The company is founded by Shozo Kawasaki in 1869.His firm will come to be known as Kawasaki Heavy Industries.Over time,the company’s principal areas of activity will be shipbuilding,railroad rolling stock,and electrical generating plants.Kawasaki signs agreement to take over Meguro motorcycles in 1960,a major player in the nascent Japanese motorcycle manufacturing business.Meguro is one of the only Japanese companies making a 500cc bike.In England and the UK,Meguro’s 500 – which bears a strong resemblance to the BSA A7 – is derided as a cheap copy.But in fact, it is a pretty high-quality bike.
Kawasaki's first motorcycle in the 1960 was a 125cc two stroke Kawasaki motorcycle.Kawasaki motorcycle history started their high end powerful rigs by acquiring Meguro motorcycles which was oldest motorcycle company in Japan.
Kawasaki motorcycle history rolled out its first big motorcycle which sported a 650 cc engine and was called model W1.
