Kawasaki Bikes

India Kawasaki Motors (IKM) is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan. It entered the Indian market in 2009 with an alliance with Bajaj Motorcycles, but went on to set up its own subsidiary in July 2010. It soon started assembling a couple of bikes at Bajaj’s Akurdi facility, with the Ninja 250R being the first one.Kawasaki uses a 40,000sqft facility to assemble five... India Kawasaki Motors (IKM) is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan. It entered the Indian market in 2009 with an alliance with Bajaj Motorcycles, but went on to set up its own subsidiary in July 2010. It soon started assembling a couple of bikes at Bajaj’s Akurdi facility, with the Ninja 250R being the first one.

Kawasaki uses a 40,000sqft facility to assemble five motorcycles – the Z250, Ninja 300, Ninja 650, ER6n and the Versys 650 via the completely-knocked-down (CKD) route.

While globally, Kawasaki has interests in other automotive segments like ATVs and Watercrafts, its Indian arm sells only motorcycles in India. In fact, the Japanese manufacturer sells most of their famous bikes in India – Ninja H2, Ninja ZX-10R, Ninja ZX-14R, Ninja 1000 and the Versys 1000. All these bikes are imported from Japan as completely-built-up (CBU) units.

Kawasaki currently sells all its bikes from 12 exclusive showrooms in India. However, the assembled bikes like the Ninja 300 and the Verys 650 can be bought from Bajaj’s Probiking showroom spread across the country. Read more