Curt's Vintage Kawasaki Page
Kawasaki got into the snowmobile business in 1977 after buying out Sno Jet and produced sleds from 1977 to 1982. Along with this, they also supplied engines for John Deere from 1979 to 1982. Wonder what the 1983 models would have been like if they had been produced? Here's a little info on what would have been for 1983 courtesy of former Kawasaki dealer Jay "Rude Dog" Carsley:
Interceptor: Would have
had
slide rail lubricators & minor decal changes but still would have
been
black.
LTD: would have returned
in an updated version and was to be called the Invader GT.
Drifter 340 & 440: were
to return mechanically unchanged and the color was to be a deep red.
Just a quick note on
emails:
Here's a couple of links to other Kawasaki Web
Pages:
A Kawasaki Sno Pro Sled? Yup, you read
right.
Kawasaki fielded a Sno Pro team for one year only in 1977. Check
it out on the vintagesleds.com
web site.
(All photos courtesy of Jay "Rude Dog"
Carsley)
Promotional article for the
1980
Kawasaki Tournament of Champions Race from the Kawasaki Good Times
dealer
magazine.
Oct 1982 Snow Goer article on the 1983 Interceptor
On the left is the 83 Interceptor prototype with
Bobby
Donahue driving
It may take me a while to answer but I will
eventually
get around to it so don't be discouraged if I don't answer right
away.
Currently I don't have the time I did before between work and other
activities.
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