Yoshikatsu's Motorcycle Life

I would like to introduce Honda Collection Hall. This is located on the Twin Ring Motegi.  Twin Ring Motegi is a famous international circuit.  It's located in Tochigi  Prefecture .  There are many cars and motorcycles and more. You can also learn about Honda's roots and feeling about making things. This is the first prototype engine of Honda. It was made in 1947. The first engine was made as an auxiliary engine for a bicycle. However, it was not commercialized due to durability problem. I saw this motorcycle and I thought it was interesting. The gasoline tank was just a hot water bottle! This building has three floors. On the first floor you can know the history of Honda. On the second floor, Production Motorcycles, Production Mars and Power Products are on exhibition. On the  third floor, Racing Motorcycles and Racing Cars are on exhibition. I like the third floor best because I can see a lot of vehicles active in races.  I enjoyed the Honda Collection H

I would like to introduce a famous touring place in Japan. There are many touring places in Japan. Among them, Okutama is a famous touring place. It's located in the west of Tokyo. Okutama is popular as a sightseeing place, so many people visit there.   First, I will introduce a famous place in Okutama. That place is called Oomugishiroenchi Parking (大麦代園地駐車場). It's the place of the star mark on the map. Many riders visit here. I was just having fun watching various motorcycles. There are many rare cars too. The scenery is also good, as there is a lake nearby. Second, I will introduce my favorite place in Okutama. That place is called Yanagisawa Pass Teahouse(柳沢峠茶屋). It's the place of the red mark on the map. It's in Yamanashi Prefecture which I visit when I go to Okutama. We can see Mt. Fuji on sunny days. I often eat soft cream while lokking at Mt. Fuji. The way to go there is also a pleasant road. Okutama is good place, but it's necessary to run carefull

Do you know Honda? Honda is a leading automobile and motorcycle manufacturer in Japan. It was made in 1946 by Souichirou Honda. Honda's head office's in Aoyama. The first floor of the head office building is a showroom. There are new cars and motorcycles there. You can also see  a demonstration of ASHIMO made by Honda. There is a cafe space so you can take a break. In the showroom, events are held related to motor sports. I'd like to introduce one of the events. Every summer there is a race at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture. The event is called Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race. A lot of people watch each year. In that race, they have teams of two people. Honda has had a lot of good results in that race. In the summer, an event related to that race was held. Many motorcycles participating in successive races were exhibited in the showroom. The motorcycles run for a long time. It's a characteristic of Honda racing motorcycles that tires are easy to change and lig

DBPOWER EX5000 WIFI I would like to write about my favorite item. My favorite item is DBPOWER EX5000 WIFI. This is a wearable camera. GoPro is famous for wearable cameras. GoPro is a good product with very wonderful image quality, but it's very expensive. The price is about 60,000 yen. I can't afford this price, but you can buy DBPOWER for 6,000 yen at Amazon. This product is good at cost-performance. The image quality is also beautiful, and I am satisfied with the function. I think that the only disadvantage is that it can't use an outside microphone. Mounted image The reason that I bought this item is because I was not satisfied with the pictures on my smartphone. My smartphone can only take pictures when I'm stopped. I wanted to take photos even when I was riding. It is possible to take various scenes. I wear my camera when I ride my motorcycle. I also use it when I am at home. It's amazing to be able to look back on memories of touring. It's also

Blue line is Sadamine Pass. Orange line is Shomaru Pass. I would like to introduce my favorite touring places. I have been touring to various places. Among them, Chichibu is my favorite place. Chichibu is located in Saitama Prefecture. It's popular as a sightseeing spot, and there are many passes. Among them, I'll introduce my two favorite passes. The two passes appear in "Initial D". Shomaru Bowl and Genghis Khan First, I'll introduce Shomaru Pass. The distance is about 6 km. There is a teahouse at the top. You can eat and buy stickers there. Shoumaru Bowl is the specialty of this shop.  Old woman in the shop is a very good person. The altitude is 636 m and it's about the same height as Tokyo Sky Tree.  It's an old narrow road, and the road surface is rough, so you need to be careful while driving. I think it's a good pass where many charms are packed. Teahouse   Udon noodle shop Second, I'll introduce Sadamine Pass

Yamaha NIKEN Yamaha YZF-R1M&MOTOBOT Honda NSX Mazda VISION COUPE I went to the Tokyo Motor Show on November 5. It was held at Tokyo Big Sight from October 27 to November 5. It was the 45th meeting this time. The Tokyo Motor Show began in 1954. Many people visited, not only from Japan, but also from overseas. There you see the manufacture's new model cars and motorcycles. Also, if you can make a reservation, it's also possible to test drive new model cars. However, the test drive was so, popular I couldn't get reservation. NTN booth At this event I found a very nice booth. It's a parts manufacturer of the NTN company. This manufacturer mainly makes bearings. Bearings are parts for smooth rotation in cars and motorcycles and more. It seems that 150 bearings are used in a car. At this booth I was able to experience making a bearing. I was surprised that simpler than I imagined. This experience was interesting and it was a good experience. I am interest