Non US/European Motorized Bicycles

[Ludwig II]

NS by NMC of Japan, 1909

Vintage Kyokuto tarmac speedway racer

1954-1960, Puma, Argentina. Based on a German Goricke and using licenced built Sachs 98cc.

 

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Bridgestone Motor Type 41, Japan

Earlier Bridgestone

 

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Honda People, 28cc, friction driver

 

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Honda Cub auxiliary engined bike

Connor TL33E-2, China

 

[Ludwig II]

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From India, as far as the Google translation makes sense, is this combination motorcycle and agricultural power unit/tractor. Before anybody laughs, think on a minute. A people with almost no money and no access to ready made machinery will come up with things from what they have to hand.

India is still in a pioneer phase in many areas. Hats off to the builder.

 

[Ludwig II]

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Toyota, model E8 bicycle and Toyo engine

Toyo? version of the old French Derny, called Deruni, Japan

Sunlight with leading link forks, Japan

 

[Ludwig II]

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Some bikes from Nagoya city: http://yaplog.jp/5972/archive/248

An unidentified (even the page writer had no idea) friction driver, Japan

Another page showing early Hondas and Bridgestones as wel as some companies you've never heard of: http://imaiauto.blog112.fc2.com/

 

[Ludwig II]

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The Bikelette page from Brazil: http://bicicletasmotorizadas.zip.net/

Ciclomotor artesanal = home made? Argentina

Korean "Little Monkey" page: http://littlemonkey.egloos.com/3274339

Minarelli engined Korean market trader's bike

 

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Malaysia vintage replica

 

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1940s onward, Tanaka BK-3 engine

1957 Tanaka "Tasumopeddo"

1954-1958 Suzuki SJK MF1 engine on Miyata bike

Stretched looking Suzuki Mini Free

Toyo poster with R5 friction driver featured

 

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Maruuchi bike, Nakajima single speed belt drive

1930s/1940s Kochi Blue Bird with Yamazaki engine

Exhibit in the Meguro/Kawasaki museum. Rather reminds one of the BSA Winged Wheel; Meguro bought the manufacturing rights to the A7 500 twin later, so a possible link there.

 

[16v4nrbrgr]

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Ludwig, thank you so much for making these threads with pictures of obscure bikes! Its really cool to see how no idea is new and how every different combination has been tried.

 

[Ludwig II]

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The strange thing is that you find something with a poor picture quality or no information, get the pic or the info right, and the next thing you know, every search throws the same thing up at you.

 

[mexican]

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Impressive!!!

 

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Kitano "Reprica", not quite a boardie, but a flat 4 stroke engine in there

http://motorcycle.goobike.com/motorcycle/bike/stock_8201402B30130110001/

1959(Mizuho-ku, Nagoya) Sengoku Works cyclone 50cc Toyopet

35cc Indonesian 2 stroke, no other info, but look at the plunger springing on the back

Suzuki Mini Free

 

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Link expired

 

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And still I keep finding the unheard of:

TAS (Tanaka) BE48 moped engine, whether Japanese or Taiwanese construction is unknown.

1958 Itagaki Three Sunlight 58cc

 

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Mishima Deer
http://www.imai-auto.jp/s_bike/detail.cgi?no=76

1958 Maruuchi

http://www.imai-auto.jp/s_bike/detail.cgi?no=87

 

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100cc Thomas Union,Japan

1950 Taiyo Kogyo TMC Master

1950 Chukyo, Baby Climber 50/60/70cc

Early 1950s 78cc Falcon

 

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1953 58cc Nishio

1953 90cc ohc Arai

1953 50cc CM-C Comet

1953, bike with remanufactured Nakajima aircraft auxiliary engine

1955 90cc Toyo T