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  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: A Brief History Of Kawasaki Motorcycles And Their Origin

    Shozo Kawasaki foundered the company in 1878 at a dockyard in Tokyo to build steel, ocean going ships, which in 1886, was expanded and became Kawasaki Dockyard. In 1896, when the Kawasaki Dockyard was incorporated, Kojiro Matsukata was appointed first president of the company. Production of...

    Started by kawaride, 28-01-07 11:52 AM
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  1. Historical Summary

    This is a paraphrasing of information I was able to find. The idea being to eventually get a full model release and specs information base together. Sources at this time are : ZPower(UK) Canadian kawasaki motorcycle museum. motorcyclespecs.co.za and others (apologies for missed...

    Started by Cletus, 21-01-10 07:54 AM
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  2. why ninja

    anybody know why kawasaki use ninja?

    Started by abvc12, 13-05-07 12:03 AM
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  3. never before in the history of kawasaki!!!!

    has there ever been a better t-shirt or patch available to akrf members! people will walk up & ask "hey where did you get that cool shirt from?" just poke them in the eye & say "rack off noddy there for akrf members only" if you dont buy one i am going to eat a puppy a day every day for ever & a...

    Started by easyrider, 13-10-09 10:02 AM
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  4. About Kawasaki ..

    In around 1966 Kawasaki moved into the production of large capacity motorcycles with the release of the 650cc W1 model and a little later released two lighter versions – the 250cc A1 Samurai and 350cc A7 Avenger – which were highly popular models at the time. In 1969 Kawasaki’s ‘high...

    Started by MIKER, 02-04-07 08:36 PM
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  5. Timeline

    http://www.kawasaki.ca/corporate/motorcycle-museum From JeffLThomas buds in canada.

    Started by Cletus, 21-10-08 12:10 PM
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  6. ZZR aka ZX11

    Hey Lads and Ladettes, whats the go with the ZZR/ZX11. I have a 1993 ZZR 1100 and on the rego papers it is called a ZX11, as well as on the frame whereas the fairing has the ZZR logo. Im feeling like I have a split personality, ...no Im not Im fine. :confused:

    Started by Rowser, 07-10-08 10:34 PM
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  7. hey christo! history on the vn900?

    Hey christo you told me the other day you had the complete history on the vn900 could you tell the forum all about it?

    Started by devotus, 12-08-08 05:48 PM
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  8. the kawasaki story on video

    discovery documentary on kawasaki and other bikes. good overview of the history of the bike manufacturers as well as an insider tour of the factories http://turbo.discovery.com/twist-the-throttle/twist-the-throttle.html

    Started by -eXor-, 20-06-08 10:58 PM
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    23-07-08 01:15 PM Go to last post
  9. Moved: gpz 900r

    Started by stephen crouch, 20-06-08 02:34 PM
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  10. Moved: gpz900r Vs rx1000

    Started by chrisso57, 17-10-07 08:07 AM
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