Guest Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) Any information on speedway in Japan would be appreciated.. Edited October 25, 2022 by Guest Type face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share 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 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 Just now, iris123 said: Do you mean speedway like ours or the Japanese track racing ? The ORIGINAL Japanese speedway please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jrs Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, JohnHyam said: The ORIGINAL Japanese speedway please. The Mitsubishi Zero was a great bike... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 Look! Even the same topic title! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, chunky said: The Mitsubishi Zero was a great bike... But you look nothing like Robert de Niro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Always good to see some Bard of Barking references. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 You truly are the Milkman of Human Kindness! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 i put this clip on my youtube channel a long time ago .. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 7 hours ago, stevehone said: i put this clip on my youtube channel a long time ago .. Just never recognised it as speedway I'm afraid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puma23 Posted March 15, 2023 Report Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) Edited March 15, 2023 by Puma23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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