Triumph Was Not British Owned.

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Re: Triumph Was Not British Owned.

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1888 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:11 pm Was it Kawasaki who started life making tractors/Farm vehicles? Think Suzuki started out making Looms. Not the wiring type
Yamaha were making musical instruments, hence the tuning forks badge.
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Horse wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:02 am
1888 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:11 pm Was it Kawasaki who started life making tractors/Farm vehicles? Think Suzuki started out making Looms. Not the wiring type
Yamaha were making musical instruments, hence the tuning forks badge.
IIRC they're still the world's biggest musical instrument manufacturer.
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Ducati started out making electical components.

It split into two parts, the electrical company is still in business making capacitors.
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Skub wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:35 pm
1888 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:11 pm Was it Kawasaki who started life making tractors/Farm vehicles? Think Suzuki started out making Looms. Not the wiring type
Nope. Kawasaki's origins were in ships.

Maybe it was Harley? :lol:
Kawasaki also made a lot of planes during the second world war, think some of the engines were made under licence from German manufacturers.
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