[Moto] What beauties! Kawasaki decorated its Superbike bikes with classic colors for its 125 years and they could go on sale

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The surprise of the weekend on the World Superbike grid came from Kawasaki. The Japanese manufacturer has put on track two special liveries for the Kawasaki ZX-10RR of Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes that commemorate the 125 years of the brand's history.

A date that coincided this weekend with the Argentine Motul Round and the return of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship to the San Juan Villicum Circuit. According to the Japanese manufacturer, both special fairings celebrate Kawasaki's past, present and future.

 

Colors that used the Kawasaki GPZ 900R and the Kawasaki ZXR 750 H2

Kawasaki wanted to celebrate its 125 years of history by dressing its official World Superbike motorcycles in the colors of two classic models of the company. Some colors that we have to go back almost 30 years to remember in their original frames.

 

The first, the one worn by Jonathan Rea, refers to a decoration inspired by the Kawasaki ZXR 750 H2 with the green, white and blue colors used by Scott Russell in the United States. The North American pilot was crowned WorldSBK Champion in 1993 to later reap the same successes in his native country, where he earned the nickname "Mr. Daytona" by winning the mythical Daytona 200 five times.

Alex Lowes' fairing is inspired by his part from the iconic Top Gun movie. Starring Tom Cruise, the actor drove the first motorcycle of the Japanese brand that used the 'Ninja' logo on its side. For those who do not know, it was the Kawasaki GPZ 900R and it was decorated with two colored bands in red and black that crossed the entire bike. A symbol of sportsmanship that has crossed the barrier of time.

This is not the first time that Kawasaki has used special liveries. The Japanese manufacturer has opted in the past to use slightly modified fairings after winning the WorldSBK Championship, adding gold piping to its fibers to celebrate successes.

The anniversary has also symbolized a new era for the Japanese manufacturer with the launch of Kawasaki Motors, Ltd, the company recently created to focus on exclusive vehicle manufacturing. This change has brought about the use of a new logo of the brand known as River Mark inspired by the ideogram that symbolizes a river in Japanese. The new company will focus even more on motorcycles and the two special fairings have celebrated Kawasaki's past, present and future.

In fact, the use of these colors and the latest publications of the brand referring to the past with the slogan "Let the good times roll" makes us wonder if it is not looking for the complicity of its customers to get a print run of its current models with this classic decoration as has happened with the Z900RS and Z650RS. In any case, to find out we will have to wait for the Motorcycle Show (EICMA) that is going to be held in Milan on the last weekend of November.

 

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