

The company trademarked “E-BOOST” for various uses including hybrid and electric motorcycles. Now, electric bikes wouldn’t need a supercharger, but a hybrid bike could utilize an electric supercharger.

The world is getting weirder, and Kawasaki is on the cutting edge. I love the idea of a hybrid bike with a supercharger.