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

[Old Grinner]

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!

[Mel46]

Gee, those little things can go as fast as a PCX 150! Dang. Wait...is that good or bad??

[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.

[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?

[pcx man]

Mel46, those are 2 strokes for one. More power per cc plus highly tuned.

[dick the den]

Bonkers but bloody great and very good fun

[WhiteNoise]

W O W!! I Did Grin, That was....

[Old Grinner]

W O W!! I Did Grin, That was....

Excellent movie . . ..

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

[dick the den]

Watched the assen round as well

[Old Grinner]

More racing from Boekel, Netherlands.

Good going fast at a grass roots level. Less can be more . . ..

[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.

[Old Grinner]

Japanese scooter racing from over a decade ago . . .. Interesting.

[dick the den]

Mad but brilliant