The first real motorcycle I rode was a Bridgestone 50. That little rotary valve, rotary shift screamer felt like a real hoot to my 12 year old self. This 175 is a beauty. Jeez, you guys just keep on stirring up my long lost youth....
Believe it or not, I remember my folks taking me to Sears for school clothes in the kate 60's and seeing Bridgestone motorcycles in the sporting goods dept.
You had to be there. Bridgestone motorcycles of all sizes were superb. They were a little higher priced than the Japanese competition and maybe that hurt the brand, but what a bike.
I used to own one. Mine was blue though. Mine had pipes that came out and they looked like a 50 cal barrel out the back. The best feature was the rotary or non rotary tranny. I couldn't find parts for it anymore so I sold it for 75 bucks back in the 80's.
I never even heard of them until i saw one in kennebunk Maine a couple years ago. A buddy just gave me an old cycle or cycle world magazine article where they built one back then to race daytona.
The 175cc Bridgestone was used by Jo Schutters (born Februar 18 1947, Heemstede, Netherlands) to build his 125cc, ( topspeed 137 mph)watercooled, GP-winning machine, winning Francorchamps 1973, one of the fastests circuits.
In the early 70's I owned a Bridgestone 100 and 175. The 175 would easily outrun any Honda 350. I still have the scarred piston I had too replace because I set the oil injection too lean!
they built those with FAMILY NAME EMBOSSED eg GO SOC&SONS and other BUSINESS NAMES i have seen one 7th AVENUE CALOOCAN RIZAL MAMA&BALAT HONDA MOTORCYCLE REPAIR SHOP HONDA 90 cc ABIGAIL MARKETING
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The first real motorcycle I rode was a Bridgestone 50. That little rotary valve, rotary shift screamer felt like a real hoot to my 12 year old self. This 175 is a beauty. Jeez, you guys just keep on stirring up my long lost youth....
Believe it or not, I remember my folks taking me to Sears for school clothes in the kate 60's and seeing Bridgestone motorcycles in the sporting goods dept.
Those were the days !! That is such a nice motorcycle !!
Montgomery Wards also sold them
I remember Sears also had some benelli bikes for sale to I was just a little kid and always climed on them and played .😂
Not Bridgestones, but Benelli, Puch, or Gilera motorcycles. Sears and Montgomery Ward should have been so lucky as to have Bridgestones for sale.
An absolutely stunning classic! We love you Doc and the awesome work you have done over the years!
What a great wee bike, one of the best of all time, and also the 250 and 350.
This bike reminds me of a high quality performance scooter. Great bike Sr!👍
You had to be there. Bridgestone motorcycles of all sizes were superb. They were a little higher priced than the Japanese competition and maybe that hurt the brand, but what a bike.
Absolutely beautiful my friend 👍😊
I had one of these in 1971 in Hawaii. Brings back memories.
Ive only seen one maybe two of these bikes and that was back in the late 60s early 70s very rare around here for sure
This was my grampas transportation for 11.5 yrs straight and his buddy still has it.
I used to own one. Mine was blue though. Mine had pipes that came out and they looked like a 50 cal barrel out the back. The best feature was the rotary or non rotary tranny. I couldn't find parts for it anymore so I sold it for 75 bucks back in the 80's.
I never even heard of them until i saw one in kennebunk Maine a couple years ago. A buddy just gave me an old cycle or cycle world magazine article where they built one back then to race daytona.
My father's first bike like this.That was Bridgestone sports 50.
Noice!
Looks like something Benny HIll would tool around on.
🤣😂 . Oh yeah! Lol
The 175cc Bridgestone was used by Jo Schutters (born Februar 18 1947, Heemstede, Netherlands) to build his 125cc,
( topspeed 137 mph)watercooled, GP-winning machine, winning Francorchamps 1973, one of the fastests circuits.
Beautiful Bike My Dad had One back In the Day
I had the Hurricane Scrambler version in 1971 as a 16yo.
Loveit! Love how Snr makes All bike look small. 🤣😂❤️💪🏼👊🏼🎩🎨 Onya #KaplanCycles 🏡
This was a great bike
I bought mine new from a hardware store in 1966 from Bills Hardware in Milwaukee
What a good looking bike
My great friend Carl Cassascadan let me ride his,this one is exactly like the one he had.
Rotary valve, just to cool
Cool bike.
In the early 70's I owned a Bridgestone 100 and 175. The 175 would easily outrun any Honda 350.
I still have the scarred piston I had too replace because I set the oil injection too lean!
That's Cherry 🍒🍒🍒
Nice👍
Now I know where Kawasaki got the
disc/rotary valve side induction design from
I want it!
Do you Sell any of these Classic Cycles?
Has this sold?
👌💪🏻🙏
That's not a 1966, 66 has front oil tank under the gas tank, showing the refill cap in front of tank.
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they built those with FAMILY NAME EMBOSSED eg GO SOC&SONS and other BUSINESS NAMES i have seen one 7th AVENUE CALOOCAN RIZAL MAMA&BALAT HONDA MOTORCYCLE REPAIR SHOP HONDA 90 cc ABIGAIL MARKETING
Looks i litlle bit like a Jawa 350
I'm homeless...
Where you live mate?
Ohio
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It's a duck lol.