Miyata Kōgyō

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Miyata Kōgyō KK
legal form kabushiki kaisha
founding ?
Seat Chigasaki , Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan
Branch Weapons , vehicles
Website http://www.gear-m.co.jp

Miyata 710 bicycle
Koga Miyata
" Prologue " road bike frame made from FM-1 tubing
Motorcycle Asahi Golden Beam or HA

Miyata Kōgyō KK ( Japanese 宮 田 工業 株式会社 , ~ kabushiki kaisha , English Miyata Industrial Co., Ltd. ) is a Japanese bicycle manufacturer based in Chigasaki , Kanagawa Prefecture . In Europe, he was particularly known for his cooperation with the Dutch company Koga , which sold high-quality bikes under the brand name Koga-Miyata . Miyata itself is part of the group of companies around the fire engine manufacturer Morita .

Company history

The Tokyo- based company originally produced weapons . Gunsmith Eisuke Miyata made the first Japanese diamond-framed bicycle in 1892. In 1909 the production of bicycles began . Motorcycles were added later . Passenger cars were built between 1937 and 1939 as Asahi . In the same year, small trucks were manufactured and marketed as Miyata . Motorcycle production ended in 1965.

The cooperation with Koga started in 1976. The Dutch manufactured complete bicycles with frames from the Japanese bicycle manufacturer. From 2010 Koga left the cooperation again. The brand name Koga-Miyata is now part of the Accell Group .

Cycles

Tange tubes were initially used for the Koga-Miyata frames, but from the beginning of the 1980s their own tubes were drawn. These were made of a chromium-molybdenum alloy and were named:

  • FM-1 - triple butted, spiral reinforcements
  • FM-2 - double butted
  • FM-3 - not butted, wall thickness 0.8 millimeters for the seat tube and top tube, 1.0 for the down tube and head tube

Miyata himself still builds bicycles, but on a much smaller scale than at his weddings. The company builds its classic frames, such as the frame with which the Tour de France stage to L'Alpe d'Huez was won in 1981 , by hand.

Motor vehicles

A source mentions some motorcycle prototypes for 1909 . Another source states that two prototype motorcycle were made in 1916. In addition, motorcycles appeared in the late 1930s.

The car from 1937 to 1939 was a small car with two seats. It had an air-cooled two-cylinder engine with a displacement of 730 cm³ and an output of 16 hp . The front-wheel drive was unusual . Another source confirms these data.

In 1953, the post-war production of motorcycles began. From 1955 to 1956 there were the models HA and Golden Beam FA / 2 , both with a four-stroke engine with 249 cm³ displacement. 1956 appeared a model with a single cylinder engine with 344 cm³ displacement. In 1960 the La 500 followed with a two-cylinder two- stroke engine with a displacement of 125 cm³. In addition, two-stroke engines with 123 cm³ and 173 cm³ displacement are mentioned.

literature

Web links

Commons : Miyata Kōgyō  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Asahi.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 79 (English).
  3. ^ A b Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 2. Japan 1935-1939 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2017, ISBN 978-1-983476-36-5 , pp. 9-10 and pp. 70-71 (English).
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Roger Hicks: The international encyclopedia. Motorcycles. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-613-02660-5 , p. 43.
  5. ↑ a b c d Erwin Tragatsch: All motorcycles. 1894 until today. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-87943-410-7 , p. 37.
  6. ↑ a b c S. Ewald: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-8289-5364-6 , p. 33.