The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced investigations confirmed that Kawasaki Heavy Industries had supplied fraudulent test data on its engines and provided inappropriate gifts to a number of naval personnel over the past 40 years.

Kawasaki announced in 2024 that information surfaced showing a long-term pattern of falsifying test data to ensure engines were delivered on time per contract requirements

Kawasaki Heavy Industries supplied engines for Japan’s submarines and in July and August 2024 discovered its contractual required testing of submarine engines fuel consumption level reports were falsified for the engines of 23 of its submarines 

https://maritime-executive.com/article/japan-suspends-kawasaki-heavy-industries-for-submarine-engine-data-fraud

One hell of a large time capsule in Seward Nebraska, was sealed in 1975, with a 50 year time line opening, so that many of the young people who put things in could enjoy seeing them after 5 decades, and to see what their parents and grand parents put in the capsule for THEM!

a 75 Vega and a blue Kawasaki motorcycle were in the 50 year old time capsule, along with 4,998 other items. Yes, even in a dry time capsule, the Vega rusted! HA! 

The Vega emerged on with an engine warranty for the first 60,000 miles, and is hoped to be running for the 4th of July parade! 

While a plaque on the World’s Largest Time Capsule instructed the time vault to be opened on July 4, 2025, the process was started early to ensure the public could view the capsule for the Fourth of July. 

The 45 ton time capsule was the brain child of Harold Davisson, a Seward furniture store owner, in his store's yard, to preserve memories of that time for his friends and family.. At 20-by-8-by-60 feet and weighing around 45 tons, it earned recognition from the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest time capsule. 

In 1983, after the title was snatched, Davisson responded by building a second time capsule on top in the shape of a pyramid. Inside that capsule, sealed in 1985, was a 1975 Toyota Corolla. His efforts paid off as he reclaimed the title which is now carried in perpetuity since Guinness retired the classification.

the tires are hold air, the car was put up off the floor of the capsule on blocks of wood designed by GM at all 4 wheels. Smart!

 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1541179820266051&set=a.1014070576310314

most sources are paywalled, try and use https://12ft.io/proxy for any paywalled sites! 

https://journalstar.com/news/local/article_4ee50675-750d-4578-b04d-c007e0c87d1b.html

 is an incredibly cool article to read, it's well written from that point of view of WHAT a time capsule is supposed to do, and that's something about hopes, about a thing - time capsules - that we rarely see opened in the lifetime of the people that added to it. 

Plus, the guy who made this, and his daughter, were instrumental in it's carrying out it's mission, and now the daughter must choose if she'll put a new 50 year time capsule in it's place after this summer. 

Seriously, that's explained in the article as a very heavy duty responsibility in the long term life of a person. Very intriguing.

After the contents have been distributed, Harold Davisson’s goal was for the crypt to be refilled for another 50 years. As the sole owner of the time capsule, and the only family member living in Nebraska, it’s up to Johnson to decide, and she doesn’t have plans to repeat the process.

“I have one granddaughter. She is 4 and a half. I would not obligate her to what I’ve experienced,” Johnson said.

Traci Prochaska hopes this isn’t the end of the time capsule legacy in Seward.

“It’s amazing how technology and things like cars have changed over 50 years,” Traci Prochaska said. “I’m sure back then people probably imagined flying cars by the year 2025, which hasn’t actually happened yet. It would be cool if they had a plan to create another time capsule with new stuff so people could witness it again in 50 years.”

Skip to minute 26 of this video for the capsule to be the story, up to that, it's another story for the podcaster

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064751614264 for the facebook page of the time capsule!

https://www.sewardindependent.com/stories/steps-back-in-time,150860 

https://www.klkntv.com/seward-set-to-open-worlds-largest-time-capsule-after-50-years/

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1541428423574524&set=pcb.1541428676907832

in the pyramid, on top of the time capsule, a Toyota Corolla was placed, with some other stuff... it didn't survive as well as the Vega:

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=954353243399721&set=a.551234420378274

Kawasaki made a robot horse, powered by a hydrogen engine

 

It goes without saying that the video above is almost entirely CGI. The Corleo on display at the Osaka Expo can stand and adjust its posture, but otherwise has very limited mobility. There’s still a long way before it can achieve the kind of agility as shown in the demo video. The concept is primarily a thought exercise, with no plans for production.

Kawasaki is presenting a hydrogen-powered four-legged robot concept at Osaka Expo 2025 providing a glimpse of the future of off-road personal mobility. Resembling a robotic horse – or perhaps a lion, as the name “Corleo” suggests – the concept was developed by the parent company Kawasaki Heavy Industries and not Kawasaki Motors

The Corleo’s four legs are all powered by electricity generated by a 150cc hydrogen-burning engine housed between the two front legs.

https://www.motorcycle.com/bikes/news/save-a-horse-ride-a-kawi-the-kawasaki-corleo-concept-44620192

Kawasaki Aircraft initially manufactured motorcycles under the Meguro Works name, but later formed Kawasaki Motor Sales. Some motorcycles display an emblem with "Kawasaki Aircraft" on the fuel tank.

 http://www.classicjapcycles.com/history/kawasaki-history?tmpl=%2Fsystem%2Fapp%2Ftemplates%2Fprint%2F&showPrintDialog=1

https://www.firstversions.com/2015/09/kawasaki-motorcycles-1st-model-ever.html

I love time lapse engine rebuilds, and this one has the amusing addition of parts that move across the workbench to arrange themselves with organizational linearity

 

Slimsfab "The Executioner" powered by Kawasaki H-2 750cc two stroke triple, all wheel drive trike

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=343587320562014&set=pcb.343587430562003

This is probably the most thought provoking thing I've seen months. 

The tires and rims are fantastic, and the headlight is just right for the funky look

But it's a 3 cylinder? Hey, I know nothing about motorcycle engines, so, I looked online and that's a legit Kawasaki engine. Learn new stuff all the time, I guess a 360 degree timing is easily divided into 3rds, so... a Kawasaki three cylinder two stroke  

If you want to check out the other stuff Slim has done, he was blogging about his work until 2014 https://slimsfab.blogspot.com

Now he's on facebook https://business.facebook.com/slims.fabfarm  a little, but nothing like his Instagram https://www.instagram.com/slimsfab

see some photos of the build of this trike at  https://www.instagram.com/p/CStyur3nm5b/

thanks Kim for the funny Kawasaki Ninja commercials!

 

great commercial humor

Kwikasfaki

Found on https://www.facebook.com/crustydemons/

Parnelli advertising mini dirt bikes, they really were that much of a pop culture craze

Found on http://bangshift.com/

"Notabusa" the coolest car I saw at El Mirage yesterday, the 1969 Subaru 360 of the Foley Phelps Kilger team, land speed record holder in the I/FCC gas class, with a Kawasaki 900 Ninja engine, 60 cu in

It's push truck: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-subaru-support-and-push-truck-and.html 

it even  made it into Hot Rod Magazine

the only motorcycle with a Wichita State University registration sticker racing on El Mirage, a 1977 Kawasaki, the F*Bomb

http://jackshitsworld.blogspot.com/2011/05/its-just-so-hard-to-believe.html?zx=638c497457ce4495 tells you who Lorrie was, and why she is loved by many. It also mentions she was killed in the night by semis racing through Oklahoma that ran her over from behind. WTF right?