Not what you thought it is, eh? The engine was a low compression 50cc motor out of a 1976 Honda Z50A, and it'* going in a 1979 Z50R frame. The Z50R has an 88cc motor in it now, which isn't too reliable, so this fifty is just so I can ride the bike around reliably.

Here'* the motor half way through a paint job (head and middle of case will be silver). What I've done to it: New clutch plates, clutch disks, cylinder bored .50 over with a .50 piston, and a fresh paint job of course!

This beast pumps out 3hp and 2.5 ft lbs....woot!

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Here'* a pic of the original paint job I put on it, which I decided was really crappy so I redid it.

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Final paint job. I can't wait to hear the MF roar!

did the thing BHG or something?



I would imagine 3hp/2.5tq would be way more than enough to get you in trouble, eh?

Yeah, it'* more than most can handle. What'* BHG?

I remember the Honda 50"* when they first came out back in the early 70'*. Those were good little engines. They had clutchless 3 speed transmissions didn't they? IIRC

Not clutchless, they have a centrifical clutch. Yeah, theyre 3 speeds. The little things are damn near impossible to kill.

The first fifties actually came out in the late 60s, with the Z50.

blown head gasket

Oh, no, it was just old and had low compression. I had it bored .50 over and put a new piston in it.

I had one 1979 bike with the 70cc in it, called "Mini-trail" here.
This bike was slow but unbeatable, i did everything possible with that bike, i sold it 4 year ago and i think its still running.

I'm sure it is still running =). If this is what it looked like http://www.thescooterguys.com/79ct70ltjpeg.jpg then it was a CT70. I just have a passion for these little 50s, no idea why =).


^my awsomely awsome bike