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Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 9:31 pm
by Old Grinner
There's just something about ringing the neck out of a smaller machine that seems exhilarating and refreshing. Call me crazy! :D

As they say, "It's more fun to ride the slower machines fast than to ride the faster machines slow". :lol:

Watch the tachometer during the shifts . . .. Wow. ;)

From the land of Heineken let the race go on! 8)


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!! :D 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!! :D I Did Grin, That was....
Excellent movie . . ..

As a rider in the race would say, "Somebody stop me!". :lol:

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 . . .. :D


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. :D


Re: Refreshing 50cc Racing . . . Will Make You Grin!

Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 6:57 am
by dick the den
Mad but brilliant