Founder of Kawasaki

Shozo Kawasaki

Dec 2, 1837

Shôzô was born in Kagoshima in 1837, the eldest son of a shopkeeper. he later came up with the idea of building motorcycles in his shipyard.

B8

1962

This was 125cc 2 stroke with a 4 speed transmission

B8M

1963

Based off a small street machine known as the B8, the B8M featured a 123cc rotary valve two stroke single and four speed manual clutch transmission.

First Kx250

1973

By 1973, the Japanese manufacturers realized that warmed-over trail bikes wouldn’t cut it in the growing American motocross market. In preparation for the 1973 season, the factory built a limited production run of 200 units, dubbed the F11M 250.

kx420

1982

This was these worst bike Kawasaki came out with it was so bad they didn't compete in the 500 class.

kx500

1983

This was the first kx500 and it had 65 horsepower.

GPZ900R

1984

The 1984 GPZ900R was the first Kawasaki bike to be officially marketed in North America under the Ninja brand name.

Superbike World Championship

1993

They won the rider's Superbike World Championship in 1993 with Scott Russell, two decades later in 2013 with Tom Sykes, and six times consecutively in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 with Jonathan Rea.

Last year of the kx500

2004

This was the last year they made the kx500. they stop making because they had to much torque for people to ride on a track.

last production of the kx125

2006

This was the last time Kawasaki made the kx125 and im not sure why they stop making it.

Ninja H2R

2015

this is the fastest street bike to ever be released from factory. This motorcycle reach top speeds of 240 miles an hour.