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  1. Centurion was a brand of bicycles created in 1969 by Mitchell (Mitch) M. Weiner and Junya (Cozy) Yamakoshi, [1] who co-founded Western States Import Co. (WSI) in Canoga Park, California (initially Wil-Go Imports) to design, specify, distribute and market the bicycles.

  2. Dec 7, 2021 · Centurion was a brand of Western States Import Company (WSI) in Newbury Park, CA which also owned the Diamondback brand. Early on the bikes were made in Japan, and later Taiwan. Most of their distribution was on the west coast which might explain why I wasn’t familiar with them until more recently.

  3. Centurion bicycles was a brand created in 1969 by Mitchell (Mitch) M. Weiner and Junya (Cozy) Yamakoshi, who co-founded Western States Import Co. (WSI) in Canoga Park, California (initially Wil-Go Imports) to design, specify, distribute and market the bicycles.

  4. May 8, 2003 · #1. I've recently become the owner of an old Centurion Accordo road bike. Components are Sun Tour. I've looked it up on the internet and learned a few things about the origins of Centurion and the history of Sun Tour.

  5. Centurion was a brand of bicycles created in 1969 by Mitchell (Mitch) M. Weiner and Junya (Cozy) Yamakoshi, who co-founded Western States Import Co. The bikes themselves were manufactured initially in Japan by companies including H. Tano Company of Kobe, Japan, and later in Taiwan by a company called Merida.

  6. 3 days ago · Most of what I've learned has been gleaned from others, including a former regional sales manager for Western States Imports (WSI), the Canoga Park, California company that designed, had manufactured in Japan and marketed in the US and elsewhere its Centurion road bikes and, later, its Diamondback mountain bikes.

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  8. Jul 2, 2021 · Centurion was a brand of bicycles created in 1969 by Mitchell (Mitch) M. Weiner and Junya (Cozy) Yamakoshi, [1] who co-founded Western States Import Co. (WSI) in Canoga Park, California (initially Wil-Go Imports) to design, specify, distribute and market the bicycles.