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Dayco Belt

Dayco Kawasaki Belts

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine is a division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries; one of Japan’s largest major corporations that is active in multiple fields including robotics, industrial machines, aerospace, military defense systems, and powersports vehicles. Kawasaki’s motorcycle effort came as a result of the buyout of a once-famed national brand called Meguro. Kawasaki’s first motorcycles under the Meguro name wore the Kawasaki Aircraft insignia; which was the founding division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries that first got into vehicle production. From 1949 to 1952, Kawasaki developed their first ever motorcycle engine and by 1953, it was being mass produced. Success with Kawasaki/Meguro motorcycles allowed Kawasaki to drop the Meguro branding in 1963. The Kawasaki W1 was based on classic English cafe racers from BSA (Birmingham Small Arms) and proved popular enough the succeeding model, the Kawasaki K2, to be exported to the United States as an inexpensive and more reliable alternative to the costlier--and seemingly temperamental English-made bikes. Kawasaki soon found themselves deep in heavy competition from fellow countrymen Kawasaki, Yamaha, and Suzuki as well as from England’s Norton and Triumph brands and America’s Harley-Davidson in the high-performance motorcycle segment. In 1981, Kawasaki entered the ATV market with the three-wheeled KLT200. The first four-wheel ATV from Kawasaki debuted in 1985 called the Bayou 185. The Bayou evolved throughout the years, spawning the company’s first ATV with four-wheel-drive, the Bayou 300 4X4 in 1989. Their first side-by-side was introduced in 1988, called the MULE (Multi-Use Light Equipment). Like the other Japanese contemporaries, Kawasaki’s vast motorcycle experience has given them the fundamentals to create powerful and rugged all-terrain utility and recreational vehicles that are in high-demand with powersports enthusiasts as well as professionals.

Dayco Products is a supplier of automotive, construction, and industrial parts. In 1905, Dayco (then known as Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co.) got its start making garden hoses out of natural rubber before creating the innovative airless tire and the first whitewall tires which were popular luxury items on horse-drawn carriages in the early 1900s and on premium American full-size cars during the 1950s through to the 70s. Dayco came to be known as an innovator of rubber products and eventually pioneered the use of synthetic rubber for tires. Dayco ATV belts are manufactured with the same technologically-advanced methods that made Dayco a well-respected name in the automotive and rubber industries. Race Driven is a proud retailer of Dayco belts and we stock a wide array of Dayco drive belts for Kawasaki ATVs. Browse our online inventory and find high-performance Dayco drive belts for Kawasaki ATVs plus other famous ATV models from Honda, Polaris, Yamaha and more.