The early/mid-60's Royce Union were all Japanese, if I remember my reading correctly it was the first brand name for a Japanese bike sold in the US. No idea who actually made them, and my reading had always led me to believe that, at the time, whatever Japanese bikes were being brought over were under the Royce Union brand name, no matter what manufacturer.
For the money (cheap) a good quality bike. Unfortunately, it never occurred to the Japanese to size them for American riders, so they were invariably sold towards adolescents.
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