Manufacturing News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 5, 2006

KAWASAKI RECEIVES AWARD FOR COMMUNITY COMMITMENT

San Diego’s Sharp Healthcare Foundation recognizes
15 years of partnership in Day on the Bay events

Contact:
Freeman/McCue Public Relations
John Donaldson
(714) 557-3663 ext 219
Kawasaki Public Affairs
(949)770-0400 ext 2470
www.kawasakimedia.com

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. (5/5/2006) —– Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (Kawasaki) today received the Eagle Spirit award from Sharp Healthcare Foundation of San Diego. Kawasaki received the award in recognition of their 15 years of support and volunteer participation in the annual Day on the Bay adaptive watersports event.

Day on the Bay is a twice-yearly one-day event staged by Sharp Rehabilitation Hospital of San Diego for disabled adults to experience and enjoy watersports activities such as water skiing, sailing, and riding Kawasaki JET SKI® watercraft. Kawasaki has provided JET SKI watercraft and volunteer staff to enable Sharp’s patients and clients to experience the exhilaration of boating in San Diego’s Mission Bay.

Roger Hagie, Kawasaki’s Director of Public Affairs, says, “The opportunity to participate and support Day on the Bay has been a privilege for Kawasaki. Our Kawasaki employees who have volunteered over the past 15 years have made our participation possible. They have always enjoyed seeing the smiles on people’s faces when they ride across Mission by on the JET SKI watercraft.”

The Eagle Spirit award is presented to both individuals and corporate sponsors who have been dedicated to advancing the future of rehabilitation and celebrating the potential of the human spirit.

Clair Jones, Director of Rehabilitation Services at Sharp says, “This is our favorite event of the year. It gives us an opportunity to show San Diegans what people, with determination and spirit are capable of overcoming and contributions they make to the community regardless of their personal obstacles. It shows everyone attending the most important thing we can do is empower each other.”

A complete listing of the 2006 award recipients can be found on the Sharp Hospital website: http://www.sharp.com/rehab.

KMC markets and sells at wholesale Kawasaki motorcycles, ATVs, personal watercraft and utility vehicles through a network of more than 1,500 independent retailers, with an additional 8,400 retailers specializing in power products and general purpose engines. KMC and its affiliates employ nearly 2,400 people in the United States, with more than 350 of them located at the Irvine, California headquarters.

Kawasaki’s tagline, “Let the good times roll™”, is recognized worldwide and the brand is aggressively carrying its heritage of leading-edge power, performance and exhilaration into the 21st century. Information about Kawasaki’s complete line of recreational products and Kawasaki affiliates can be found on the Internet at www.kawasakimedia.com.