yokohama
23-05-24, 09:35 AM
I had an interesting couple of hours wandering around the 3-floor museum. Level one is souvenirs and a small selection of competition winning bikes. Level 2 is Suzuki and Hamamatsu history along with a walkthrough of the car design and production process, which was really interesting. Level 3 is exhibits from bike and car history, which stops around the mid-nineties. Strangely enough, no SV in any of it's guises.
I didn't know that Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki all began here in Hamamatsu and that before moving in to bikes, Michio Suziki began as a loom maker whose claim to fame was inventing a loom that would cross stitch fabric for making sarongs.
A few pics to come next.
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First bike from 1952. A36cc engine with a double sprocket wheel allowing a switch between the motor and pedal power.
I didn't know that Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki all began here in Hamamatsu and that before moving in to bikes, Michio Suziki began as a loom maker whose claim to fame was inventing a loom that would cross stitch fabric for making sarongs.
A few pics to come next.
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First bike from 1952. A36cc engine with a double sprocket wheel allowing a switch between the motor and pedal power.