Having just purchased a 70s Kawasaki, I'm feeling VERY good about all this glorious advertising

Kawasaki's jingle summed up the whole Seventies as I remember them. That was truly the decade of "let the good times roll". We need that groove back so bad now

Thank you very much! My Father, Dale Stevenson, produced these commercials for Kawasaki. He won a Cleo award for them.

That bright happy Kawasaki tune is certainly a 70's , 80's very fond memory . My first bike was a souped up 73 H1D 500 triple 2 stroke . That bike was fantastic ! In it's souped up state that thing was so bloody powerful . No other 500's could touch it . Even the 4 stroke 750's . COME OUT AHEAD ON A KAWASAKI ! ! ! and LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL ! ! ! BRING BACK THOSE GOOD TIMES ! ! !

Wow, That was Completely Excellent!!! What a great thing having these old commercials!!! I bought a 100 Enduro Orange colored in Feb 1973 from Palm Bch Kawasaki for 429 bucks!! My very 1st bike ever!! I was 17 yrs old and now I'm 63 and just bought a new 2019 Z900RS. You never lose your love for bikes!!! I know I havent!!

Kawasaki Lets' The Good Times Roll! Brilliant and bright...what happened to upbeat ads like this???? Ads like this were good natured, fun, and simple, and gave you great memories of the product.... wow we have come so far and it's not better now.

I was working as a motorcycle mechanic at a Kawasaki dealer in Ireland in the 1970's, I loved my job working on these beautiful machines.

I love watching videos of classic motorcycle commercial. Lots of great bikes. Thanks to Koups Cycle Shop for posting this 12 years ago. They are still doing a great business today. I have done business with them for many years. Stop by and say "Hi" to Dave. I'm sure he would love to know that people are still enjoying this video in 2024.

I don't remember any commercials for motorcycles but the first bike I bought was a Honda MT 250 Enduro in 1976 when I turned 16. It cost $1200 great video

I love this tune ! I play it on my guitar I sing it while riding my Honda ! Lol -

FROM MY 1971 DYNOMITE TO MY 1975 Z-1 900 I LOVED THE 70S!!!

Owned and rode , 76 KT 250, 78 KD 100, 79 KX 250, 80 KX 250, 82 KX 250, 81 GPZ 550, 82 KZ 750 four, 82 KLT 250, 82 KE 175, 15 KLX 140, love all my Kawasaki Motor Cycles! Started riding at 18, still riding at 57, will ride as long as able! Bill.

That was great. I currently own a 250 Super Sherpa and a KLR650. Great bikes.

I'd give anything to go back to those days.

Was great to see all the F7's, zipping around in the mud! Gives my current restoration of one, alot more meaning to see this bike plough through another couple decades of good riding!

I remember that theme "come out ahead..." great memories. Thanks for posting

Thanks for posting.

Kawasaki lets the good times roll!

I grew up during this time. Wish we could get fun upbeat motorcycle's and culture like this again.

I can watch these commercials any day over the ones that are on TV now. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

That was awesome! Thanks for sharing that jingle that will never ever leave my brain. lol!

I've got a 77 KZ400, which originally sold for $995. Sounds cheap, but in today's dollars, that's over $4200.

Thanks Kawasaki for the best motorcycles!

Kawasaki 100 was also one of the best selling business bikes in the Philippines back then to be used as motorized tricycles, Kawasaki went third since Yamaha was the best selling business bike that time, Honda was just second back then.

3:41 Based out of Los Angeles, these are The Ron Hicklin Singers, with Gene Morford as the soloist. One of the all-time great vocal performances on a commercial jingle. 4:11 Mal Sharpe is the interviewer. He was famous for his "man on the street" interviews. He worked out of LA and San Francisco but he never lost his Boston accent.

I had a 750 in 1974, I was 19 and it was very fast. Any trip longer than 2 hours would put your but to sleep and it didn't handle hard braking from over 100. Sold it before it killed me.

Great video for the best motorcycles!

I remember the guy stalling in the water at 1:44. Never understood how that was good advertising but thought it was so cool!

Boy this brings back memories!!

If only they were the same price today 😂😂😂

I remember all of these awesome Kawasaki adverts. Now, just add a Kerker Kicks @ss Pipe and Let the Good Times Roll...owned and loved all my Kawis throughout the years: kz650, GPzs 305, 550, 750 and 1100, and Zephyr 750. All twin cam, 2 valve, air cooled motors and all OUTSTANDING. Thanks for posting this great vid!

