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'''Kawasaki''' [[motorcycles]] are manufactured by '''Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.''', an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato-ku, Tokyo and is named after its founder Shozo Kawasaki. | '''Kawasaki''' [[motorcycles]] are manufactured by '''Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.''', an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato-ku, Tokyo and is named after its founder Shozo Kawasaki. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
'''Kawasaki''', originally started operations in 1924 as a metallurgy and aircraft company and by 1949 Kawasaki manufactured small engines for use in motorcycle manufacturing. In 1954 Kawasaki Motorcycles produced their first complete motorcycle under the name of Meihatsu, a subidiary of Kawasaki Aircraft. That first bike was the [[Meihatsu 125 Deluxe]].<ref> | '''Kawasaki''', originally started operations in 1924 as a metallurgy and aircraft company and by 1949 Kawasaki manufactured small engines for use in motorcycle manufacturing. In 1954 Kawasaki Motorcycles produced their first complete motorcycle under the name of [[Meihatsu]], a subidiary of Kawasaki Aircraft. That first bike was the [[Meihatsu 125 Deluxe]].<ref> | ||
[http://www.khulsey.com/motorcycles/vintage_motorcycle_kawasaki.html K Hulsey Vintage Motorcycles: Kawasaki history]</ref> | [http://www.khulsey.com/motorcycles/vintage_motorcycle_kawasaki.html K Hulsey Vintage Motorcycles: Kawasaki history]</ref> | ||
===Kawasaki-Meguro merger=== | ===Kawasaki-Meguro merger=== | ||