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General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: richard on January 19, 2012, 06:10:20 pm

Title: first 50 cc engines ?
Post by: richard on January 19, 2012, 06:10:20 pm

further to Stuarts reply , on another topic , i wondered just when the first commercially available 50cc engine became available . surely this must have been a post war two stroke ? what was it ?

Title: Re: first 50 cc engines ?
Post by: Jonathan Poll on January 19, 2012, 09:03:39 pm

They were in fact from WWII, not after.

Dont have any names in my head now, but if I find some I'll link you.

JP

Title: Re: first 50 cc engines ?
Post by: richard on January 19, 2012, 09:19:35 pm

been online and come up with WWII cushman paratroop bikes but cannot find the c.c. rating .would that be the one ? hondas from 1952 i think

Title: Re: first 50 cc engines ?
Post by: Jonathan Poll on January 19, 2012, 09:25:06 pm

Quote from: lightweight dickie on January 19, 2012, 09:19:35 pm

been online and come up with WWII cushman paratroop bikes but cannot find the c.c. rating .would that be the one ? hondas from 1952 i think

Seems to be 50cc by the pics, but hard to tell.

Title: Re: first 50 cc engines ?
Post by: Bob Purton on January 19, 2012, 11:39:43 pm

There were 50cc and 98cc cyclemotors before ww2, Sach being one.

Title: Re: first 50 cc engines ?
Post by: richard on January 22, 2012, 08:01:18 pm

have only found 98cc ,74cc and 60cc pre-war sachs engines . not being picky but i did just wonder how and why a law was made exempting the need for a 50cc device to not require a speedo - why would they pass such a measure and for which particular machine