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Jim
Goodlett
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Derbi
GPR50r
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Cagiva
Mito Prima 50
1998
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Lovely
little two headed beast ~ part Spanish and part Italian
bike ~ borne from the euro tradition of making small
things buoyantly fast...this is actually a Cagiva
Mito Prima 50 (with 72cc port), rebadged as a Derbi
(with the Cagiva elephant emblem all over the parts)
when Derbi bought the rights to license the bike and
begin making some of the parts which are actually
Cagiva parts on this particular model...go figure,
crazy Euros...
here we have the latest ride, fetched nearly unused
at 70km on the clocks, which I have started to flog
around the track after a break in period...then again,
carmped over the tank and attempting to hide under
the windscreen gives me a good flog as well...which
in this case, giving me
far better half scooter riding lessons
seems quite smart after all...
nonetheless, WERA has now started a squid class for
these bikes, and at the very least, several mates
(Rusty and Tony)
have gotten into the game to lend credence to a pack
of would be hooligans acting completely absurd on
machines that emanate sounds like gerbils being throttled...but
fast throttled gerbils mind you...trick parts to be
added per Tony
Mirando's guidance include, pipe, carb
kit, track/road tyres (gummy Pirelli road/track tyres
which were recently shredded on the August track day
of late), and the gods know what else to make it all
seem loads lighter and faster (though not quite sure
what one does with a massive 12hp scoot beyond frantically
attempting to disguise the gerbil throttling noises
when trying to impress the lasses).
lovely scoot indeed... |
