Hideki Ihara, Japan, Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R, 41.52sec, # 2016MGymkhanaWC3
The original Kawasaki company was launched by Shozo Kawasaki, who was born in 1837 as the son of a merchant Kimono At age 17 Shozo became a craftsman in Nagasaki, Japan.
In 1864, Shozo started a transport company with a single cargo ship Unfortunately, his ship sank during a storm After working for other shipping companies and the establishment of maritime routes, he created, with using the vice finance minister who was in the same province Kawasaki, the shipyard Kawasaki Tsukiji in Tokyo.
The company expanded in many areas where steelmaking is necessary, including wagons, locomotives, cars and, in 1906, beams for bridges in a factory based in Hyogo The following year, the company Dockyard began producing steam turbines for the marine industry.
The plant in Hyogo has also become home to the manufacture of aircraft that went into production in 1918, the first production aircraft aluminum bodied in Japan until that time most of the planes were made from wood with a cloth stretched over spars.
By the time the first motorcycle was produced in 1961 at the Kawasaki aircraft factory, the various companies were merged into the main company known today as Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., which is a truly global entity The company has plants manufacturing in eight countries, including Japan, China, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil, and two in the United States Lincoln, Nebraska and Maryville, Missouri.
Interestingly, Kawasaki has the distinction of being the first Japanese company to produce motorcycles in the United States - the first machines were built at the Lincoln plant in 1974. The plant now manufactures ATV Jet skis and commercial vehicles, many of which are exported to various markets around the world, including Japan.
Kawasaki has produced many important models over the years, mainly through a call for sport pilots Knowledge gained competing international motorcycle, including Grand Prix and World Superbike has been put to good use on their street machines whenever possible .
The range of three-cylinder 2-stroke Kawasaki were introduced in 1968. The H1 Mach111 was an instant success Offering huge for the acceleration time in a straight line H1 could cover the 12 mile 96 seconds with a terminal speed just over 100 mph.
After the success of 500 cc three Kawasaki soon versions available in 250 and later 350 cc replaced by a 400 version and the ultimate street 2T H2 750 Although these machines have proven to be reasonably reliable, they suffered from bad characteristics 750 s manipulations have been nicknamed the widow maker.
Today, Kawasaki triples find their way into many collections classic motorcycles prices currently are reasonable and the rooms are still available for most models.
For example, a KH400 1975, in excellent condition, is worth about 4000.
Kawasaki Z900 was initially designed as 750, but when Honda introduced the CB750 in 1969 by beating Kawasaki Kawasaki on the market decided to increase the capacity of their new 4-stroke and delay its introduction until 1972.
The DOHC engine Kawasaki Z900 is generally considered one of the most powerful and robust plants to be produced by a Japanese company this time Although the engine was good, the frame and swingarm were lacking rigidity giving Loaders relatively poor firmer pedals aftermarket, combined with the rear shock on the market, went a long way to improve the behavior of the Kawasaki.
The first examples 1973 Kawasaki Z900 s, in excellent condition, generally sell for about 18 000 are in demand.
In the 80s the environment, Kawasaki has introduced a sports bike range that carried the name of the Ninja model, a name that would be used for more than 20 years, the first Ninja's were 900 cc 4-stroke, but those -ci were rapidly followed by 600, 750, 1000, 1100-cc versions and, in 1988, a 250.
The range featured Ninja engine cam DOHC with four valves per cylinder and the cooling water which, true to the reputation of Kawasaki gave excellent performance machinery performance of the new machines has been beautifully demonstrated in 1984 when TT Kawasaki 900s finished first and second 751-1000 cc class production.
A ZX900 Ninja A1 1984 in excellent condition, is estimated at about 4,400.
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