Court Show, and expected to be in the dealers by October, the new fourstroke, with a capacity of just under 200ce, is based on the tough litle XL185 motor, with some special attention of Honda RSC. Capacity of the six-speed ‘ohe unit is inereased by over- boring to 66mm (stroke remains at $7.8mm) and on \ an 8.3 to 1 compression ratio maximum power is 10.7 bhp Honda's Cot 2008 weiwsdeburar | Gran n jonda’s Colin seeey-Framed 200c tas machine made i's debut at | ** @ienne to cross hubs Earls Court and got a favourable reception ae WHITEHAWK expensive eggs in one basket, | and retailing is being handled | shocks on the back, and However substantia sever" | forthe north, by John Gaskell | Marzocchi forks up front, WONDER presen Motoreycles,of Belgrave | making it light and stract Mick's answer isa cautions | Roa Halesowen, Weat | Ne patkape a around I8SIbs To come straight out and win | expansion, and involvement” | Midlands (021-559-1270), | alin, The use of other a national championship with | in other fields, He’s moved and in the south, by Bob ‘foreign’ components, like Souris procotype is some | back ito his ld factory at | Golier,of 28 London Road, | Pye tyres, shows hat his thing ofa wonder especally | Horndean,on the-A3, to ge | Wateroovile Hants, (07014. | i no oriental toy, but & inthe finnickity world of | room to continue Suzuki" | $5024), proper competition machine tals production, while exper With Mick's rack reeoed, | tended for the British and Teinany only be the ACU_ | menting wit atemative | elle iterating to see” | European marke, and Honda Schoolboy championship, but | models wat comes net. hav cut no corner Mick Whitock's TYBO White: | "He wants ro tay in ils ‘they ely adi hat fan conversion, inthe. | because thats whee his chee previous TL125, wile Handeol tiyearatt Andew | spree andinowiedss | HONDA popular, was esentialy a Ginkar, certainty cased | hat aways been and the aie and that exper sera Tyadexpermmentis the fist | MINTS TARGET [orien a 2soaoce Step. Aki, cluding frame, | Honda's much rumoured | machine have so far proved "Young Andrew was already leading the eres when he | svinging arm, sump plate, | trials Bice ily earne out. | unsucossful because ofthe tried the Whitehawk bike, footrests and brake rod, fork | from under the wraps. And _ | weight factor. and refused tobe parted fom | legs, wheels sprockets, lke Suzuki they've tured. | "The 200, however, looks itfor the remaining rounds, | tensioner and chain, alo | to building the fame in | rights, and is bound fo win 2 Sohe was putting histite on | make the litle Yamataa | England, at the tube-bending | fev hearts among the cub: theline and constious ofthis, | bigger and beter bike, retails | premises of rondace ace | men. The production Sun at Mick hinge was ag nervous" | fore192 pls VAT Got Sete, in Ken the momet isimited ae fitted been « Word Produttionisinfullswing, | °" Revealed atthe Eris | Honda RSC sent over jst 40 Championship The sighs of relief, when it proved to be winner, were fenuine, Afterall it vasa ety ruth job, and bristled witha host of novelties pre: viously untried, He a fork pivot for alter the tral, fight and whetbase a the front axle. But with the Whitock experence in trials there should have been few worse, How the combination came about though is as interesting as the machine sel Mick, ofcourse, hasbeen responsible for building al ‘the Suzuki frames for Graft Beamish over the lst few seasons, and his small workshop in Hambledon, a sleepy village in rural Hamp shi, hasbeen tera stacked tothe doors with the The sucess of thos, how ever, brings its own worries | ‘Dubbed as the fist ofthe ‘new generation’ Montesas, the Cota 249 is the reult of two years development foray sal amuse. | RPMS fcas easly Mein Rel SS Baw aay Buel neo A quantity production BN | trpvoned exhaust sete The engine, which has resend srapecd gearbox ce reste oat no time for any other lines, | mgmmesiamalioysife covers and e quickly detatchable gearbox sprocket witha tough ubber cover. The tnd for asmal buds, the’ | JOH "Ee ot Dnt Sop ae forah sarbed Dicey he Beet 1s Moheg VET ont deer ia mul aie Vetoes Corer | | | 58 October Which Bike? www davestestsandarces weeby com