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The original Honda TMX line started production in 1985 as the Honda TM 110, a heavy-duty derivative of the Honda S110 designed for tricycle use. In 1981, a more powerful version, TMX 155, was also launched. The TMX 155 is a 155.3 cc four-stroke, OHV, air-cooled engine. It had a 4-down manual transmission and a primary kickstarter.
Métisse Steve McQueen Desert Racer Métisse Motorcycles is a British low-volume manufacturer of specialist motorcycles and motorcycle frames based in Carswell near Faringdon , Oxfordshire . Since 1982, Métisse has produced motorcycle frame kits for British bike engines .
The racing shop built a 50 cc racer based on Tohatsu's 50cc twin-cylinder racer. Knowing the weaknesses of the Tohatsu machine, the new engine was designed to overcome these issues. The main problem was overheating, so water-cooling was used for the cylinders and heads. A race kit was also developed for the 90 cc production engine. [8] [23]
The café racer influence is apparent in the design of some electric motorcycles, for example, the TC model of Super Soco is commonly referred to as a café racer. [ 38 ] A shared design foundation that can frequently be found among many café racers are clip on handle bars, a flat alignment of the passenger seat and fuel tank and spoked wheels ...
"Harley-Davidson XLCR Cafe Racer", Sump, 2015 Lindsay, Brooke (November 5, 2006), "Harley's Sportster: From a Wild Child to a Grown-Up in 50 Years" , The New York Times , retrieved 2015-06-28 , As grim as those days were in terms of performance, it was an era that produced two of the Sportsters considered most unusual and sought-after by ...
They produce many model car kits including road cars, sports racing cars, World Rally Championship cars, and Formula One racing cars. Usually these are 1/24 scale although the Formula One kits are 1/20 scale. A few street, racing, and F1 kits are also produced in 1/12 scale including the Ferrari 641/2, McLaren Honda MP4/6, and Williams Renault ...
[8] [9] [10] One of their most notable complete cars, the Top Secret V12 Supra featured a unique bespoke body kit called the G-Force kit, new headlights, and gold Rays GTF wheels. The body is 33mm wider than stock in the front, and 55mm wider in the rear. [11] A recognizable feature of many Top Secret tuned cars are their gold paint schemes.
Model Products Corporation, usually known by its acronym, MPC, is an American brand and former manufacturing company of plastic scale model kits and pre-assembled promotional models of cars that were popular in the 1960s and 1970s. MPC's main competition was model kits made by AMT, Jo-Han, Revell, and Monogram.