Motorcycles

The history of Suzuki Motorcycles starts in 1909 when Michio Suzuki started in a warehouse focused on the construction of looms for the industry of silk in Japan. Thirty years later he started to diversify his works and began to consider the construction of machinery for cars and motorcycles. It was in 1951 when he started to work full time in motorcycles and cars.

The Power Free was his first innovation regarding motorcycles. Power Free was a motorized bicycle which made Suzuki to attract the attention of the Japanese government giving him funds to continue in his cars and motorcycles research. Thanks to his continuous innovations, Suzuki motorcycles built better and better every year. It was in 1962 when Suzuki motorcycles won their first competition.

The company began to be recognized and respected by the 60’s by American and European motorcycle community. Being the Suzuki X-6 Hustler their best-selling machine in that time.

In the 60’s and 70’s, European motorcycles companies dominated the motorcycle world, when Japanese motorcycles weren’t that known. But between 1971 an 1976, Suzuki Motorcycles won the World Championship many times which gave them the recognition that they kept for many, many years until now.

By the late ‘80s, Suzuki had gained the respect of all within the racing community at the highest levels. One of the best Suzuki Motorcycles of this era was the GSX–R750. Its design and energy was unbeatable and, at that time, it was the lightest bike around in its class.

Thanks to all the innovations that Suzuki Motorcycles had made in the industry and the different top level motorcycle models they have built. This company is one of the 4 more recognized names in the motorcycle industry in Japan on they are always in the top lists in the world.

If you are looking for motorcycles which performance is above the average, then you need to take a look at Kawasaki motorcycles. These Kawasaki motorcycles have been designed mostly for “racing on the dirt”. Even though these motorcycles are very light, their power gives the rider that extra performance to beat the competition. It’s little known though that Kawasaki’s first production was engines for motorcycles until 1954 that they decided to introduce the complete motorcycles.

One of the characteristics of Kawasaki company is that they were never followers but they innovate the way of introducing products to the market. One example was the introduction of every model they had at the same time to the market. This strategy seemed very risky but they succeeded and put them one step ahead of the competition.

Kawasaki motorcycles were introduced to the United States in 1965. The sales were much better than the expected.

In 1990, the model ZZR-R1100 was introduced to the market and sales were ahead of competition and lead that department for around five years. But it didn’t finish there. In 2000, the model ZX-12R was in the market and the features, specially their unique frame, would outperform any other dirt bike in competition making history in the motorcycle industry.

One of the models that Kawasaki offers and that gives you everything you’d ever need in a cruiser bike is the model Vulcan. They are extremely durable and easy to maneuver. Something that is really cool about this model is that they are consider very comfortable for touring but powerful and versatile to racing competitions.

These days, Kawasaki motorcycles are steal leaders in the industry by offering a great variety of products. Being the reasonable price and excellent value their best weapon. Also, Kawasaki is leader in the industry of providing replacements for the parts of each and every one of their models and this is all over the world.