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Bridgestone 90 cc racing motorcycle. To gain publicity for their motorcycles, Bridgestone's management decided to set a road racing programme with their machines. A race shop was set up, some of the engineers had previously been employed in Tohatsu's racing department. [8] The racing shop built a 50 cc racer based on Tohatsu's 50cc twin ...
3 Motorcycle racing. 4 Open wheel racing. 5 ... This list of 1966 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship ...
The 1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 18th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of twelve Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 8 May, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on 17 October.
Pages in category "Motorcycles introduced in 1966" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. BSA B44; D.
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The Bridgestone 350 GTR was a standard motorcycle built by the motorcycle division of Bridgestone from 1967 until 1971. It had an air-cooled 345 cc (21.1 cu in) two-stroke Straight-twin engine , which produced 37 hp (27.6 kW; 37.5 PS) at 7,500 rpm , and could hit a claimed top speed of 95 mph (153 km/h).
The first official Belgian Grand Prix was held in 1949, but non-championship races were held as far back as 1921. Every Belgian GP was held at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, with the exception of the 1980 season when the round moved to the Zolder circuit due to problems with the new asphalt at Spa-Francorchamps in 1979. [1]
In late 1966, Dick MacCoon of Grant Industries (known for its famous Grant piston rings), [10] contacted Bill to discuss joining forces to create what is now known as the "Grant-VanTech Kits". A first of its kind, the kits gave riders the ability to convert a variety of lightweight motorcycles to a scrambler , road racer or TT special, or to ...