Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.

Hiroshi Tomomori

Toshio Araki

Hayato Iwasaki

Hironori Kato

Yoshihiro Masuda

Hideki Kumamoto

Hideyuki Ogishi

Akiyoshi Mizuta

Taku Goda

A small watercraft system includes: a watercraft body; a watercraft body manipulation member through which a watercraft body manipulation command is input by an operator; a drive source that allows the watercraft body to plane; a steering device that allows the watercraft body to be steered; and a control device that controls the drive source and the steering device to operate the watercraft body. The control device determines whether a mode switching condition is satisfied, the mode switching condition including an operator's absence condition that the operator is absent from the watercraft body. Upon determining that the mode switching condition is satisfied, the control device executes an operator-absent manipulation mode in which the control device moves the watercraft body by controlling the drive source and the steering device based on an operator-absent manipulation command independent of the watercraft body manipulation command.

Small watercraft system and method of controlling small watercraft

A swingarm assembly () for use in motorcycles for supporting a motorcycle rear wheel () includes left and right arms (L,R) and a connecting member () by which the left and right arms (L,R) are connected together. At least the arms (L,R) are products of magnesium alloy that are formed by an extrusion technique or a drawing technique.

Motorcycle swingarm assembly

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Akashi, Japan

Hiroshi Tomomori