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The formula specifies that a cyclekart is a one-seat car using Honda 17 × 1.75 or 2 inch (432 × 44 or 51 mm) rims, 17 × 2.50 (432 × 64 mm) tires, a 38-inch (965 mm) track, wheelbase as close to 66 inches (1676 mm) as the aesthetics of the car will allow, weight no more than 250 lbs (113 kg), and powered by a 200 cc class, single cylinder, 6 ...
Rupp karts featured single- or dual-engine models with behind-seat-mounted fuel tanks. Rupp would eventually introduce a kart with four-wheel independent suspension. [3] The first Rupp karts introduced were called Dart Karts. Rupp also produced the A-Bone, A-Bone Deuce (both pictured to the right), Lancer, Monza Jr. and later the J Dart Kart.
A 1955 Model B "Hummer" at the Harley-Davidson Museum. The Hummer was added to Harley-Davidson's model line in 1955. It was a stripped-down basic model using a redesigned "B-model" engine with the old 125 cc capacity. It was named after Dean Hummer, a Harley dealer in Omaha, Nebraska who led national Harley two-stroke sales. [2]
By the 1950s Simplex's designs were primitive, leading to the end of Servi-Cycle and Automatic production in 1960. [4] [5] Simplex continued to make minibikes and karts using proprietary small engines [5] [6] until 1975, when Simplex went out of business. [5] Treen had sold the company three years earlier, in 1972. [7]
Crosskart (also cross car, sprint car, kart cross or off-road kart) is a type of kart racing that takes place on autocross, rallycross, dirt oval or ice racing tracks instead of on paved tracks. Competitions take place in classes that are based on cylinder volume (85 cc, 125 cc, 250 cc, or 650 cc).
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The bike's 124.4 cc (7.59 cu in) single-cylinder powerplant, redesigned for the 1958 125 Aurea, was an overhead valve pushrod engine made visually distinctive by a "Ducati Meccanica" winged laurel wreath and "D" logo [5] cast in relief in brass on the left side aluminum flywheel cover. Mechanically, the new engine used an internal rather than ...
BSA launched the first model, the D1, in 1948. Motorcycles based on the RT125 also went into production in other countries. The DKW factory was in Zschopau in the Soviet occupation zone in Germany, and in about 1946 the Soviet Union launched the Moskva M1A made in Moscow. [citation needed] Harley-Davidson launched its Model 125 late in 1947.