In the 1950s Meguro entered
racing and built its first twin cylindered design, the 651 cc (39.7 cu in) T1 "Senior" with a
pre-unit parallel twin engine inspired by British practice and later the K-series "Stamina" model copied from the
BSA A7, one of which Meguro had bought in 1953. Its quality and engineering was superior to the
BSA[3] and it was described by
Edward Turner, one of Britain’s most talented motorcycle designers, as "too good to be true".[
citation needed] For the first time, the Japanese motorcycle industry was seen as a threat.
[4] Its other models designed in collaboration with
Kawasaki were entirely of Japanese design.
Meguro raced the 500 cc
overhead camshaft single cylinder model at the Asama Kazan
speedway circuit in
Tsumagoi,
Gunma Prefecture.
[5] For many years, the company was only outsold by
Honda.
The only bike I would say looks like a copy of a British bike is the Paralell twin Kawasaki which is similar to a Triumph Bonnie.One of the most sucessful Britsh bikes of all time was the BSA Bantam. A design stolen from the German company DKM ? DKW
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