06-22-2009, 08:20 AM
BROTHER Wrote:Yeah, the assassination of a president will do that.The Antagonist Wrote:OP if I remember my 'bike history' correctly, the Japanese didn't get into the motorcycle market until the late 1950's in America. They brought over scooters and started the "anyone can ride a motorcycle" mania.My Dad had bought a red Honda 55 the day JFK was shot,everybody was all bummed out that day.
I don't know if they made and sold full sized motorcycles in other countries but it wasn't until the lat '50's and early '60's that Japanese bikes became available here on a large scale.
There were many different brands of Ameircan iron back then too.