Posted October 25, 201113 yr Moderator 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
October 25, 201113 yr Amazing engineering ,, power from little CC"s,, thats what i like about two- smokes,,,
November 4, 201113 yr 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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