Rikuo Motorcycle of the Harley-Davidson, started production in 1929. In 1931 Dabittoson Harley Motorcycle Co., Ltd. was established in Japan. Dabittoson started domestic production of the Harley-Davidson Road King Motorcycle. The 4-cycle, 1200 cc, side-valve V-twin engine produces 28 horsepower for a top speed of 97 km per hour. The Road King motorcycle was improved and produced by Lin Ritsukawa, and Tsui Meguro under the Tokyu Kogyo Kurogane Company during World War II. This included the Type 97 military motorcycle which was often produced with a sidecar, called they Harley-Davidson, through the efforts of Alfred Rich Child, shipped tooling and personnel to
The American Manufacturer The American Manufacturer The American Manufacturer was a newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, on a mostly weekly basis from 1830 until 1842. The paper was Democratic in its political leanings, and stood out as radical and provocative. Its successor by merger was the "Pittsburgh Post", which by further consolidation became the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". In February, 1830, William B. Conway issued a prospectus for a new weekly newspaper to be called "The American Manufacturer". He announced that the first issue would appear on March 6 of the same year, and set the subscription price at $2 per annum. Conway