JAPANESE NATIONAL CHAMPION 1928 2 CAM ROAD RACER

THIS IS 1928 2 CAM FHAC ROAD RACER RIDDEN BY JAPANESE RIDER "SHIMAMURA".THIS BIKE WAS RACED IN JAPAN FROM 1928 UNTIL 1948.US SERVICEMAN GEORGE SKEETS BROUGHT THIS BIKE BACK FROM JAPAN .SKEETS WAS STATIONED IN JAPAN AND STARTED HELPING A JAPANESE HARLEY DEALER WORK ON THIER RACE BIKE .AFTER SKEETS BROUGHT OVER A NEW REBUILT BIKE FROM THE US ,HE WAS GIVEN OLD RACE BIKE FOR HIS TROUBLE.SKEETS'S DAD HAD WORKED AT THE HARLEY FACTORY IN THE OLD DAYS AND ROBERT HAD 2 CAM CUTDOWNS AND WAS EXPERT MOTOR BUILDER.WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS BIKE FOR OVER 10 YEARS .WE HAVE LEFT THE BIKE WITH OLD PAINT AND JUST WARMED HER UP.WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL NUMBER PLATES WHICH READ 108--THIS IS COOL- THE MOTOR NUMBERS ARE 801--I DID'NT REALIZE UNTIL A JAPANESE FRIEND OF MINE TOLD ME THE JAPANESE READ FROM RIGHT TO LEFT --WHICH REALLY MAKES NUMBERS ON PLATE READ 801.I HAVE PICTURES OF SHIMAMURA RACING THE BIKE AND SEVERAL GOOD SHOTS OF HIM CRASHING THE BIKE .WE ALSO HAVE THE ORIGINAL TROPHY SHIMAMURA WON AT A RACE IN OSAKA JAPAN .I WILL BE ADDING MORE PICTURES --THE TROPHY IS GREAT.I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY HISTORY AVAILABLE FROM JAPAN.