Kawasaki Motorcycles

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (川崎重工業株式会社, Kawasaki Jūkōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 7012 ) is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Minato-ku; Tokyo; and Kobe; Japan.

The company is named after its founder Shozo Kawasaki and has no connection with Kawasaki city.

Its most visible consumer product lines are its motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, although the company and its subsidiaries also manufacture ships, industrial plants, tractors, trains, industrial robots and aerospace equipment (including military aircraft). Subcontract work on jet aircraft (including jumbo jets) has been done for Boeing, Embraer, and Bombardier.

Company Profile

• Company Name : Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Established : October 15, 1896

Head Office Locations:

• Tokyo Head Office
• World Trade Center Bldg., 4-1, Hamamatsu-cho,2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6116, Japan
• Kobe Head Office
• Kobe Crystal Tower, 1-3, Higashikawasaki-cho, 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-8680, Japan
• Representative: Tadaharu OHASHI, President
• Capital: 92,084 million yen (As of March 31, 2006)
• Number of Shares Outstanding: 1,390,587,928 shares (as of March 31, 2002)

Affiliates/subsidiaries

Japan

• Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
• Kawasaki Precision Machinery Ltd.
• Kawasaky Plant Systems Ltd.
• NIPPI Corporation
• Kawasaki Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd.
• Kawasaki Motors Corporation Japan
• Kawasaki Safety Service Industries, Ltd.
• Kawaju Shoji Co., Ltd.
• Kawasaki Setsubi Kogyo Co., Ltd.

International

• Kawasaki Heavy Industries (U.S.A.), Inc.
• Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc.
• Kawasaki Robotics (U.S.A.), Inc.
• Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
• Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.
• Kawasaki Construction Machinery Corp. of America
• Canadian Kawasaki Motors Inc.
• Kawasaki do Brasil Indstria e Comrcio Ltda. (Brazil)
• Kawasaki Aeronutica do Brasil Indstria Ltda. Brazil
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries (U.K.) Ltd.
• Kawasaki Precision Machinery (U.K.) Limited
• Kawsaki Robotics (UK) Ltd.
• Kawasaki Gas Turbine Europe GmbH
• Kawasaki Robotics GmbH
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Europe) B.V. (The Netherlands)
• KHI Europe Finance B.V.
• Kawasaki Motors Europe N.V.
• Kawasaki Machine Systems Korea, Ltd.
• Wuhan Kawasaki Marine Machinery Co., Ltd. (People's Republic of China)
• Shanghai Cosco Kawasaki Heavy Industries Steel Structure Co., Ltd.
• Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd.
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries　 (H.K.) Ltd. Hong Kong
• Kawasaki Motors Enterprise (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
• KHI Design & Technical Service Inc. (the Philippines)
• Kawasaki Motors (Phils.) Corporation (The Philippines)
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
• P.T. Kawasaki Motor Indonesia
• Kawasaki Motors Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

Noted motorcycle models

Special purpose

• Kawasaki Police Special

Cruiser

• Kawasaki Vulcan 2000
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 Nomad
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 Classic
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 Mean Streak
• Kawasaki Vulcan 800 Classic
• Kawasaki Vulcan 800 Drifter
• Kawasaki Eliminator
• Kawasaki Vulcan 750
• Kawasaki Vulcan 400 Classic

Dual purpose (2005 models)

• KLR250
• KLR650

Streetbikes (2005 models)

• Kawasaki Eliminator 125
• Kawasaki ER-5
• Kawasaki ZZR600
• Kawasaki Z750
• Kawasaki Z1000
• Kawasaki ZRX1200R
• Kawasaki ZZR1200

Ninja sportsbikes (2006 models)

• Kawasaki Ninja 650R
• Ninja sportsbikes (2005 models)
• Kawasaki Ninja 250R (A.K.A. EX250, GPZ 250, ZZ-R250) (Production year: 1986-present)
• Kawasaki Ninja 500R (A.K.A. EX500, GPZ500S, ZZ-R500) (Production year: 1987-present)
• Kawasaki Ninja 600R
• Kawasaki ZX-6R and 6RR (Production year: 1998-present)
• Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R (Production year: 2004-present)
• Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R
• Kawasaki Ninja ZZR-1400 (Europe & Asia) ZX-14 (U.S) (Production Duration: 2006)
• Kawasaki ZG-1000 Concours

Models no longer in production

• Kawasaki ZX-7R and 7RR (Production year: 1995-2003)
• Kawasaki ZX-9R (Production year: 1994-2003)
• Kawasaki KH250/500/750
• Kawasaki Z500/Z550 (A.K.A. KZ500, KZ550, GPz550) (Production year: 1979-1985)
• Kawasaki Z900/Z1
• Kawasaki GPZ750A1-A5 (Production year: 1983-1987)
• Kawasaki GPZ900 Ninja (Production year: 1984-1992) (The model made famous after being ridden by Tom Cruise in the film 'Top Gun')
• Kawasaki KZ750L3 (Production year: 1983)
• Kawasaki KZ305CSR
• Kawasaki kz400 (1974-1984)
• Kawasaki ZX750E (Production year: 1984-1987) (Kawasaki's first turbocharged motorcycle)
• Kawasaki ZXR400 (L Model) (1991-1999)
• Kawasaki Z650 (Produced in the seventies)
• Kawasaki ZR-7
• Kawasaki ZEPHYR 750
• Kawasaki Ninja 1000R (Production year: 1986-1987)
• Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 / ZZR-1000 (Production year: 1988-1990)
• Kawasaki ZR-1100
• Kawasaki Ninja ZX-11 / ZZR-1100 (Production year: 1990-2001) (Held the crown for "The World's Fastest Production Bike" for close to a decade)
• Kawasaki Ninja ZXR-250 / ZX-2R (for certain asian region only)(Production year:1988-1998)

ATV / QUAD

• Kawasaki KFX 50
• Kawasaki KFX 80
• Kawasaki KFX 400
• Kawasaki KFX 700
• Kawasaki Prairie 360
• Kawasaki Prairie 700
• Kawasaki Brute Force 650
• Kawasaki Brute Force 750
• Kawasaki Bayou 250

Original Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Heavy_Industries

Original Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_motorcycles

Additional Information: Kawasaki United States

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