Guest Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) Any information on speedway in Japan would be appreciated.. Edited October 25, 2022 by Guest Type face Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 21,094 Posted October 24, 2022 8 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: Any information on speedway in Japan. Do you mean speedway like ours or the Japanese track racing ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 24, 2022 Just now, iris123 said: Do you mean speedway like ours or the Japanese track racing ? The ORIGINAL Japanese speedway please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrs 3,291 Posted October 24, 2022 11 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: Any information on speedway in Japan would be appreciated.. If you do a search John you'll find its been a regular topic on here over the last twenty years. Used to enjoy watching their tarmac speedway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,143 Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, JohnHyam said: The ORIGINAL Japanese speedway please. The Mitsubishi Zero was a great bike... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,143 Posted October 24, 2022 Look! Even the same topic title! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arnieg 3,697 Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, chunky said: The Mitsubishi Zero was a great bike... But you look nothing like Robert de Niro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,143 Posted October 24, 2022 17 minutes ago, arnieg said: But you look nothing like Robert de Niro Wow! I'm impressed! You know that safe sex doesn't mean no sex... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
salty 2,208 Posted October 25, 2022 Always good to see some Bard of Barking references. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,143 Posted October 25, 2022 29 minutes ago, salty said: Always good to see some Bard of Barking references. Another good man, I see! I will leave an extra pint... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
salty 2,208 Posted October 26, 2022 You truly are the Milkman of Human Kindness! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,143 Posted October 26, 2022 2 hours ago, salty said: You truly are the Milkman of Human Kindness! I loved the words you wrote to me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bavarian 769 Posted March 12, 2023 OLD BIKE AUSTRALASIA featured an interesting article about Nanae Okamoto, the female Japanese speedway rider of the 1960s, who rode in Australia. https://www.oldbikemag.com.au/nanae-okamoto-cinder-lady/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bavarian 769 Posted March 12, 2023 [...] Foreign motorcycle racers visited Japan for the first time in 1934, with the initial dirt track race being held at Inogashira in Tokyo. The five-man American team, headed by famed Putt Mossman, had been invited to Japan by the Yokohama Port Festival Exhibition and raced before capacity crowds at several locations in the country during their stay. They put on demonstrations of the first short track racing ever seen in Japan, and the team members became idols, mobbed by fans wherever they went, much like the Beatles of today. The Americans rode Martin racing motorcycles powered by 500cc JAP engines. This was the first time Japanese riders had seen real racing machines, and they soon began experimenting with building racers of their own. Prior to this time, motorcycles used for races in Japan were merely standard street machines which had been modified to the extent of pulling off the lamps, etc., by the riders and their mechanics. [...] This excerpt comes from a 1967 Cycleworld Magazine article "The History of Japanese Motorcycles" written by W. B. Swim. The complete article can be found here https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1967/11/01/the-history-of-japanese-motorcycles 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
