dunno come on Firko, spill the beans
Jeez Doc....I haven't got a clue. I thought it was a Suzuki 80 and figured it'd be a bit of fun to build a Peter Gaunt "Replica" out of it as a cool pitbike. It just goes to show that if you take the tank badge off some of these early little tiddlers they all look the same
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Below is a brief history of the Suzuki Trials bikes from Jeff Clew's Book "Suzuki", published by Haynes.
Although factory interest in trials events did not occur until the early 1970's, there had been a number of limited production Suzuki powered trials machines available in Britain very much earlier. One of the first pioneers was Peter Gaunt, a Yorkshireman who, in co-operation with Suzuki Great Britain, produced a number of trials versions of the 80cc "K11" lightweight model. Having a ground clearance of no less than 8 inches and weighing only 168lbs, the Gaunt Suzuki showed great promise, despite the small engine capacity. It was at this time that the two-stroke was starting to make a serious bid for the major awards in trials-type events which previously had been more or less dominated by the much heavier four-stroke singles. Gaunt was not alone in this approach either. Another was Bob Collier, who geared down his 50cc Suzuki for use in sporting trials. His approach was to add an additional two or three-speed gearbox in behind the existing four-speed unit so that it would provide the same effect as that of making up a very special 12-speed gear cluster, a somewhat daunting task.
It had been his intention to enter his lightweight special in the 1964 Scottish Six Days Trial, using the ultra-low gearing to compensate for the lack of power from such a small engine, and start he did. Unfortunately he had to retire on the second day, when his tiny machine was quite literally drowned in the heavy floods that were characteristic of that year's event. But his machine was later tested by Roger Maughling for Motorcycle Sport, himself no lightweight. He rode the machine in a trial organised by his local Knighton Club and his comments afterwards made interesting reading. He completed the course too, after many others had fallen by the wayside Even so, he was amazed by the 112:1 bottom gear, which gave a road speed of about 3mph at peak revs. No wonder there was hardly a hill the machine would not climb, provided it could be kept upright.
