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Abe Star was a Japanese motorcycle manufacturing company, established by Abe Kugyustha in the Tokyo district in 1930. Abe Star began manufacturing 350cc and 500cc machines showing an English influence. The companies’ production capacity shifted to wartime manufacturing under the Japanese Military Government prior to the Second World War and did not return to two-wheel production until about 1949 or 1950. Their first product after the war was a 150cc two-stroke single before returning to four-strokes with a 150cc ohv single in 1951 that looked similar to a Triumph Cub. During 1955 Abe Star produced an original product, a 350cc ohv V-Twin with an unusual four leg telescopic front suspension. 250cc and 350cc ohv singles were manufactured from about 1954. The 350cc machine was released with the engine and gearbox in single unit construction in 1957, however it was not a technical success. The 350cc machine had returned to pre-unit construction in 1959 before the company ceased production in the same year.