Collection of Kawasaki TV commercials from the 1970's.
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@Gueebster3 жыл бұрын
Having just purchased a 70s Kawasaki, I'm feeling VERY good about all this glorious advertising
@heatherferreira42256 жыл бұрын
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
@ballardgw8 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! My Father, Dale Stevenson, produced these commercials for Kawasaki. He won a Cleo award for them.
@michaelanderson84647 жыл бұрын
very cool thanks for that
@heatherferreira42256 жыл бұрын
You lucky bastard :D
@sukil5634 жыл бұрын
Hi sir
@russellhueners84994 жыл бұрын
No doubt mike, best gingel EVER, my family was one of many that started riding because of this campain, great times (family) ended up with two F7's and a SL 175(honda), we also had a G4TR trail boss, my very first bike, I still have my F7. Damn PTSD , made me cry over this.....three times.
@manofthehour68564 жыл бұрын
And well deserved. Absolute iconic jingle. The 1970s seemed to be the pinnacle of talent in commercial jingles. Songs that you couldn't get out of your head, but that was okay!!!
@johnh10013 жыл бұрын
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 ! ! !
@gregfallin50014 жыл бұрын
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!!
@watershed4410 жыл бұрын
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.
@dellawrence43233 жыл бұрын
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.
@timp10515 ай бұрын
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.
@KevinJohnson-jc9ju5 жыл бұрын
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
@eddiebenzz9 жыл бұрын
I love this tune ! I play it on my guitar I sing it while riding my Honda ! Lol -
@karlmorrison79334 жыл бұрын
FROM MY 1971 DYNOMITE TO MY 1975 Z-1 900 I LOVED THE 70S!!!
@billbright17559 жыл бұрын
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.
@Bobby-fj8mk7 жыл бұрын
How could you not have owned a Z1 900 or an H2 750 ? The 2 best bikes they made.
@doobiesnacksog46977 жыл бұрын
Bill Bright i own a kawasaki ke 100
@whereswaldo57403 жыл бұрын
That was great. I currently own a 250 Super Sherpa and a KLR650. Great bikes.
@yamahasuperbike22025 жыл бұрын
I'd give anything to go back to those days.
@jordanprato1518 жыл бұрын
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!
@tomkozic85059 жыл бұрын
I remember that theme "come out ahead..." great memories. Thanks for posting
@mrmark8603 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting.
@Z1slayer10 жыл бұрын
Kawasaki lets the good times roll!
@bikesound210 жыл бұрын
I grew up during this time. Wish we could get fun upbeat motorcycle's and culture like this again.
@davidbrigham83199 ай бұрын
I can watch these commercials any day over the ones that are on TV now. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@staviholyday2829 жыл бұрын
That was awesome! Thanks for sharing that jingle that will never ever leave my brain. lol!
@stockton3505 жыл бұрын
I've got a 77 KZ400, which originally sold for $995. Sounds cheap, but in today's dollars, that's over $4200.
@upminer6162Ай бұрын
If they tried selling a bike with drum brakes and kickstart only for $4200 today they'd be laughed at 😂
@K0lyanich4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kawasaki for the best motorcycles!
@montesa35 Жыл бұрын
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.
@brentmann29883 жыл бұрын
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.
@mikehuesser10584 ай бұрын
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.
@yamrz50013 жыл бұрын
Great video for the best motorcycles!
@marklenarc3 жыл бұрын
I remember the guy stalling in the water at 1:44. Never understood how that was good advertising but thought it was so cool!
@Ziebenator63-jj9ej5 жыл бұрын
Boy this brings back memories!!
@torredcat43956 жыл бұрын
If only they were the same price today 😂😂😂
@elgar67435 жыл бұрын
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!
@tommissouri48718 ай бұрын
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.
@Dirt-Tomfoolery5 ай бұрын
I’ve got a 1974 G5 100 it’s very clean to love it
@KuttyJoe4 жыл бұрын
Why did I suddenly start humming this song, and want to relive one of these commercials. LOL
@andicus16 жыл бұрын
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. ::)
@JETZcorp10 жыл бұрын
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!
@JulieKawiGirlDesilets Жыл бұрын
Team Green all the way!!! ✌️💚💚💚
@Canada150Archive3 жыл бұрын
Ah, classic commercials- something positive in this crazy world we're living in 👍❤👍!!!
