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XXXX Kawasaki FXX MX Prototype - Running and shifting bike!!  Number XX of XXX!
By early XXXX, Kawasaki decided to build competitive MX bike to fill the growing market in the United States.   They went out and hired riders Brad Lackey, John Desoto among others to race and help developed the bikes.   The bikes showed early promise and Lackey rewarded them with their Xst National title in the Open class later that year.  In XXXX Kawasaki was prepared to release limited production open class bike that they dubbed the FXXMX.   They also released the XXX FXXMX version.  Bryon Farnsworth, Kawasaki??�s American R&D Manager at the time, said, ???We used Peter Lamppu and Jim Cook as test riders, and Kawasaki Japan contracted Thorlief Hansen! Our riders were impressed with the power, and the finish was good, but the suspension and handling still left something to be desired. The Japanese focused on the XXXs, as their test riders were smaller. Both of these bikes were produced with many light components that brought them both in near XXX lbs.    The projected number of these bikes to be made available was rumored to be about XXX of each.   This is number XX.
It is believed by many sources that significantly less than XXX bikes  were ever released from Kawasaki  They were made available only to sponsored riders that had interviewed for them.  They were extremely light and powerful. The bikes featured magnesium hubs,  chromoly frames, custom Kayaba shocks, plastic fuel tank and levers. Kawasaki fed these sponsored riders parts over the course of the year to try out.  
Nobody seems to know for sure what the FXXM XXX sold for because of the limited production run. year later, the XXXX KXXXX retailed for $XXXX. The Early Years of Motocross Museum found this example in West Virginia after five-year search. The museum reportedly paid $XX,XXX for this bike and then did a restoration.
http://www.earlyyearsofmx.com/XXXXKAWASAKIFXXMXXX.html The only other FXXMX known to exist is the bike linked to below which was later  confirmed as the test bike used in Dirt Rider Magazine in August XXXX.  It is also believed to have been the same bike used by Motocross Action Magazine, Modern Cycle and Cycle World. It's history has been documented since it left the Kawasaki Factory in Irvine. 
The bike still resides in the Kawasaki factory museum and is believed to be one of the few left complete in existence. Until now......
Pic of it in the Kawi museum........
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