Japanese motorcycle history
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Rare Japanese Lilac Lancer added to museum collection
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The Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum is delighted to announce the latest addition to its world-renowned collection – a rare Lilac Lancer Mk V 250cc V-Twin, a shaft-driven, four-speed motorcycle built by the Marusho Company of Hamamatsu, Japan. The Marusho Company was founded in 1948 by motorcycle engineer Masashi Ito, who would go on to create…
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Japanese Street Scramblers: Kawasaki W series
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Kawasaki’s 1960s foray into four-stroke street scramblers produced just one model, but, as Steve Cooper explains, it was definitely a machine with merits. Kawasaki’s W series parallel twins stem from the Meguro Company that had produced similar 500s from the early 1950s. Towards the end of the decade a power unit very reminiscent of that…
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