PREVIEW LOT
c.1980 Honda 49cc 'CR110 Replica' Racing Motorcycle Registration no. not registered Frame no. CB50J - 1050107 Engine no. CB50JE-1056214
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Preview Lot
c.1980 Honda 49cc 'CR110 Replica' Racing Motorcycle
c.1980 Honda 49cc 'CR110 Replica' Racing Motorcycle
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. CB50J - 1050107
Engine no. CB50JE-1056214
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. CB50J - 1050107
Engine no. CB50JE-1056214
Little more than one year after its breakthrough first success at World Championship level in 1961, Honda made its state-of-the-art Grand Prix technology available to privateers in the form of the 50cc CR110 and 125cc CR93 over-the-counter racers. Like their works equivalents, the 50cc single and 125cc twin employed gear-driven double overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder, this combination of tiny cylinders and minuscule valves enabling them to rev safely well into five figures, the CR110's maximum power of 8.5bhp arriving at a then stratospheric 13,500rpm. Both models employed a tubular steel frame, devoid of lower rails, to which was attached a conventional set of cycle parts, and while the '50' boasted no fewer than eight gears in the gearbox, the more tractable '125' made do with six. First made available in 1963, the duo immediately achieved a dominance of their respective classes that would last for many years, while countless stars of the future, including Bill Ivy, Jim Curry, Rod Scivyer and sidecar champion Chris Vincent, gained their early experience aboard the diminutive CRs.
The current private vendor bought this CR110 replica from a local antique dealer in Fochabers, Scotland where it was being offered from an important private collection. No other history is known. Following a period of inactivity, this motorcycle will require recommissioning and/or restoration to a greater or lesser extent and thus is sold strictly as viewed. Prospective purchasers must satisfy themselves with regard to this motorcycle's history, originality, authenticity, mechanical condition and completeness (or otherwise) prior to bidding. There are no documents with this Lot.
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The current private vendor bought this CR110 replica from a local antique dealer in Fochabers, Scotland where it was being offered from an important private collection. No other history is known. Following a period of inactivity, this motorcycle will require recommissioning and/or restoration to a greater or lesser extent and thus is sold strictly as viewed. Prospective purchasers must satisfy themselves with regard to this motorcycle's history, originality, authenticity, mechanical condition and completeness (or otherwise) prior to bidding. There are no documents with this Lot.
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