Well, it is a two-stroke triple ....

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Well, it is a two-stroke triple ....

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...but not one I've ever seen before !

I got this photo from the Japanese Vintage Motorcycle page on Facebook.

Apparently, it's a 1962 Olympus 370cc triple ??? :roll:

The blurb with it suggested that Olympus was an obscure early Japanese motorcycle manufacturer & this particular model never actually went into production. :)

The forerunner perhaps of our triples as we know them ? :D

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Shame the cylinders have fallen over, otherwise very tidy for the time.
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That motor reminds me strongly of the Ariel Arrow/Leader - and if you add 1 cylinder to a 250 then that would make a 370. The Japs of that period were taking a lot of, err, "inspiration" from external sources.
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I think Scott beat them by quite a way with their 1935 3 cylinder 2 stroke.
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Re: Well, it is a two-stroke triple ....

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Guy wrote:...but not one I've ever seen before !

I got this photo from the Japanese Vintage Motorcycle page on Facebook.

Apparently, it's a 1962 Olympus 370cc triple ??? :roll:

The blurb with it suggested that Olympus was an obscure early Japanese motorcycle manufacturer & this particular model never actually went into production. :)

The forerunner perhaps of our triples as we know them ? :D

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lovely bike, first time I see a picture even if I know it.
Have picture of the Olympus 250 twin and yes it's the same maker which do cameras.
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