7 prefixes
Kawasaki VIN decoder
Put a Kawasaki VIN in and get the full NHTSA specification plus any open recalls. Below, every manufacturer prefix a Kawasaki can start with.
Where a Kawasaki VIN starts
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier. Kawasaki vehicles carry 7 of them, spread across 5 countries of manufacture, because the same model can be built on more than one continent. The prefix tells you which plant lineage built the car before you decode anything else.
| Prefix | Manufacturer of record | Vehicle type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| JK1 | KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD. | Motorcycle | not stated |
| JK8 | KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD. | Motorcycle | JAPAN |
| JKA | KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD. | Motorcycle | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| JKB | KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD. | Motorcycle | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| MAA | KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD. | Motorcycle | INDIA |
| MH4 | KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD. | Motorcycle | INDONESIA |
| ML5 | KAWASAKI MOTORS ENTERPRISE THAILAND CO., LTD. | Motorcycle | THAILAND |
What Kawasaki stamps them on
- Motorcycle7
Current Kawasaki models
Models NHTSA lists for the most recent complete model year.
- Brute Force 300
- Brute Force 450
- Eliminator
- KFX50
- KFX90
- KLR650
- KLX110R
- KLX140/KLX140R
- KLX230
- KLX300
- KLX300R
- KLX300SM
- KX112
- KX250
- KX250X
- KX450
- KX450SR
- KX450X
- KX65
- KX85
- MULE 4000
- MULE 4010
- MULE PRO-DXT
- MULE PRO-FX
- MULE PRO-FXR
- MULE PRO-FXT
- MULE PRO-MX
- MULE SX
- Ninja 1100SX
- Ninja 500
- Ninja 650
- Ninja 7
- Ninja H2
- Ninja ZX-10R
- Ninja ZX-14R
- Ninja ZX-4R
- Ninja ZX-6R
- Ninja e-1
- Ridge
- Teryx
Other makes
Prefix table from NHTSA vPIC, built 2026-08-09. 888 prefixes across the site.