Why Kawasaki is Japanese of course......I rode and drag raced motorcycles for 20 some years. My first two bikes were Harley's, everything else were Kawasaki 750 H2's... I love the two stroke sound,and by the way I won three drag racing track championships on my H2. It averaged 6.2 seconds on a 1/8 mile track and 9.9 seconds on a quarter mile.It was great fun and I miss it BAD........oh well they were the days !!! :D :D