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Offline Terry in Australia

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Re: Can anyone identify this 1960ish SOHC motorcycle?
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2014, 02:09:34 PM »
I can see differences there between the tanks, headlights, fenders, engine position, rear shocks, forks, front hubs etc, so I'd say nope. ;D
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Re: Can anyone identify this 1960ish SOHC motorcycle?
« Reply #26 on: January 14, 2014, 02:45:23 AM »
Have been doing a little research on this one. I'm leaning towards this bike being a Yamaguchi or, a brand very similar. Yamaguchi intially used Villiers copy engines, made by Fuji, but later used engines supplied by Hodaka (hence a possible confusion with Honda?). The engine in the bike pictured looks much like a Villiers 125, a 2 stroke by the way. Hodaka also did business with makers Toyo, Rocket, Kitagawa and more. Yamaguchi went belly up in the early 60s.

Check out this Youtube vid. The engine looks very similar. Perhaps a later model?

Yamaguchi Special　Super　type 310　山口オートバイ　310型　125cc


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