Can you remember when 100 cc was a decent size bike and a 250 cc or 350 cc was more than enough? hard to believe, when only a few years alter, it seemed everyone had a 750 cc and many pushed for 1000 cc. Today, 1200, 1300, 1500, or more is the way to go. Maybe it is just because the bikes got huge. This is a great set of commercials.

I’ve got a 1974 G5 100 it’s very clean to love it

Why did I suddenly start humming this song, and want to relive one of these commercials. LOL

My first bike at 1:28. KV75 with fold-down handlebars. Used to be able to put it in the trunk of my mother's car. ::)

Picked up a '74 Kawi 400 Triple about a month ago. Excellent machine. But she will needs a bit of tuning to run as sweet as the '67 Kawi 120 C2-TR!

Team Green all the way!!! ✌️💚💚💚

Ah, classic commercials- something positive in this crazy world we're living in 👍❤👍!!!

Now in 2023 the z400 retails $5,399.00 without dealer costs, and in Puerto Rico with import costs $8,995.00 plus $240.00 registration fee.😢

I always rode my 900 triple with a 29 ft scarf around my neck, let the good times roll.

EXCELLENT .....

I had a yellow g5 100 in 73....those were great times for bike back then..... paid 465.00 for it new. Then I got a KE250 in 76 ....more fun. Also had a Suzuki TS 125 in 74.....those small enduro bikes were sooo much fun....and 2 stroke!

🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏 The last music reminds me of the soundtrack from On Any Sunday 🤗 Thank you for sharing

My first bike was a Kawasaki red Bushmaster 90 with the high exhaust pipe

Was Googling news about Kawhi Leonard and the "Kawasaki, Let's the good times roll!" jingle jumped in my head!

Loved the commercial and saying Kawasaki, Let The Good Times Roll!

I forgot all about that shot of the newlyweds riding side by side.

1:44 We'll never see that on a new commercial

That dude on the triple would be more likely to lose his head than get ahead on those curves if the reviews of the day were right! Would love one though! Thanks for these! ✌️

I cannot understand why the Japanese have given up their efforts on selling their motorcycles. They don’t even advertise them anymore…

Fantastique !!!!

It was 'either '69 or '70 ...Kawasaki had a commercial for the Mach III H1 500 that showed a guy pounding out a 1/4 mi in a cloud of smoke. The narration was "THE FASTEST PRODUCTION MOTORCYCLE IN THE WORLD". It appears that the commercial no longer exists. I haven't been able to find it anywhere. Anybody know what I am talking about?

where is the Z1 commercial that convinced me to ride Kawasaki back in the day? I remember is was night, a car (Porsche?) pulls up to a red light, a Z1 pulls up along side with a caption something like: "Guess what happens next"... or did I dream that

KZ 900 was a beast

A 2020 news article post brought me here.

1:25 'I meant to do that'

can you remember the 650 kawasaki twin 1969 cloned from a bsa 650 A10, they also made a good job of the w650 cloned from a Triump. what about the Drifter, they should of kept the roadhouse exhaust system it was simular to a harley pan head exhaust system

The only difference is, my Mabel is Julie, just as pretty though! Come out ahead on a Kawasaki. Bill.

1;11 : in the navy, you can sail the seven seas" 1:49 she got both bikes later on" 2:35. bob barker "price is right" audition tape. 4;25 massage lady going rate. 5:44 maybelle got abners bike later on also.

My dad owns a Kawasaki Ninja xx, if I remembered correctly of my dad's Kawasaki name

At about 2:34 is that a Mercedes 600 Limo parked next to the bike???

1st and last bikes I had were Kawasaki s .

i have a kawasaki 2017 4 stroke 110

UGH THAT G4TR THO

Now they look like transformer toys they had it right 40 yrs ago i could look at a Z900 all day 🙂

watershed44 i agree with you.

Kawasaki zzr 1100 best fun you can have with your clothes on

Buenos días cómo hago para conseguir repuestos de un Kawasaki 100

All of them were terrible, but i loved my 1970 Kawasaki 175 Enduro!!

are these real??

What was the kart in the beginning??

Terrible ads.. how did they manage to sell anything in the 70's? and $995 for a new KZ400?? I just spent $700 on two new tyre's and a service for my bike! I could have probably bought a water front property back then for 5K

I got 79 kz400

Back when weebs were bikers and not anime fans.

No the Kawasaki z400 was super bland, I had the misfortune of borrowing a loaner whilst the dealer repaired my Honda

1:59

0:29 The 5 foot 3, slightly overweight Kawaski rider get's the girl? I call BS on that.

Wtf Kawasaki 😂

＾＾

B