50cc class in the isle of man TT

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• ISLE
• OF
• MAN
• 50cc
• bikes
• racer
• gp

[veevum]

The 50cc Suzuki twins had 14 speed gear boxes, the single cylinder Kreidler machines had 18 gears while the four stroke Honda twins got along with a mere 12 because of its superior spread of power.

[superemposed]

yes thats right. They did move onto a three cylinder which had 18 gears but they never got to use that due to the restrictions on the number of cylinders and gears imposed by the FIM

[NOTHEREFORLONG666]

What a bastard these thing would have been to race !!!! WAS it 13 or 18 speed ?

[superemposed]

i think these were 16 speed, suzuki went on to produce a 3 cylinder 50 this had 18 gears. its a real shame that restrictions were put on cylinder numbers, what would we see today?

[jessman1004]

holymoly!!!!

[2000roadracer]

Anybody know what year this is... and what marque was number 29?

[mbcyclery]

HOLY CRAP!!! awesome bikes, even better skilled riders. ssure sounds like the pee-wee class!

[ridedirtba1]

Great bit of history.



[mvagusta175]

thanks for uploading!!!

[powertoweight100]

These bikes are twice as fast as the 50cc bikes today.

[pillockbrain]

Thanks for these great memories.. I saw them racing in 1966-67, at the I.o.M.

I recall how the Suzuki rider made 9 down-shifts into a 80 m.p.h. corner, and then back up thru the gears out... The engines had a very narrow power-band.. They reved to amazing r.p.m.s...

[wozza59]

Brilliant stuff!!!