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RE: Japan Motorcycle History - the Ferret - 05-26-2019
I remember the Munch Mammoth but if I'm not mistaken that was kind of a Frankenstein bike built using an NSU car engine and not an engine made specifically for a motorcycle.
Don't remember the MV 600 going to have to research that one.
Looks like you are right...1967, although only 127 of them were produced. Still it beat the Honda 750 by a year.
https://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-italian-motorcycles/classic-mv-agusta-motorcycles/1967-mv-agusta-600-zm0z18jfzhur
RE: Japan Motorcycle History - GoldOxide_imp - 05-26-2019
(05-26-2019, 02:06 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: I remember the Munch Mammoth but if I'm not mistaken that was kind of a Frankenstein bike built using an NSU car engine and not an engine made specifically for a motorcycle.
Don't remember the MV 600 going to have to research that one.
Looks like you are right...1967, although only 127 of them were produced. Still it beat the Honda 750 by a year.
https://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-italian-motorcycles/classic-mv-agusta-motorcycles/1967-mv-agusta-600-zm0z18jfzhur
Nice read Ferret. Thanks for sharing.
RE: Japan Motorcycle History - Cormanus - 05-26-2019
There was the Ariel square 4. Does that count? There was also a Danish motorcycle called the Nimbus which had an inline 4 -cylinder engine, although it was mounted fore and aft rather than laterally. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_(motorcycle)