By Michelle Jackson
There’s an organization for circuit racing and another one for sprint (drag) racing. Phil and Kris of Rocket Race Club actually invited some of them as their guests to Bikers’ Festival. Below, we talk to Jesco for more details and video about his 88-hp Vespa drag scooter. Are you interested in sponsoring the Rocket Race Club series? If so, contact [email protected]More Rocket Race Club Bikes
Especially when your race bike makes five times its original power, runs nitrous, and weighs next to nothing. This plucky little sprinter started out as a Piaggio NRG—a 50 cc scooter from the mid-2000s—but it’s come a long way. Then, a few months later, he approached me about doing a project together.”Mirko had been working at Scooter Centre in Cologne for years, and had a lot of experience building scooter drag bike motors. Nick and Mirko got talking, and before long had mocked up just how the NRG should look. The block, cylinder, intake, exhaust and piston were all ported and flowed, to bring the original NRG motor up to 20 PS.
Ada yang menarik dari jalannya balapan milik Bodisa Motor Sport. Salah satu yang menarik dari jalannya event ini, ialah dengan datangnya serbuan dari para komunitas Vespa Balap. Cukup sulit bahkan nihil, agenda balap seperti ini untuk kita para penyuka Vespa Kebut,” singkat dari salah satu Peserta dari Komunitas Vespa. Dalam gelaran balapnya ini, Bodisa memberikan slot untuk para komunitas Vespa dengan kelas Vespa 2T Standar TU 200cc. Karena minat dari Vespa 2T besar, dan mereka berani tanggung jawab membawa jumlah start.
Hopped-up scooters from defunct German manufacturers—like this 1959 NSU Prima 3—are a rarer breed. He’s also a co-founder of the Rocket Race Club—one of the leagues on the European sprint racing scene. Rocket Race Club added a scooter class to their race series last year after being approached by an organization of German vintage scooter racing enthusiasts. So, for this season, he figured that he should throw his hat in the ring with his very own racing scooter. In the early 50s, they built Lambretta scooters under license in their factory in Neckarsulm, north of Stuttgart.
