That's exactly the model I had in mind when I made the comment about certain ugly BMW's two pages back
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That's exactly the model I had in mind when I made the comment about certain ugly BMW's two pages back
Not as ugly as the BMW, but I think the Honda Rune gets honorable mention in the the Ugly Bike Hall of Fame.
Oh, I don't know . . .
Here's one I would never describe as ugly
1948 Gilera Saturno 500. Picture from the web.
1948 Gilera Saturno 500. Picture from the web.
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You could set it on fire and it would still be beautiful!
Video rather than pics, but if two stroke history is interesting , watch...
Thank you, TW, a most interesting video. Due credit is given to Alfred Scott for his innovations and the long-running & highly successful Scott motorcycle. Plus of course some 4-cylinder Japanese 2-strokes I was unaware of.
There is a local restaurant / pizza chain here, the kind of restaurant that likes to hang all kinds of quirky stuff on the walls to look at. I’ve been in two of them that have an old Bridgestone / Puch motorcycles displayed as art. I always think they look like they would be fun to restore!
Perhaps unknown i the US
Jawa a bit long video but there is some special design ideas Not Eastern like behind iron curtain and not Western like British nor Italian
The early 60 ies ones had a special exhaust note one remembers once heard it Giving throttle PPrrrtttttt and let go of the gas it shot in the exhaust cant find it online perhaps due to wear not shown here
Pom ..pom ..pom prrrttttt Pom ..pom ..pom prrrttttt
Not so common here but saw them now and then
Jawa a bit long video but there is some special design ideas Not Eastern like behind iron curtain and not Western like British nor Italian
The early 60 ies ones had a special exhaust note one remembers once heard it Giving throttle PPrrrtttttt and let go of the gas it shot in the exhaust cant find it online perhaps due to wear not shown here
Pom ..pom ..pom prrrttttt Pom ..pom ..pom prrrttttt
Not so common here but saw them now and then
'ORRIBLE is another.
Pray tell us wot it is?
Wankel?
Love this thread! (obviously). It's a great distraction from waiting for the bad news I know is coming 
Egli FXR
Egli FXR
Can you post a pic of your Penton? I used to race against them boys: Jack Penton, Rod Bush, Joe Barker....Love this thread! (obviously). It's a great distraction from waiting for the bad news I know is coming
Egli Ducati 
Sure! 1972 Amal carbed original. True barn find. Unfortunately, his brother wouldn't sell the '73 KTM 250 next to it.
I rode on the same minuet with Jack Penton one year at the Burr Oak National.
Stayed right on his rear fender for the first 12 miles. Then we hit the first woods section, I kept him in sight for a 1/4 mile. Then never saw him the rest of the day.
Yep, they were top riders. I used to run Hare Scrambles through the winter '72-'77, 175cc class. It was "dead-engine-start". IIRC the Penton 175's were Sachs engines with left kicker. My CT3MX, MX175A,B's would start in gear and was moving before the kicker hit the footpeg - a big advantage. Most of the time I'd finish 2nd or 3rd, depending on who was running. The top two were Denny Schwartz (factory Maico 250) and Bush (Penton 175). If Bush won overall, they sometimes gave me 1st in class. If Schwartz won overall, I was, at best, 2nd to Bush.
