Kawasaki Motorcycle Parts
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Kawasaki Motor Corporation was originally called Kawasaki Motorcycle Corporation and is a Division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The name change came about after a merger between Kawasaki Motorcycle Corporation and Kawasaki Aircraft Ltd, who had themselves made an agreement with Meguro works to form Kawasaki Motor Sales. At the time of the merger in the early 60's, a team of Kawasaki engineers were working on the design of a 4 stroke engine developed for use in small cars. When the project ended some of the engineers were reassigned to Meguro to work on a single cylinder OHV engine. The following year Kawasaki and Meguro merged to form Kawasaki Motorcycle Co Ltd, and all Kawasaki models of this era carried a logo showing a flag within a wing.
Kawasaki produced many inspired and innovative designs during the decades that followed, from race replicas to off-road motocross, enduro and trials machines. In addition to this they churned out an impressive range of cruiser models, in the guise of the Eliminator and the Vulcan (which was available in a wide range of capacities, from 400cc to 2000cc).
To this day Kawasaki remain one of the 'Big Four' Japanese producers of motorcycles, the others being Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha.
