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Apr 11, 2012 · 667 posts · Joined 2010. #7 · Apr 12, 2012. Almost everyone I talk to about my bike that rides themselves say they can't believe Kawasaki didn't make a tourer or bagger out of the V2K. It's the perfect long haul set up. If the V2K had a 6th gear, bags, trunk and fairing it would be unbeatable.
Dolomite 14/60 car made by Triumph Motor Car Company, 1776cc, 65 bhp, four cylinders. Production of Gloria 12 continues. The car company decides not to make any more 'pure' sports cars and would not make any more until 1951 when the TR series was started. The car company reverts to using its own engines.
My brother just bought his first British bike, a Rickman Triumph 500. I figured a thoughtful Christmas present would be some Whitworth tools to work on the engine, but I'm not altogether sure of the year of the engine. I believe it's around 1968-69. (I hope he's not on this forum.) I guess the main items would be the head bolts, case nuts ...
Sep 29, 2021 · The Yamaha Corporation was originally founded in 1887 by Torakusu Yamaha. They initially made products such as pianos and reed organs before diversifying into other products. In 1955, they began to make motorcycles and a separate company, Yamaha Motor Company, was founded. The first president of this company was Genichi Kawakami and the first ...
Indian Motorcycle (or Indian) is an American brand of motorcycles owned and produced by American automotive manufacturer Polaris Inc. [1] [2] Originally produced from 1901 to 1953 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, Hendee Manufacturing Company initially produced the motorcycles, but the name was changed to the Indian Motocycle ...
Aug 31, 2015 · The Arrow was Ariel’s sporting two-stroke, brought out in 1959 and based around the twin-cylinder 249cc Leader. The reaction to the unfaired Arrow was positive, so from 1960 the gold and white bikes were given a slightly higher compression ratio (10:1) and a bigger bore Amal carb. The result was 20bhp at 6000rpm which would propel this 300lb ...
In 1959 all other Ariel models including the Square Four were dropped, and the Leader gained acclaim winning Motorcycle of the year, 1959, in ‘Motorcycle News’. Nonetheless the aesthetic design did not prove very popular and in 1960 the Arrow was released. The Arrow was almost exactly the same at the Leader but with a ‘naked’ engine.
