Tuesday 14 May 2013

Mystery bike


6 comments:

  1. Nobody get it yet? Probably 'cos Stuart is on holiday at the moment.

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  2. The manufacturer is Horex of Switzerland, the model is unknown to me.

    Tony H

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  3. OK, time to put you out of your misery. The bike is a 1958 Hosk DB 500. Hosk were one of the 200 or so small Japanese bike companies operating in the 50s, and the DB was a close copy of the Horex twin (so Tony nearly got it). Hosk were bought by Yamaha, and the DB led towards the development of the XS 650 twin.

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