2021 marks the 125th anniversary of the emergence of Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., this Japanese company established in 1896 before Kawasaki Heavy Industries was finally formed.
In fact, the exact original date of what is today commonly called Kawasaki in the motorcycle world is not so clear, since Mr. Shozo Kawasaki had already created the Kawasaki Tsukiji Shipyard 18 years earlier in Tokyo. , as well as the famous River Mark symbol which appeared on the boats concerned and still appears today on the Ninja fairings. But let's accept that Kawasaki is 125 years old today!
To mark this milestone, the Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK, which defends the Superbike world title chances in Argentina with Jonathan Rea, has dressed the Briton's ZX-10RR in a green, white and blue livery evoking the 750 1990 Ninja of Scott Russell, a great Daytona specialist and crowned WorldSBK Champion in 1993.
The motorcyclealex lowes will look just a little further into the past since its red and black decoration officially evokes the Kawasaki GPZ 900 from the film Top Gun released in 1986 with Tom Cruise. Its use is intended only for Race 1 in San Juan Villicum, Argentina.
NOW THAT'S WHAT WE CALL RETRO!@KRT_WorldSBK unveil a special delivery for @jonathanrea as they celebrate their 125th anniversary since their birth as a company!
Can anyone tell us where this delivery comes from? #ARGWorldSBK 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/MbJhCEOjgK
- WorldSBK (@WorldSBK) October 16, 2021
Photo credits: WorldSBK.com
