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Company History |
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1970 |
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1973 |
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Establish MORIWAKI ENGINEERING in Suzuka-city, Mie |
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Undertake development, production, sales and export of YOSHIMURA product |
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Work on racing Z1, CB125/250/750 tuning |
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1974 |
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Work on racing Z1 tuning |
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Work on engine tuning and frame reinforcement |
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1975 |
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Work on development of racing CB125 and XE75 |
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Conduct the engine tuning and introduce Moriwaki originally designed frame to races |
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1977 |
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Produce Moriwaki original racer; ME125 |
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Enter races in Australia |
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1978 |
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Work on development of racing Z650 |
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Conduct the engine tuning and develop Moriwaki original Chromium-molybdenum steel frame |
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Enter the 1st Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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3rd position (Crosby/Hatton) |
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1979 |
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Release Moriwaki Z1 chromium-molybdenum steel frame |
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Release Moriwaki Monster exhaust system |
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Enter the 2nd Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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Pole position the qualifying (Crosby/Tomei) |
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1980 |
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1980 |
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Enter the 3rd Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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2nd position at the qualifying (Aldana/Emde) |
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1981 |
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Develop the world’s first aluminum frame for large motorcycles and introduce it in race |
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Enter races in the USA, the UK and Australia |
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Enter the 4th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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Pole position at the qualifying (Gardner/Pace) |
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Set up Suzuka 8hours Endurance race absolute lap-time record with Moriwaki original frame racer |
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1982 |
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Enter the 5th Suzuka 8hours Endurance (Shortened to 6hours due to a typhoon) |
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Finished (Wada/Pace) |
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1983 |
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Enter the 6th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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6th position (Yatsushiro/Mikami) |
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12th position (Crosby/Philis) |
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Enter Suzuka 4hours Endurance |
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1st position (Miyagi/Fukumoto) |
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Release Moriwaki Foresight exhaust system |
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1984 |
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Enter the 7th Suzuka 8hours Endurance (750cc regulation) |
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2nd position (Yatsushiro/Miyagi) |
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4th position (Hiwatashi/Fukumoto) |
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1985 |
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Receive a testimonial from Minister of Construction for Moriwaki’s contribution to the city |
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Enter races in Australia and New Zealand |
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Release street-use ZERO exhaust system for Z50M |
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Open the Moriwaki showroom |
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Establish the Moriwaki Club |
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Open the Moriwaki Swimming |
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Enter the 8th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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3rd position (Yatsushiro/Miyagi) |
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9th position (Philis/Maggy) |
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1986 |
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Release CBR400RR based Moriwaki racer; SP400 |
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Enter the 9th Suzuka 8hour Endurance |
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5th position (Yatsushiro/Miyagi) |
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15th position (Fukumoto/Yada) |
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1987 |
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Enter the 10th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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25th position (Miyagi/Fukumoto) |
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Enter races in Australia |
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1988 |
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Receive a testimonial from Suzuka city mayor for the large amount of donation Moriwaki |
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made to the city green fund |
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Enter the 11th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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DNF (Goddard/Hiwatashi) |
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Release ZERO VX-7 and introduce it to races |
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Release GP entrance racer; MH80R |
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Release EMU Foresight exhaust system |
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1989 |
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Enter the 12th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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6th position (Crosby/Campbell) |
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1990 |
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1990 |
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Enter the 13th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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Finished (Imai/Taneoka) |
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1991 |
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Enter the 14th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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29th position (Taneoka/Giles) |
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31st position (Imai/Campbell) |
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1992 |
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Enter the 15th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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12th position (Yatsushiro/Campbell) |
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29th position (Hiwatashi/Archbolt) |
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Undertake a joint development of bicycle with Panasonic and release the bicycle |
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1993 |
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Release ZERO exhaust system |
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Enter the 16th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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7th position (Arai/Izumi) |
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11th position (Miyagi/Nashimoto) |
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1994 |
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Enter the 17th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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6th position (Yatsushiro/Arai) |
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1995 |
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Enter the 18th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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7th position (Arai/Izumi) |
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1996 |
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Enter the 19th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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DNF (Arai/Izumi) |
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Release ZERO ANO exhaust system |
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1997 |
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Enter the 20th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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40th (Arai/Iwahashi) |
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Release Moriwaki complete VTR1000F for X-Formula class |
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1998 |
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Enter the 21st Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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37th position (Arai/Nashimoto) |
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1999 |
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Enter the 22nd Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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DNF (Izumi/Hamaguchi) |
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2000 |
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2000 |
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Enter the 23rd Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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DNF (Parks/Inagaki) |
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Develop and release racing ZEPHYR1100 |
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Release Moriwaki complete CBR600F4i for ST600 class |
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2001 |
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Develop and release Moriwaki original race; MTM-1 for X-Formula class |
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Enter the 24th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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DNF (Hamaguchi/Inagaki) |
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Shogo Moriwaki won the West-area 2001 series championship in ST600 class |
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2002 |
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Enter All Japan Road Race Championship; Proto-class (M. Okuno), ST600 (S. Moriwaki) |
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Enter the 25th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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DNF (Okuno/Moriwaki) |
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Start WGP/MOTOGP project |
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Start developing MOTOGP racer MD211VF; Moriwaki chassis + HRC RC211V engine |
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2003 |
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Enter 2 of WGP/MOTOGP road races with MD211VF prototype |
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19th position at Rd.1 Suzuka |
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18th position at Rd.13 Motegi (Serizawa) |
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Enter the 26th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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12th position (Okuno/Tsuruta) |
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2004 |
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Enter 5 of WGP/MOTOGP road races with MD211VF, achieved total of 6points |
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14th position at Rd.5 Catalunya, got 1 point (Pit) |
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11th position at Rd.12 Motegi, got 5 points (Pit) |
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2005 |
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Enter 2 of WGP/MOTOGP road races with MD211VF, achieved 1 point |
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15th position at Rd.3 Shanghai, got 1 point (Ukawa) |
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Enter All Japan Road Race Championship, JSB1000 class (Matsudo) |
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Enter Suzuka 300km (Matsudo) |
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1st in class (3rd in overall) |
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Enter the 28th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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15th position (Matsudo/L.Camier) |
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Moriwaki Club members entered Suzuka 4hours Endurance |
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1st position (Satake/Nomura) |
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2006 |
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Enter All Japan Road Race Championship, JSB1000 class (A.Camier) |
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Enter the 29th Suzuka 8hours Endurance |
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1st position (Satake/Nomura) |
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2007 |
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All Japan Championship JSB1000 class: Tatsuya Yamaguchi/ Shogo Moriwaki |
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GP-MONO class: Yasutomo Nomura |
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The 30th anniversary Suzuka 8hrs Endurance road race: Yamaguchi/Camier 5th |
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Suzuka 4hrs Endurance road race: Nagatani/Fujishima, MORIWAKI CLUB member
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MD250 series released. |
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2008 |
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All Japan Championship JSB1000 class: Tatsuya Yamaguchi |
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GP-MONO class: Yasutomo Nomura/ Ryosuke Nakaki |
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The 31st Suzuka 8hrs Endurance road race: Yamaguchi/Crutchlow 6th |
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Started the 600ccGP machine development for forthcoming Moto2 class |
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Yasutomo Nomura won the All Japan Championship for the 2008 season with
MD250H in GP-MONO class. |
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