Thursday, September 17, 2009

# KAWASAKI motorcycle MODELS

List of KAWASAKI Motorcycle Models

Kawasaki 2012:
• Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R
• Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R Special Edition
• Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
• Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R ABS
• Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R
• Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R Performance Edition (Europe)
• Kawasaki Ninja 1000 (USA)
• Kawasaki Ninja 1000 ABS
• Kawasaki Z1000SX Tourer (Europe)
• Kawasaki Z1000
• Kawasaki Z1000 ABS (Non-NA)
• Kawasaki Z750R (Europe)
• Kawasaki Z750 (Australia)
• Kawasaki Versys 650
• Kawasaki Versys 650 ABS (Non-NA)
• Kawasaki Ninja 650
• Kawasaki Ninja 650 ABS (Non-NA)
• Kawasaki ER-6n
• Kawasaki ER-6n ABS (Non-NA)
• Kawasaki Ninja 400R (Canada)
• Kawasaki Ninja 250R
• Kawasaki Ninja 250R Special Edition (Australia)
• Kawasaki W800 (Europe)
• Kawasaki W800 Special Edition (Non-NA)
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager ABS
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Vaquero
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Vaquero ABS (Canada)
Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Nomad (3)
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Classic
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Classic ABS (Australia)
• Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic
• Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic Special Edition
• Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic LT
• Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom
• Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager ABS
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Vaquero
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Vaquero ABS (Canada)
• Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Nomad
• Kawasaki KLR650
• Kawasaki KLX250S
• Kawasaki KX450F
• Kawasaki KX250F
• Kawasaki KX100
• Kawasaki KX85
• Kawasaki KX65
• Kawasaki KLX140
• Kawasaki KLX140L
• Kawasaki KLX110
• Kawasaki KLX110L

Kawasaki 2011:
Kawasaki KLX 140
Kawasaki KX 450F
Kawasaki KX 250F
Kawasaki Ninja 1000
Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS
Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Vaquero
Kawasaki VN1700 Voyager Custom ABS
Kawasaki Z 1000 SX

Kawasaki 2010:
Kawasaki Ninja 650R (9)
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 (8)
Kawasaki 1400 GTR (7)
Kawasaki Versys (7)
Kawasaki KLX 110 (7)
Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS
Kawasaki D-Tracker 125
Kawasaki KLX 125
Kawasaki Z1000
Kawasaki Z1000
Kawasaki KX 250F Monster Energy
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
Kawasaki KX 65
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R wins 24 Hours of Le Mans
Kawasaki KX85II

Kawasaki 2009:
VN900 Classic
VN900 Custom
VN1700 Classic
VN1700 Classic Tourer
VN1700 Voyager
VN2000
Versys
KLX110
KLX250
KLX450R
KX65
KX85
KX250F
KX450F
ER-6N
Z1000
ZR750
Ninja 250R
Ninja ZX-6R
Ninja Zx-10R
ZX-6R
1400 GTR
ER-6F
ZZR 1400

Kawasaki 2008:
VN900 Classic (5)
VN900 Custom (4)
VN2000 Classic
Versys
Versys ABS
KLX110
KX85-I
KX85-II
KX125
KX250
KX450F
KX450F-SR
ER-6N
Z750
Z750 ABS
Z1000
Ninja 250R
Ninja ZX-6R
Ninja ZX-10R
Ninja ZX-RR MotoGP Le Mans
NinjaZX-RR MotoGP Estoril
ER-6F
Erf-6f ABS
ZZR 1400

Kawasaki 2007:
MOTOGP RACE Mugello
Ninja ZX-RR (MotoGP Race Catalunya)
Ninja ZX-RR (MotoGP Race Motegi)
Ninja ZX-RR (MotoGP Race Qatar)
Ninja ZX-RR (MotoGP Race Valencia)
Ninja ZX-RR MotoGP Estoril
Ninja ZX-RR MotoGP Misano
Ninja ZX-RR Sepang

Kawasaki 2006:
Ninja ZX-RR (4)
Ninja ZX-RR (MotoGP Race Istanbul)

Kawasaki 2005:
Eliminator 125
VN800 Classic
VN1600 Classic
VN1600 Mean Streak
VN2000
KLX110
KX65
KX85
KX125
KX250
Z750S
Z1000
ZRX1200R
Ninja ZX-6R
Ninja ZX-6RR
Ninja ZX-12R

Kawasaki 2004:
Kawasaki Eliminator 125
Kawasaki VN800 Classic
Kawasaki VN1500 Classic Tourer Fi
Kawasaki VN1600 Classic
Kawasaki VN2004
Kawasaki KLE500
Kawasaki KLR650
Kawasaki KX250
Kawasaki KX250F
Kawasaki ER-5
Kawasaki Z750
Kawasaki Z1000
Kawasaki ZRX1200R
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6RR
Kawasaki Ninja Zx-10R
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R (1)
Kawasaki ZZR600 (1)
Kawasaki ZZR1200 (1)

BENELLI motorcycle MODELS


BENELLI Motorcycle

Benelli is an Italian motorcycle manufacturing company founded back in 1911, in Pesaro, Italy. Originally Teresa Benelli. Once she became a widow she invested all her money into a company in order for her six sons to get a decent job. At first, the company was called Benelli Garage and handled the repair of cars and motorcycles and could also produce the spare parts needed for those repairs.

Because they were very good manufacturers and somewhat engineers, the Benelli boys came up in 1920 with their first engine produced completely in-house. It was a 75 cc single-cylinder two stroke engine and it was adapted to a bicycle frame. In 1921, the company built its first motorcycle, based on the 75 cc engine, which had become by then a 98 cc one.

In two years time, Benelli became interested in motorsports and sent Tonino Benelli on the track to ride a racing version of the company's first bike. After a few years, Tonino became successful in motorsports and riding a Benelli 175 won the Italian championship in 1927, 1928, 1930 and 1931. A year after his latest success (1932), Tonino tragically died in a road accident.

Just on the break of World War II, the Italian company presented a four-cylinder supercharged 250cc racing bike. They wanted to use this bike in the 1940 season but because of the start of the war their plans failed. Another downside of the second World War was that Benelli seized production until 1949, the same year that Giuseppe Benelli left the company and founded Motobi.

Business continued without him and the Benelli company had a few bikes on sale by the time 1951 came. The most notable are the 98cc and 125cc Leoncino models, available in both two-stroke and four-stroke. Almost ten years passed until 1962 when Benelli and Motobi were able to produce around 300 motorcycles and had a total of 550 employees.

Benelli underwent some rough time, as all European motorcycle manufacturers did, when Japanese companies entered the European market. Although they were selling a lot of bikes on the American market, by the the late 70s came Benelli halted production.

This lasted for a few years, until Giancarlo Selci decided to back up and revive Benelli which proved to be a wrong move, things not working out for Selci. Benelli had to wait until 1995 to meet somebody capable of reviving the brand. This person was Andrea Merloni who helped to the development of the Tornado 900 Tre super sport bike in 2002.

At the current moment, the Italian manufacturer is part of the Chinese group Qianjiang.