Here is a picture of a guy called Mike who owns a classic 2001 Kawasaki Police Special. He imported the bike directly from the USA in 2007 along with the uniform he is seen wearing. The bike and uniform are both from the Ventura County Sheriff's Dept. You may see this bike around New Zealand at an American Car and/or Bike show if you're lucky enough.
Below is also a classic example of an early Kawasaki Police Special and it's currently listed on Trade Me. It is a 1982 1000cc Kawasaki Police Special and was retired from the force 20 years ago and is probably the only one of three Kawasaki Police Specials in New Zealand that I know of.
This bike is discribed as "Great to ride ,with great low speed control . Which is why the Police loved them. Been in storage 20 years ., Has brand new battery runs great . Sold with all the paper work to put it on the road, including new Brake cert. only 50,500 miles on the clock Police serviced its whole life." So grab yourself a piece of history today - Kawasaki Police Special
It truely is a collectors piece and a prime example of an Early Americian Police bike reministant of the CHiPs era although it is slighlt different to the actual Kawasaki Police specials used in the TV Show. The bikes pictured above are the P series where the CHiPs Kawasaki's were the C series bikes which were earlier released models and had the oval windshield rather than the later model's fiberglass fairing. (see below)Although the CHiPs TV Show ran from 1977-1983they stuck with the C Series throughout.
I came across this video on youtube of some Japanese CHiPs fans. They are club members dressed up as Jon,Ponch and Grossman "patrolling" the highways of Japan.
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