Jack Craib's Rowboat Motor Information Site

 

Koban

 

.....Koban's straight forward motto was"The Motor Does Not Shake the Boat" .

There were two types of 1914 models: early (March & April), and late (May - Dec). The early one had fins on the heads etc and the late one appears to be identical to the 1915 battery model (smooth heads etc).

The 1915's had plain domed heads without lettering.

1916+ had the "Koban" name cast into the dome.

Koban - 1914

Koban

early exhaust

Koban #5377
with underwater exhaust

See catalog page
about exhaust.

Koban #5850

Koban #5986

Koban #6333

Koban #8084

Koban #8308

Koban #8390

Koban #8701

Koban # 10102

Koban #10109
 "before"

Koban #10315
cool story

Koban #12091

Koban #12119
 untouched,
in original crate

Koban #12276,
nicely restored

Koban #19139, unrestored

Koban #19183
Model G

Koban #19344

Koban #21395


with Tilter!

Koban 1918

 Your motor
could be here!

Articles:

Ads:
appearing in

Complete Catalog -
Models C and D,
plus their specs and accessory pages

Catalog pages
E Models

 Catalog pages
Model H

 

Complete Catalog

missing 2 pages

 

 

 
 

Brochure
Parts with Prices

1915 Brochure
Koban Feaatures

Mail in card

    

About the catalogs:

Koban catalogs seem to go out of their way not to reference any dates. It is really annoying.

Other catalogs might even have dated testimonials referencing the models, but not Koban. They won't even hint at a date, which makes a catalog stay "fresh" longer if you are planning mailing it out for an unknown length of time. Waste not, want not.


Business card

 Just felt like adding the
marine engine for canoes.