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[Introduction to the Contents]
At its peak, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers, which were said to have more than 120 companies, played the battle of "Eat or Eat?" technically and financially. Before long, the four companies, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, and Kawasaki, grew to dominate the world.
The author, who was engaged in research and investigation of motorcycles for a long time, introduces the history of this "Rise and Fall Drama" in an easy-to-understand way.
The author, who had been involved in research and investigation of motorcycles for a long time, introduces the history of "Rise and Fall Drama" which is not inferior to the Genpei Period or the Oda-Tokugawa period of Warring States.
The book published in 2001, and the third revised edition containing color frontispiece (p. 24) using product catalogs of those days.
Chapter 2 Backward and the Japanese Motorcycle Industry
1. Motorcycles and Japan / 2. Motorcycles and Aircraft / 3. Starting a Troubled Aircraft / 4. The Success of the Wright Brothers' Flight / 5. World War I and Gasoline Engines / 6. Leading Role in Gasoline Engine Improvement / 7. Advanced Technology and Its Applications
Chapter Boom and Fierce Sales / 4. Reasons for the decline of motorcycle motors / 5. From motorcycle motors to mopeds / 6. Development of full-scale motorcycles
Chapter 8 : Advent of the full-scale motorcycle era
1. Postwar History of Motorcycles / 2. Trends in the Grope Age / 4. Features of motorcycles in the age of emphasis on weight / 5. Features like warlords / 5. From grass racing to full-scale racing
Chapter 9 : The Great Advance and Domination of the Postwar Group
1. Postwar Activities and Decline / 2. Postwar History / 3. The Development History of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. / 4. The Advance of Tohatsu / 5. The King of Chukyo Region, Toyomotors Co., Ltd. / 6. Shinmei Wako (Pointer) / 7. Showa MFG.
Chapter 9 : The Rise and Defeat of the Postwar Group
1. The Leaders of the World Championship / 2. The Beginning of the Full-scale motorcycle race / 3. The Great Advance of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. / 4. The Rise of Tohatsu / 5. The King of Chukyo Region, Toyomotors Co., Ltd. / 5 1918 1918 1955 1988 5.1945 1945 1893 1893 1917 1917 1918 Taikan Misakae Hinaga Meiji Taisho Pigeon Bonin White-eye