Suzuki Plaza, Hammamatsu

[yokohama]

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.




First bike from 1952. A36cc engine with a double sprocket wheel allowing a switch between the motor and pedal power.

[yokohama]

[yokohama]

TS90 Hustler. Suzuki's first off-road model.





The last GSX1100S Katana off the production line. Serial number 1100.



Intruder. Wouldn't fancy trying to keep this clean.



And finally, a concept bike from 2007. An air cooled fuel cell system, generating electricity from hydrogen fuel and running on a motor fitted into the rear wheel.

[yokohama]

The first Suzuki Nanahan. Water cooled 3 cylinder two-stroke.

[redtrummy]

Interesting pics - thanks

[Sir Trev]

Interesting looking place and some nice pics.

The GSX650EZ was interesting to me as I had the 250cc version of it back in the day.