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Even though there have been some 160 different makes of Japanese [[motorcycles]], the history of the [[Category:Japanese motorcycles|Japanese motorcycle industry]] didn't really get under way until after World War II. The rise of the industry was led by [[Soichiro Honda]], an inventor-engineer who began in 1946 by converting government surplus | Even though there have been some 160 different makes of Japanese [[motorcycles]], the history of the [[Category:Japanese motorcycles|Japanese motorcycle industry]] didn't really get under way until after World War II. The rise of the industry was led by [[Soichiro Honda]], an inventor-engineer who began in 1946 by converting government surplus |