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Apparently the word "Colleda" means something like "This is it!" or "This is the one!" in Japanese. The Japanese use that word when they find something special (the best) they have been looking for. (Thanks, Takeshi!) | Apparently the word "Colleda" means something like "This is it!" or "This is the one!" in Japanese. The Japanese use that word when they find something special (the best) they have been looking for. (Thanks, Takeshi!) | ||
Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Company (SJK) presented the [[side-valve]] powered Colleda CO in May 1954, the first real motorcycle from Suzuki. The single-cylinder 90cc four-stroke engine developed four horsepower and ran quite smoothly, thanks to its heavy fly wheel, attached to ignition magneto. | Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Company (SJK) presented the [[side-valve]] powered Colleda CO in May 1954, the first real motorcycle from Suzuki. The single-cylinder 90cc four-stroke engine developed four horsepower and ran quite smoothly, thanks to its heavy [[fly wheel]], attached to ignition [[magneto]]. | ||
No driver's license was needed at the time for riding the Colleda CO. The Japanese government had recently decided that no driver's license were longer needed to ride a bike with an 4-stroke engine up to 90cc or a 2-stroke engine up to 60cc. That explains rather well Suzuki's choice of engines for its first models on the market in 1954 - the Diamond Free motorized motorcycle with 58cc 2-stroke engine with 2 hp and the 90cc four-stroke with 4 hp. | No driver's license was needed at the time for riding the Colleda CO. The Japanese government had recently decided that no driver's license were longer needed to ride a bike with an 4-stroke engine up to 90cc or a 2-stroke engine up to 60cc. That explains rather well Suzuki's choice of engines for its first models on the market in 1954 - the Diamond Free motorized motorcycle with 58cc 2-stroke engine with 2 hp and the 90cc four-stroke with 4 hp. | ||
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Engine type: 90 cc side-valve single cylinder four-stroke. 4 hp. | Engine type: 90 cc side-valve single cylinder four-stroke. 4 hp. | ||
Three speeds, telescopic front forks and plunger rear suspension. | Three speeds, [[telescopic front forks]] and [[plunger rear suspension]]. | ||
== 1955 == | == 1955 == | ||
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[[Image:1956 250TT Tokyoshow-99 450.jpg]] | [[Image:1956 250TT Tokyoshow-99 450.jpg]] | ||
A 250cc twin, Colleda TT with an American style design was launched in 1956. The picture above shows the model shown at the '99 Tokyo Motor Show (the historical section). | A 250cc twin, Colleda TT with an American style design was launched in 1956. The picture above shows the model shown at the '99 [[Tokyo Motor Show]] (the historical section). | ||
The Colleda TT is the predecessor of all Suzuki 250cc 2-stroke twins, including the T20, T250 and GT250. The air-cooled engine had a square 54 x 54 mm bore and stroke, the same as all of the models just mentioned. It also had new ”modern” floating swing arm with shock absorbers at the rear but the leading front fork design makes one to think of the early BMWs. | The Colleda TT is the predecessor of all Suzuki 250cc 2-stroke twins, including the T20, T250 and GT250. The air-cooled engine had a square 54 x 54 mm bore and stroke, the same as all of the models just mentioned. It also had new ”modern” floating swing arm with shock absorbers at the rear but the leading front fork design makes one to think of the early BMWs. | ||
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[[Category:Suzuki motorcycles| | [[Category:Suzuki motorcycles|Colleda]] | ||
[[Category:1950s motorcycles| | [[Category:1950s motorcycles|Colleda]] | ||
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[[Category:Suzuki Colleda series]] | |||