Description
27th Oct, 2024 10:00
The October 2024 Auction
1969 Bridgestone 175 DT
In running order and ridden recently
Estimate
£1, 800 - £2, 200
Buyer's premium: 15. 00%
Lot details
Registration: NDW 11G
Frame: TA124674
Odometer: 17, 174
MOT: Exempt
185 twin, 2-stroke
Owner’s manual
Starts and runs
MOT exempt
V5 present
Bridgestone motorcycles were a division of the Bridgestone Tire Co. of Kyōbashi, Tokyo, who produced mopeds and motorcycles from 1952 to 1970. Initially producing power assisted bicycles, the division moved on to producing mopeds and then motorcycles. The motorcycles were technologically advanced and powered by two-stroke engines.
One of the many high quality small displacement bikes from a company we now only associate with tires, the Bridgestone 175 Dual Twin was basically a baby sport bike with two of their 90cc single engines merged together.
The Dual Twin featured expensive rotary valves, fully-enclosed carbs, the first oil mixing system that Bridgestone used, and a “Sport-Shift” lever, a lever on the left side of the transmission that enabled a manual overdrive function enabling a top speed bump from 65 to about 80-85 miles per hour. The 177cc engine produced 20 horsepower and the bike weighed 271 pounds.
We have seen the bike start and run and the owner has ridden it recently. The bike comes with some paperwork, V5, receipt for the crank rebuild kit and a spare set of gaskets.
