Team Green

Kawasaki is widely recognized as being the first of the ‘Big Four’ to build a purpose-built off-road racing machine and played a pivotal role in bringing the sport of motocross to a new audience via the “Team Green” concept which created an inclusive family-based racing environment.

The 1963 Kawasaki B8-M, a motocross version of the B8 street machine was the first production motocross machine from Japan that won the Hyogo MX Championship in 1962 creating the so-called “Red-Tank Furore”. It marked the start of a Kawasaki dirt bike legacy that evolved into the long-running KX motocross series.

By the mid 1970’s Kawasaki was selling and promoting to off-road fans under the famous KX name for motocross. The 1975 KX250 stands out as one of Kawasaki’s most serious off-road commitments to date and is among their first motorcycle designed specifically for world championship class of motocross racing.

In this image we see Motocross superstar Jeff Emig showing off his 1997 Factory Kawasaki KX250 in front of Jimmy Weinert's 1974 works KX450.

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