I've been living in Shono Higashi, Suzuka-city for a long 57 years. I have
worked for RSC |
and HRC and now work for an automobile company. |
I debuted on public road when I was 15 with C100 and got two-wheel motor
vehicle |
license at the age of 16. I bought a used C100 right |
after getting the license and rode on it to school and other recreational
locations. |
The last touring as a student was to Osaka Castle. |
I was riding on my C110 at 80kmh and figured out that the 50cc motorcyle is
not allowed |
on the route from Nagoya to Osaka on the way back but it was too late. |
I started to ride on a used CB92 when I became unsatisfied with 50cc. I
enjoyed riding |
to Ise, Kyoko and Nara but unfortunately, |
an N360 crashed into me sideways riding a red light in Yokkaichi city. My
CB92 smashed up. |
After that, I was into S600 coupe for a while but I was never without
several motorcycles. |
Trial motorcycles gained popularity when I was in mid-20s. I modified my
Yamaha DT1 to |
participate trial motorcycle races but DT1 was too heavy to handle and
stopped |
participating in races. |
I started working for RSC and HRC in my late 20s. I became obsessed with
motorcycles with |
Elsinore 250, TL, Ihatove, XL 250 etc. |
When I was transferred from HRC to automobile company, I started getting old
motorcycles |
such as CB92 and CB72. CR110 and CR93 were my favorite and I change the
frame colors |
of my CR93 from the original black to red. |
This CR93 is originally from the UK. It is fresh in my memory that I found
the dealer from |
one name plate that was put on the fender spending 5 years and visited the
dealer with |
pictures of my CR93. |
While I was collecting motorcycles, I started to have many opportunities to
go to the US on |
business in my late 30's. |
I seized the opportunities to go to flee market and dealers to buy repair
parts. There were |
30 trips like that bringing parts back to Japan. |
Those trips led to living there as an expatriate in the US for 5 years and
the UK for 4 years. |
My part collection escalated in the meantime. |
I brought Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki parts in addition to Honda parts back
to Japan. |
The total number of genuine parts reached approximately 40,000. It's not an
exaggeration |
to say that I have a biggest collection of CB92, CB72, C110 and C100 genuine
parts |
in Japan. |