@natvega17 ай бұрын
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.😢
@papabits57213 жыл бұрын
I always rode my 900 triple with a 29 ft scarf around my neck, let the good times roll.
@loickz40010 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT .....
@gmh1013587 жыл бұрын
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!
@drmarkintexas-4002 жыл бұрын
🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏 The last music reminds me of the soundtrack from On Any Sunday 🤗 Thank you for sharing
@frankmcbride61582 жыл бұрын
My first bike was a Kawasaki red Bushmaster 90 with the high exhaust pipe
@Beardman295 жыл бұрын
Was Googling news about Kawhi Leonard and the "Kawasaki, Let's the good times roll!" jingle jumped in my head!
@troyledbetter65973 жыл бұрын
Loved the commercial and saying Kawasaki, Let The Good Times Roll!
@hueyiroquois3839 Жыл бұрын
I forgot all about that shot of the newlyweds riding side by side.
@canedewey7562 жыл бұрын
1:44 We'll never see that on a new commercial
@goldilocks9133 жыл бұрын
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! ✌️
@lriper47023 жыл бұрын
I cannot understand why the Japanese have given up their efforts on selling their motorcycles. They don’t even advertise them anymore…
@14Claude13 жыл бұрын
Fantastique !!!!
@HanstheTraffer4 жыл бұрын
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?
@WallaceTexas5 жыл бұрын
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
@williamdelong8265 Жыл бұрын
KZ 900 was a beast
@rogerbrandenburg66834 жыл бұрын
A 2020 news article post brought me here.
@geos2977 жыл бұрын
1:25 'I meant to do that'
@kopynd19 жыл бұрын
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
@billbright17559 жыл бұрын
The only difference is, my Mabel is Julie, just as pretty though! Come out ahead on a Kawasaki. Bill.
@jrnumex92863 жыл бұрын
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.
@matthewfinn8337 Жыл бұрын
My dad owns a Kawasaki Ninja xx, if I remembered correctly of my dad's Kawasaki name
@watershed4410 жыл бұрын
At about 2:34 is that a Mercedes 600 Limo parked next to the bike???
@garywinterbottom60733 жыл бұрын
1st and last bikes I had were Kawasaki s .
@kellydean48567 жыл бұрын
i have a kawasaki 2017 4 stroke 110
@JaydenIsTheName9 жыл бұрын
UGH THAT G4TR THO
@rozzyretreat33003 жыл бұрын
Now they look like transformer toys they had it right 40 yrs ago i could look at a Z900 all day 🙂
@tomkozic85059 жыл бұрын
watershed44 i agree with you.
@scottwallace39007 жыл бұрын
Kawasaki zzr 1100 best fun you can have with your clothes on
@nilsonquinones23837 жыл бұрын
Buenos días cómo hago para conseguir repuestos de un Kawasaki 100
@bear15686 жыл бұрын
All of them were terrible, but i loved my 1970 Kawasaki 175 Enduro!!
@texmexia496 жыл бұрын
bear1568 I loved em
@russellhueners84994 жыл бұрын
Still have mine, my first bike in 1971, yeh the 70's were great for motorcycling, still riding 2017 Africa Twinn S/N 000012
@agfagaevart7 жыл бұрын
are these real??
@davekoup4177 жыл бұрын
Yes - these are original commercials from the 70's. When we converted the video, the audio was poor and that was the best we could do.
@danbuster95716 жыл бұрын
What was the kart in the beginning??
@KoupsCycleShopIncHarrisburg6 жыл бұрын
Dan Buster not sure myself.
@frankeckert49016 жыл бұрын
Darrel Krause had Harvey Aschenbrenner build the kart in 1972 for engine exposure. It had a 440 twin snowmobile engine.
@telecasteredtodeath6 жыл бұрын
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
@texmexia496 жыл бұрын
chicken in a breadpan I love the jingles, still remember it now. Upbeat and memorable.
@damionw97403 жыл бұрын
I got 79 kz400
@eshaanreza83211 ай бұрын
Back when weebs were bikers and not anime fans.
@andrewshore2624 жыл бұрын
No the Kawasaki z400 was super bland, I had the misfortune of borrowing a loaner whilst the dealer repaired my Honda
@nicholasmalone59436 ай бұрын
1:59
@Land_Cruiser_404 жыл бұрын
0:29 The 5 foot 3, slightly overweight Kawaski rider get's the girl? I call BS on that.