I’m ashamed to say I didn’t get this. I’m sure some on here will but I thought it was interesting anyway. What motorcycle manufacturer has tuning forks as it’s logo.
Yeah. That took 3 minutes. I had a Yamaha too. I’d never really looked at the logo and figured what they were.
That takes guts to admit your ignorance. More expensive than Ducatis - almost. http://www.sheargoldmusic.co.uk/yamaha-c6x-grand-piano/
I think the perceived story is that they had some space in their piano factory that they decided to utilise, and began to make motorcycles. Wikipedia tells the story as being something the company turned to after WWII. "Nippon Gakki Co. Ltd. (currently Yamaha Corporation) was established in 1887 as a piano and reed organ manufacturer by Torakusu Yamaha in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture and was incorporated on October 12, 1897. The company's origins as a musical instrument manufacturer are still reflected today in the group's logo—a trio of interlocking tuning forks.[4][5] After World War II, company president Genichi Kawakami repurposed the remains of the company's war-time production machinery and the company's expertise in metallurgical technologies to the manufacture of motorcycles. The YA-1 (AKA Akatombo, the "Red Dragonfly"), of which 125 were built in the first year of production (1954), was named in honour of the founder. It was a 125cc, single cylinder, two-stroke, street bike patterned after the German DKW RT125 (which the British munitions firm, BSA, had also copied in the post-war era and manufactured as the Bantam and Harley-Davidson as the Hummer). In 1955,[6] the success of the YA-1 resulted in the founding of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., splitting the motorcycle division from the company."
Another one for you @Sam1199 (Don't Google it ) Why do Nissan race cars, race with the number 23 on them? I knew this by the way and didn't google it.
Right, you goons have had long enough.............. In Japanese two = ni, three = san. So 23 is ni-san. I'm here to educate. https://l-lingo.com/free-lessons/en/learn-japanese/numbers-1-10.html
