Narazo Shimazu

Narazo Shimazu (1888–1973) founded Shimazu Motor Research Institute, that built the NS Motorcycle.

Biography

Shimazu was born in Japan in 1888. In 1903, his father bought him a bicycle. In the same year he encountered a motorcycle. He went to Tokyo for races of foreign motorcycles. In 1908, at the age of 20, he established the Shimazu Motor Research Institute, where he designed and built the first two-stroke engine in Japan.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Alexander, Jeffrey W. (2008). Japan’s motorcycle wars: an industry history (PDF). Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-1453-9. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
^ Mick Walker. Motorcycle: Evolution, Design, Passion. p. 114.

[Alexander-1] Alexander, Jeffrey W. (2008). Japan’s motorcycle wars: an industry history (PDF). Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-1453-9. Retrieved 11 August 2013.

[2] Mick Walker. Motorcycle: Evolution, Design, Passion. p. 114.

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