Lincoln Nebraska made the Jet Skis, snowmobiles, KX420s, and many of the street bikes. Kawasaki had a production line in Japan and one in Lincoln Nebraska. I have been told that GM will typically make around 500,000 pickups each year and Ford doing the same. Most of the dirt bikes for a given year are usually made in a few days to less than 2 weeks. The Motorcycle production plants are not like the auto industry where one plant produces the same model day in and day out for the whole year. The production line sets up and manufactures all of the 80s that will be made that year, then they set up the line and make all of the 125s, then the 250s and then the 420s, then they set up and make something else like street bikes one model at a time. Dirt bikes were cheap back then and local racers would buy at least one bike each year to stay competitive with the latest technology. I was told that Honda's production numbers were the highest with around 9000 CR125s with CR80s, CR250s and CR480 proportionally about the same as Kawasaki.
I was surprised how low the actual numbers were. When I worked for Team Kawasaki our USA production/sales numbers for the dirt bikes typically looked something like this for a given year. I would guess that you have quad number 1405. Suzuki Marine USA, LLC uses cookies on this site to ensure the best browsing experience by optimizing site functionality, analyzing site activity, and.
