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  • Suzuki’s TC200 came here by accident…

    Suzuki’s TC200 came here by accident…

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    Steve Cooper looks at the street scrambler that came to these shores by accident… So, as we all know, street scramblers were never sold in the UK, right? Well, why would a company do that when we Brits have always had a reputation for being a conservative bunch when it comes to buying motorcycles? Very…

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  • Japanese Street Scramblers: Kawasaki W series

    Japanese Street Scramblers: Kawasaki W series

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    Kawasaki’s 1960s foray into four-stroke street scramblers produced just one model, but, as Steve Cooper explains, it was definitely a machine with merits. Kawasaki’s W series parallel twins stem from the Meguro Company that had produced similar 500s from the early 1950s. Towards the end of the decade a power unit very reminiscent of that…

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