The Bridgestone Champion was the first true motorcycle built by the motorcycle division of the Bridgestone tyre company in Japan, introduced in 1958. It had a pressed steel frame and a shrouded, fan-cooled 50 cc two-stroke engine with a three-speed gearbox, a step on from the company's earlier motorized bicycles such as the BS-21 Bambi, which were bicycles with a clip-on engine. Motorcycle Classics describes the 1958 Champion as a moped with a pressed steel frame, 24-inch wheels and an engine equipped with pedals for starting. The design was updated in 1962 as the Champion-III, and from 1963 it was imported into the United States by Rockford Motors, which sold it there as the Bridgestone Super 7.
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Bridgestone motorcycles were a division of the Bridgestone Tire Co. of Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Japan that produced mopeds and motorcycles from 1952 to 1970.
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Bridgestone motorcycles were a division of the Bridgestone Tire Co. of Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Japan that produced mopeds and motorcycles from 1952 to 1970.
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1. Motorcycle Classics: The 1971 Bridgestone Mach II SS
Motorcycle ClassicsA little Bridgestone history, ChampionQuote, A little Bridgestone history, Champion
In 1958, Bridgestone introduced the Champion moped with a pressed- steel frame
2. Bridgestone Registry (bridgestone.skew.org): Bridgestone Cycle Company: A Potted History
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The first recognizable motorcycle was produced in 1958.
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with a 50cc fan-cooled two-stroke engine and three-speed gearbox.
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Bridgestone pulled out of motorcycle manufacturing in 1970.
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Bridgestone motorcycles were a division of the Bridgestone Tire Co. of Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Japan that produced mopeds and motorcycles from 1952 to 1970.
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Bridgestone motorcycles were a division of the Bridgestone Tire Co. of Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Japan that produced mopeds and motorcycles from 1952 to 1970.
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Bridgestone motorcycles were a division of the Bridgestone Tire Co. of Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Japan that produced mopeds and motorcycles from 1952 to 1970.
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Bridgestone motorcycles were a division of the Bridgestone Tire Co. of Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Japan that produced mopeds and motorcycles from 1952 to 1970.
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