shaneb
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Fuji Hurricane!
Among the scans of the historic ads at fujirabbit.com are a couple of Japanese ads for both the Rabbit and the Hurricane:
That second ad says 350cc, 17 horsepower. I've never seen a Hurricane come up anywhere in classic scooter/motorcycling circles, but by searching Google for Japanese sites, I've found a couple of pics -- one resto project:
and one restored:
There were apparently several Hurricanes made -- 125cc, 250cc, and 350cc.
Here's what appears to be a 125cc for sale:
http://tinyurl.com/336seo
It's only $2200ish!
If I'm translating a Japanese website right, the 350 is the rarest by far -- only 400ish were made.
Roughly 6700 of the 250 were produced.
Roughly 5000 of the 125 were produced.
Here's an ad for the 250:
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9/5/2007, 9:43 pm
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Brioscooter
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Re: Fuji Hurricane!
Cool motorbikes. Look just like old Brit machines. I'll keep my eyes open for them.
Thanks for posting this, Shane!
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9/6/2007, 4:57 am
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