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Cool Little Fact I Heard About.

08 Apr 2011 13:16

My boss does a lot of traveling to Japan (not lately). He says everywhere you look there's Kawasaki and no Honda or Suzuki, anywhere he's seen. He asked his contact there what the deal was. The guy says Kawasaki is the best and they ship the others out of the country, mainly the US. He says Kawasaki is Japan's Harley Davidson.

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08 Apr 2011 17:45 - 22 Jan 2013 01:16

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08 Apr 2011 20:56

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Honda makes lawnmowers:

www.hondapowerequipment.com/products/mod...on=P2LM&category=hrs

Suzuki makes little cars:

www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www....qi=2&ved=0CDYQ9QEwBA

Yamaha makes xylophones:

usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instrume...cussions/xylophones/

Kawasaki makes 217 MPH bullet trains:

www.nextenergynews.com/news08-2/next-energy-news9.19.08a.html

When it comes to motorcycles, I think I’ll stick with Kawasaki. Ed

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08 Apr 2011 21:10

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On the next exciting episode of dade cty bike builder dude Stu-e builds the yama-hopper xylophone bike tounveil at carry-o-key night at the blue clam bar!

:dry: :huh: :S :blink: :ohmy: :pinch: :woohoo:

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09 Apr 2011 21:47

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wireman wrote: On the next exciting episode of dade cty bike builder dude Stu-e builds the yama-hopper xylophone bike tounveil at carry-o-key night at the blue clam bar!

One can only imagine what that photo chop would look like... :whistle: :woohoo:

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10 Apr 2011 03:11

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:woohoo:

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15 Apr 2011 18:22

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I don't know how accurate the information is here , but if it's true, Kawasaki manufactured the least number of it's own motorcycles for the Japanese and produced the least amount of motorcycles overall of the Big Four in 2010. Can't really tell from those numbers what Kawasaki's health was like before the economic downturn but Kawasaki was the only manufacturer to produce less motorcycles in 2010 than it did in 2009.

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15 Apr 2011 20:23

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Kawasaki has always been the smallest of the current Japanese manufacturers even though the actual company size is huge. Will they continue to make bikes? I hope so. That said, I sure wish that they'd bring something more interesting than I've seen for a few years.

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15 Apr 2011 20:29

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Would be nice to have a UJM bike like the Zephyr (if that counts) back on US soil.

That said, the new Ninja 1000 is promising as an all-around sport bike/street bike and I for one don't hate the Z1000. If someone offered either bike to me I'd jump on it. If I had the spare cash I'd probably buy one.

The one time I was in Japan I didn't see a single Kawi, lots of the other three.

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16 Apr 2011 00:55

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has anyone sat on the new ninja 1000...super duper boober cool.....slick as polished galsss and sits up and roomy...super cool...go see one...

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Re: Cool Little Fact I Heard About.

16 Apr 2011 01:29

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I'm not willing to finance a new bike yet, but that Ninja 1000 has me thinking of turning my 04 ZX-10r into a street-fighter. Just think, endless wheelie potential!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:

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Re: Cool Little Fact I Heard About.

16 Apr 2011 11:55

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TNBOBBER wrote: He says Kawasaki is Japan's Harley Davidson.

That's an insult.

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