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Japanese Big Four

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The Japanese Big Four are the large motorcycle manufacturing companies of Japan:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Honda, which produces motorcycles since 1946^[4]^[5]^[6]

Suzuki, which produces motorcycles since 1952^[7]

Kawasaki, which produces motorcycles since 1954^[8]

Yamaha, which produces motorcycles since 1955^[9]

Notes[edit]

^ Zuehlke 2007, p. 14.

^ Pashley 2008, p. 11.

^ Cycle World 1984, p. 24.

^ Alexander, Jeffrey W. (2008), Japan's Motorcycle Wars: An Industry History, UBC Press, pp. 112–116, 197–211, ISBN 978-0-8248-3328-2

^ Sakiya, Tetsuo (1982), Porter, Timothy (ed.), Honda Motor: the men, the management, the machines, Kodansha, ISBN 978-0-87011-522-6

^ Frank, Aaron (2003). Honda Motorcycles. MotorBooks International. ISBN 978-0-7603-1077-9. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

^ "Twist the Throttle: Suzuki". Discovery Channel. Discovery Communications, LLC. Archived from the original (Video) on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.

^ Kawasaki Museum, Kawasaki as "Kawasaki Motorcycle Co. LTD." Archived 2010-10-10 at the Wayback Machine

^ "Yamaha 125YA-1". 240 Landmarks of Japanese Automotive Technology. Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2013. This model was Yamaha's first motorcycle and the starting point for Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

Sources[edit]

Pashley, Tony (2008), How to Build Motorcycle-engined Racing Cars, Veloce Publishing, ISBN 9781845841232, Competitive engines are manufactured by the big four Japanese companies: Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha.
"Harley talks to Big Four, Looks to Triumph", Cycle World, 23 (1), January 1984, The enactment of the import tariff ... hasn't kept the two sides -- Harley-Davidson and Japan's Big Four manufacturers--from talking to each other... [Harley has] met with representatives of Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki to discuss possible alternatives to the tariff.
Zuehlke, Jeffrey (2007), Supercross, Motor Mania Series, Lerner Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-8225-9014-9, retrieved 2016-10-18

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