Can anyone identify...

....my brother's bike that I rode 37 years ago? ;-)

If you want a clue, I vaguely remember that it was probably a Suzuki, a 100
or 125 (ish). It might even have been a B100P. What made it particularly
odd (or at least I think so) was that it has a split range gearbox.

It had 3 low and three high range gears, the range was selected by a small
rocker lever above the regular gear changer. I seem to recall that it had
vaguely "off-road" pretentions (definitely pretentions, not capabilities)
and that the low range was so low it was pretty useless for anything.

I've tried googling but I guess I'm just not phrasing my searches properly
because I'm not having any luck.

One last clue, it might not have been a Suzuki at all. ;-) I reckon the
gearbox must have been pretty unique though.

Tim

 

^^^^^^ ^^^^^^

<slap>

 

If the gearbox was unique it might not have been a Suzuki and it
might not have a been a 100 or a 125:
http://tinyurl.com/5rmvzvk

 

I'd be surprised if TOG hadn't bid on that...

 

That's speshal.

 

MAJER SPESHAL.

Listed as a Sports Tourer too.

 

Probably a Suzuki TC of some sort, like a TS but with dual range
gears.

http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/2188647/

 

Well, quite, its only slightly unique at best...

 

I knew as soon as I posted that someone would point out that you can't have
"pretty unique"

How about "almost one of a kind"? ;-)

Tim

 

Suzuki TC125 Trailcat

 

Nah, nothing like that BUT, the high/low shifter looks right so that would
strengthen the supposition that it was a Suzuki. For a start, my brother's
bike didn't have particualrly long range suspension travel and the mudguards
were fixed to the lower ends of the forks IIRC with small clearances twixt
tyre & guard.

That's way too modern too. ;-) It was back in 73/74 when I rode it and it
wasn't a new bike then.

Tim

 

In communiqué

Indeed. In fact some designers recognised the potential of the gearbox
and used the motor for bikes with serious off-road pretensions.
Disparagingly referred to by some riders of proper trials bikes at the
time as "clockwork mice". I remember reading an account of the SSDT
featuring watching such a machine do "pipeline", just after an AJS 350
16C had done the same section.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=618168
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