Moderator drewpy Posted October 25, 2011 Moderator Posted October 25, 2011 Rotary Valve two-stroke with 3-cylinders in a V configuration (2 horizontal...1 vertical) @ 20,000 rpm it made 19 BHP. So how to keep it in it's powerband of 1200 rpm? a fourteen speed gearbox ..each piston 16.6 cc what is it? The amazing Suzuki RP 68 50cc Grand Prix Triple 380 BHP/Liter...40 years ago
Moderator Airhead Posted October 25, 2011 Moderator Posted October 25, 2011 Nice find drewpy, never heard of them
blackhat250 Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 Amazing engineering ,, power from little CC"s,, thats what i like about two- smokes,,,
up.yours Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 they don't make em like they use too anymore,?? THANK GOD..
leightonbike121 Posted October 26, 2011 Posted October 26, 2011 fascinating!!!!!! you gotta love the old 2strokes,a dying breed.
triton john Posted November 4, 2011 Posted November 4, 2011 Amazing bits of kit the old 60's two strokes. Thank goodness for the East Germans eh ? One thing comunism certainly got right was the 2 stroke engine tuning and expansion chamber design. OK so the far east and europe did their fair share but until Walter Kaaden discovered the harmonics involved in exhaust design 2 strokes would still be using megga's ! Puch for some strange and obscure reason known only to themselves still used megga's on their twin in the 60's !!!!! The biggest step forward was the defection of Ernst Degner aided and abeted superbly by Suzuki. Some say he sold himself too cheap and from some articles I have read I tend to aggree. But the fact remains that if it were not for his defection and talent as a rider and engineer and the superb brain and skill of Kaaden we would probably never have seen or heard such amazing bits of kit. Certainly 2 stroke development as we know it would have been much slower.
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