Tamiya 35245 JGSDF Motorcycle Recon. Set

The Japanese Land Self-Defense Forces (JSDGF in English), indirectly continuing the traditions of the Second World War, use specially adapted motorcycles in their reconnaissance units. Their presence in the JSDGF units is conditioned, inter alia, by the topography of the Japanese mother islands with numerous mountains, forests and hills. In such terrain, a relatively light and mobile reconnaissance motorcycle is not - contrary to appearances - a completely missed idea. From the turn of the 1970s and 1980s, the role of a reconnaissance motorcycle (eng. Reconnaissance motorcycle ) a fully Honda XL250 R powered by a 250cc engine with 24 HP. This vehicle belongs to the enduro class, which is characterized by a high degree of off-road mobility. From the turn of the first and second decades of the 21st century, it has been replaced in line by a motorcycle Kawasaki KLX250S, also powered by a 250cc engine and also having very good off-road properties.