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The Most Desirable Monkey Bike Of All Time – The Rare Honda Baja Africa

Ben Branch November 22, 2019
Honda Z50 Monkey Baja Africa
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles

The Honda Monkey Baja Africa is one of the rarest and most desirable iterations of the beloved Japanese minibike ever offered, although interestingly it was never actually built by the Honda factory. The Africa…

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A 500 BHP Custom Datsun 240Z – With The Heart Of A Skyline

Ben Branch November 16, 2019
Datsun 240Z Side
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Japanese

This Datsun 240Z has had its DNA spliced with that of a Nissan Skyline, it’s a fitting combination of genetic material from one of Japan’s most important automakers that includes double helixes from the…

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1974 Cheney Suzuki TM400 MX – From A Deathtrap To A Dominant Race Winner

Ben Branch November 8, 2019
Cheney Suzuki TM400 MX Motocross
  • British
  • Japanese
  • Motocross
  • Motorcycles

The Cheney Suzuki TM400 MX is the result of (arguably) the world’s best motorcycle frame maker taking on (again, arguably) the worst handling motocross motorcycle of all time, and turning it into a race…

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There’s A V12 Toyota Century 1GZ-FE Engine For Sale On eBay – $2,510 USD

Ben Branch November 1, 2019
Toyota Century 1GZ-FE V12 Engine
  • Cars
  • Extraordinary Engines For Sale
  • Japanese

The V12 developed for the Toyota Century is just as mythical as the car it powers, the Century is almost entirely sold in Japan to royalty, senior government ministers, and top executives – it’s…

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An Original 1980s-Era OutRun Arcade Game by SEGA

Ben Branch July 16, 2019
Out Run Arcade Game
  • Gadgets
  • Gear
  • Japanese

This is an original SEGA OutRun Arcade Game from the mid-1980s. OutRun was the most successful SEGA arcade cabinet of the 1980s. It’s been referenced by many game developers that followed as a major…

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Mark Hawwa’s 400 HP Turbocharged 13B-Powered Mazda RX-7

Ben Branch June 11, 2019
Custom Mazda RX-7 Front 2
  • Australian
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Japanese

Mark Hawwa is a man who rarely needs an introduction, he founded the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride in 2012 and in the years since it’s has grown to cover 585 cities across 93 countries with…

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A Brief History of the Nissan Skyline and GT-R – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch June 5, 2019
Nissan Skyline GT-R Cutaway
  • Brief Histories
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Japanese

The Nissan Skyline GT-R – Godzilla When the name “Nissan Skyline” is mentioned it often brings another name to memory, that of Godzilla, a name given to the seemingly unbeatable 1989 Nissan Skyline GT-R…

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A Brief History of the Mazda RX-3 – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch May 21, 2019
Mazda RX-3 Brochure
  • Brief Histories
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Japanese

The Mazda RX-3 – An Introduction The Mazda RX-3 “Savanna” was a paradox of a car. Fledgling Japanese car maker Mazda built a pretty typical for the period small passenger car and dropped a…

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Mach 5 – From The 2008 Wachowski Speed Racer Film

Ben Branch May 2, 2019
Mach 5 Side
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Japanese

This is the real-life Mach 5 from the 2008 Wachowski film Speed Racer, based on the manga and anime series that was created by Tatsuo Yoshida back in the mid-1960s. The Mach 5 needs…

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The Best HiLux For Sale In America Right Now: 1981 Toyota HiLux SR5 Pickup Truck

Ben Branch March 19, 2019
Toyota HiLux SR5 Pickup Truck Wheel
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Japanese

This pristine 1981 Toyota HiLux SR5 Pickup Truck is undoubtably the best HiLux for sale in America right now. That may sound like a lofty claim to make, but this comprehensively restored truck looks…

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Mazda RX-7 – The Twin-Turbo Rotary Powerhouse

Ben Branch February 7, 2019
Mazda RX-7
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Japanese

The Mazda RX-7 is an immensely popular Japanese sports car that’s entirely unique among its contemporaries due to one key fact – it was only ever offered with a rotary engine. Rotaries have fallen…

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For Sale: A Complete Collection Of 1971 Honda SL Motosport Models

Ben Branch January 21, 2019
Honda SL Motosport 1
  • Japanese
  • Motocross
  • Motorcycles

This is a complete collection of Honda SL Motosport models from 1971, all of the bikes have been restored except for the rare, low-milage SL175 which was in such fantastic condition it only needed…

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