Kawasaki Team Green™ Manager, Reid Nordin, Becomes Senior Race Team Manage

IRVINE, Calif. (June 23, 2011)---Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC)
announced that Reid Nordin, a 25-year veteran of the company, and the
current manager of Kawasaki’s Team Green amateur racing program, has
also been named to manage all of the company’s professional racing
programs, effective immediately. Nordin, who becomes senior race team
manager, will continue to oversee the amateur program.



Mike Fisher will continue to manage field activities for the Kawasaki professional motocross/supercross effort.



Prior to taking over the Team Green program in 2001, Nordin, who was
formerly an active off-road racer, had served as a test development
technician in Kawasaki’s Research & Development group and had also
been an off-road supervisor with the Team Green program.



Kawasaki’s amateur program has been a proving ground for many of the
nation’s top off-road racing talent. The list of successful
professionals that have come from Team Green is long, including three of
the most recognized racers currently on the professional circuit, Ryan
Villopoto, Blake Baggett and Dean Wilson.



“I’ve had the privilege to work with numerous riders as they were
growing into their professional careers,” said Nordin. “This will be an
interesting and challenging transition for me, and I’m looking forward
to keeping Monster Energy Kawasaki on the podium.”



Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) markets and distributes Kawasaki
motorcycles, ATVs, personal watercraft, utility vehicles and recreation
utility vehicles through a network of more than 1,350 independent
retailers, with an additional 8,000 retailers specializing in Kawasaki
power products and general purpose engines. KMC and its affiliates
employ nearly 3,100 people in the United States, with 300 of them
located at KMC's Irvine, California headquarters.

Kawasaki’s tagline, “Let the good times roll.™”, is recognized
worldwide. The Kawasaki brand has become synonymous with powerful,
stylish motorcycles for over four decades. Information about Kawasaki’s
complete line of recreational products and Kawasaki affiliates can be
found on the Internet at www.kawasaki.com.