There's just something about ringing the neck out of a smaller machine that seems exhilarating and refreshing. Call me crazy!
As they say, "It's more fun to ride the slower machines fast than to ride the faster machines slow".
Watch the tachometer during the shifts . . .. Wow.
From the land of Heineken let the race go on!
Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:14 am
by Mel46
Gee, those little things can go as fast as a PCX 150! Dang. Wait...is that good or bad??
Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:24 pm
by NADman
I had a Honda Hell Cat 450 DOHC in the late 60's. Factory red line was 12,000.
4 speed went exactly 10 MPH per 1000 rev's in 4th- thus 100 MPH @ 10,000, 120 MPH @ 12,000 rpm.
And yes, it could.
This was the bike that led me to abandon British bikes (and more) completely.
Sorry, we didn't take pic's back then.
Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:11 pm
by Mel46
How do you get that kind of speed from a 50cc engine!?? I wonder if it was still a 50cc when they finished doing whatever they did to them?? Imagine this mighty little 150cc PCX with those changes. I know that gearing makes a difference but come on now. Those little bikes had 1/3 the CCs, so what is their secret? Is the PCX wasting a lot of horsepower or something?
Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:44 am
by pcx man
Mel46, those are 2 strokes for one. More power per cc plus highly tuned.
Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:45 am
by dick the den
Bonkers but bloody great and very good fun
Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 11:42 am
by WhiteNoise
W O W!! I Did Grin, That was....
Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 2:09 pm
by Old Grinner
W O W!! I Did Grin, That was....
Excellent movie . . ..
As a rider in the race would say, "Somebody stop me!".
Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 7:06 am
by dick the den
Watched the assen round as well
Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:31 am
by Old Grinner
More racing from Boekel, Netherlands.
Good going fast at a grass roots level. Less can be more . . ..
Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 6:06 am
by dick the den
Brilliant another class that might be good around there is MZ 250 racing it needs to be cheap to get the best out of it.
Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:42 pm
by Old Grinner
Japanese scooter racing from over a decade ago . . .. Interesting.
Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!