The current edition of OBM has a nice spread about the "Salon Prive", an exclusive show at Blenheim Palace. The bike that caught my eye was a nice little English assembled bike with an Italian engine. Reading the spiel, I learned that it is a Vtwin 2 stroke that produces 75 bhp.....from 250cc! Shades of Grand Prix indeed, as it resembles one of the stacked-type engines common in the racing scene of a few years back. Yes, it's basically 2 x 125s with contra-rotating cranks and all sorts of electronics dealing with the inlet side. The power to weight ratio is given as 660 bhp/ton, but I presume that is without the rider! The other eye-catch was the 1950 Husqvarna, said to be a twin, but I think it may be a twin-port single. Anyone up on Husky history?
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