Posted by Polar Pilot on August 11, 2000 at 03:07:50:
In Reply to: Re: Bridgestone 175 posted by Hogryder on August 09, 2000 at 15:14:43:
They made a full range of 2 stroke bikes with rather unusual engine designs. There was a hot rod 350 - rotary valves ( carbs ported into the crankcase through the ends of the crankshaft) and a rotary transmission - shifting pattern was all up or all down - 1-2-3-4-5-6-1-2-3- etc in either direction!
Corporate decisions in the late 60's doom Bridgestone like other products from Japan like the Hodaka and the Lilac ( MArushu) to early pages in the export history of motorcycles from Japan.
Pity eh?
About 100 bucks is all that could be considered - and even that is a bit of a gift - spares after all these years will be a fabricators delight or nightmare depending upon the material - I think I remember that the rotary disks were some kind of fibre- yee gods to find one of those!
Keep the rubber side down
Polar Pilot