Originally Posted by
kiwigem
Hey- we're 80% to my goal of 5 bikes (really cool ones, I think, too)!
I thought Maruishi was doing well in Japan until just a couple years ago. Didn't they go down in some Enron-esque blaze of shame?
Yes, they zonked out on some Enron type debacle.
This webpage on Maruishi touring bikes touches on that.
Too bad because these were very nice bikes - (At least as good as any of the better known and respected 80's Japanese makes).
BTW - here are links to the only catalogs I could find on the web: (You'll need a current Adobe reader plug-in to view/download them.)
http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~rpinder/Maruishi.pdf
http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~rpinder/Maruishi2.pdf
- And here is my golden kangaroo!