Race Watch

A New Kawasaki 750 After All?

May 1 1979
Race Watch
A New Kawasaki 750 After All?
May 1 1979

A NEW KAWASAKI 750 AFTER ALL?

Reliable sources report that Kawasaki is importing the much-rumored-and-denied rotary-valve, 750cc Four road racer after all. According to well-placed Japanese sources, the bike could be debuted by Mike Baldwin at Daytona, although the report couldn't be verified at press time. The recent elimination of AMA homologation rules (which required that manufacturers make at least 25 units of a given engine available to the public before that engine design was approved for competition) has paved the way for a few "one-off" exotic factory engines.