For all of us with two wheels also
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Anyone looking for a Adventure bike? It's tempting.
https://www.emeraldcityhd.com/Pre-o...ure-Touring-Emerald-City-HD-12740712?ref=list
https://www.emeraldcityhd.com/Pre-o...ure-Touring-Emerald-City-HD-12740712?ref=list
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WLA Training - The WLA was produced in massive numbers during WWII by Harley-Davidson. During training, riders learned how to control the bike under almost any circumstance. One of these training exercises taught riders how to quickly lay the bike down and use the machine for cover when under enemy fire.
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1938 Rikuo Type 97 | Japan
The Japanese military industry owes its motorcycles to the Americans, albeit indirectly. In early '20s most motorcycles in Japan were American, and the government of the Land of the Rising Sun, concerned about the harm from imports, chose to subsidize the construction of its own two- and three-wheeler factories.
In 1924, the company Toyo Kogyo (the future Mazda) made an attempt to copy motorcycles Harley-Davidson and begin their own production, but the technical basis was insufficient, and production was unsuccessful. But the Japanese were helped by the Great Economic Depression, which in 1929 put American company Harley-Davidson in a quandary. It turned out so precarious, that the Americans decided to sell the license for production of their motorcycles to the Japanese.
The "Japanese Harley" was produced by several local companies right up to the end of the Second World War. Rikuo Type 97 is equipped with a sidevalve 1200 ccm V-twin engine, identical to the one installed on VL models of Harley-Davidson.
Rikuo Type 97 is well adopted to all types of roads, thanks to the sidecar wheel drive - that was its main difference from the American "ancestor". Various sources agree that about 18 thousand Rikuo Type 97 motorcycles have been produced.
https://motos-of-war.ru/en/motorcyc...CJFD4_Gqoewyx7UuwuUcoUeIgaEYnOMy872V4cb4iDGUY
The Japanese military industry owes its motorcycles to the Americans, albeit indirectly. In early '20s most motorcycles in Japan were American, and the government of the Land of the Rising Sun, concerned about the harm from imports, chose to subsidize the construction of its own two- and three-wheeler factories.
In 1924, the company Toyo Kogyo (the future Mazda) made an attempt to copy motorcycles Harley-Davidson and begin their own production, but the technical basis was insufficient, and production was unsuccessful. But the Japanese were helped by the Great Economic Depression, which in 1929 put American company Harley-Davidson in a quandary. It turned out so precarious, that the Americans decided to sell the license for production of their motorcycles to the Japanese.
The "Japanese Harley" was produced by several local companies right up to the end of the Second World War. Rikuo Type 97 is equipped with a sidevalve 1200 ccm V-twin engine, identical to the one installed on VL models of Harley-Davidson.
Rikuo Type 97 is well adopted to all types of roads, thanks to the sidecar wheel drive - that was its main difference from the American "ancestor". Various sources agree that about 18 thousand Rikuo Type 97 motorcycles have been produced.
https://motos-of-war.ru/en/motorcyc...CJFD4_Gqoewyx7UuwuUcoUeIgaEYnOMy872V4cb4iDGUY
This is as close as I ever will be to getting a motorcycle, picked this up last weekend to ride at the PA house.
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Well, no need for a kickstand - but I’d hate to try and turn that thing…
Got slip on's, cleaned up rear tail light and license plate and new bars. Love this bike!!!
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