The Cycle World International Motorcycle Show (IMS) will be returning to Long Beach, Calif. from December 5-7, 2008. Kawasaki will be offering show attendees a wide selection of activities while also displaying its complete motorcycle line. The company will also show select models from its other product categories. To help underprivileged Southern California children experience the joy of the holiday season, Kawasaki will be participating in the Firefighter’s Spark of Love and ToyRide.org toy drives. Attendees who bring a new, unwrapped toy or sporting good to the Kawasaki Demo Ride area will receive $5 off their admission to the show. Kawasaki will deliver all items to the Spark of Love Toy Drive for Los Angeles foster children, or ToyRide.org, benefiting area children in need. In addition to collecting donations from IMS attendees, Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. will also be contributing over 140 Kawasaki-branded items, including bicycles, toys, video games and musical instruments. Well-known Kawasaki sponsored street stunt rider, 2Wheel Tuner magazine editor and SPEED TV personality, Jason Britton, will see his brand-new Custom Sportbike Concepts (CSC) Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-14 make its debut in Long Beach. Built by Nick Anglada at CSC, this stylish new machine will be unveiled to the media on Friday morning and displayed for the public throughout the show. Britton and Anglada will team for a presentation on their new ZX-14 at 1:00pm Saturday in the Hub presentation area. Throughout the weekend, visitors to the Kawasaki display will have chances to meet their favorite star riders, like street stunt competitor Jason Britton and a host of Monster Energy Kawasaki racers, including AMA Supercross and Motocross hero Timmy Ferry, three-time AMA Motocross Lites Champion Ryan Villopoto, AMA drag bike superstar Rickey Gadson, 2008 AMA Racing Athlete of the Year and EnduroCross Champion Ricky Dietrich, and 2008 AMA Racing Sportsman of the Year and five-time Hare & Hound Champion Destry Abbott. Motorcyclists should bring their riding gear! Kawasaki will be offering free street demo rides (all riders must have a valid motorcycle license, helmet and appropriate riding apparel) on a wide-selection of the latest motorcycles. Take a ride with Kawasaki, and then check out the entire line-up, on display only at the Long Beach IMS. Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) markets and distributes Kawasaki motorcycles, ATVs, personal watercraft, utility vehicles and recreation utility vehicles through a network of more than 1,500 independent retailers, with an additional 8,000 retailers specializing in Kawasaki general purpose engines and hand-held power products. KMC and its affiliates employ nearly 3,650 people in the United States, with 430 of them located at KMC’s Irvine, California headquarters. Kawasaki’s tagline, “Let the good times roll.™”, is recognized worldwide. The Kawasaki brand has become synonymous with powerful, stylish motorcycles for over four decades. Information about Kawasaki’s complete line of recreational products and Kawasaki affiliates can be found on the Internet at www.kawasaki.com. More, from a press release issued by Build Momentum: Leslie Porterfield will be Signing Autographs at 28th Annual Cycle World International Motorcyle Shows WPS/Fieldsheer Sponsored Rider Attending Shows in Long Beach, New York, Cleveland and Chicago December 4, 2008 (Dallas, Texas) – Leslie Porterfield, the fastest woman on a motorcycle, holder of three land-speed records and 2008 AMA Racing Female Rider of the Year will be attending shows and signing autographs for fans in Long Beach, California; New York, New York; Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois. Recently, Leslie Porterfield was named the 2008 AMA Racing Female Rider of the Year. She also became the official fastest female motorcyclist in America earlier this summer at the International Speed Trials by BUB with a top speed of 234.197mph. In addition, she broke three land-speed records and became the first woman to enter the Bonneville 200 mph Club on a conventional “sit on” motorcycle. “I am looking forward to being part of the shows and meeting all the great people that attend. The Annual Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows are some of the top motorcycle events every year and provide motorcycle enthusiasts an unbelievable opportunity to check out all the new motorcycles. WPS and Fieldsheer have been big supporters of me and my efforts to set land-speed records and I appreciate their organizing this opportunity,” commented Porterfield. Fans interested in meeting Leslie and getting her autograph can find her on the following dates, at the locations specified: December 6 – 7, Long Beach Show at the OTD Cycles booth January 17 – 18, New York Show at the North American Warhorse booth January 31 – February 1, Cleveland Show at the Iron Pony booth February 7 – 8, Chicago Show at the Iron Pony booth About Leslie Porterfield Leslie Porterfield is the 2008 AMA Racing Female Rider of the Year, holds three land-speed records and is a member of the Bonneville 200 mph club. She is also the owner of High Five Cycles, a successful, used motorcycle dealership in downtown Dallas. She has been riding and racing motorcycles for sixteen of her 32 years. The trials and tribulations of obtaining her record at Speedweek were documented for a Discovery Channel show called “Motor Mania: Bonneville” filmed in HD and airing in early 2009. Leslie is also going to be featured in an upcoming article in GQ Magazine.