VRP500

My last entry was about the Librenti 500, when I made it I was thinking about that other illusive bike that raced in the 500cc class at the same time, the VRP500. I almost could not find any information about it on the web, so I contacted Andy Leuthe and Carlo Verona. This is the information I received from them. First Carlo made a frame for Andy's Suzuki XR70 reed valve engine, after that Carlo, with contribution of Andy, made a total new bike with a home made V4 engine. One of the bikes was for Andy the other for an Italian racer. Nowadays Carlo still has one bike the other was sold, the whereabouts of this bike are unknown. The bike that Carlo has is in pieces but he has plans to restore it. Carlo still runs a company, Verona Racing Parts (VRP) this company makes König like airboat race engines. Andy and Carlo many thanks for the pics and the information!
Some specs of the 1992 VRP500
Engine: V4 500 - with 2 crankshafts
Carburettors: 39mm Dell'Orto VHSB
Bore - Stroke: 54 x 54
Power: 145 HP tested at the rear wheel at 12000 rpm
For more pics see
VRP500

Librenti 500

Here a few links to some pics and vids of a very rare 500cc GP machine the Librenti V4 500cc two stroke. In the pic above you see Marco Papa and the 1992 bike. These bikes were made by Giancarlo Librenti who died in 1993 at the age of 56. Librenti is one of the more illusive Italian makes, just like VRP. First you had Cagiva and then Paton and after that the small ones like Librenti and VRP.
For more pics see
Librenti
Start up of a Librenti
Part 1
Part 2

Great König pics

Found some great pics on the web about König and the König factory. König was the manufacturer of the great four cylinder boxer two stroke outboard racing engines. These engines were also used in the 500cc motorcycle world championship by Kim Newcombe.
For the pics see
The König Factory
Other König pics and memorabilia

Bremen Classic Show 2012

Honda RS500 triple two stroke racer ex Gustav Reiner aka Kamikaze Gustl, seen at the Classic Show in Bremen February 2012.
For more pics see
Bremen Classic Show 2012

Yamaha YZR500 pics

This time the old and forgotten Blatawcm site with a lot of very nice Yamaha YZR500 engine pics on it, grab them while you can!!
Pit and engine shots
Also some very nice action shots of Garry McCoy and John Hopkins.
Gallery

Cagiva RG500

Cagiva/Suzuki RG500 MK4, this was the first bike in the 500cc class under the name of Cagiva. This is the ex Alex George machine as ridden in the TT of Man in 1979 and 4 Grand prix, Austria 13th, Italy 13th and 2 retirements. He won the big race at the TT beating Mike Hailwood on the Big Honda, but the Cagiva/Suzuki failed in the senior and Mike won the race.
For more pics see
Cagiva RG500

The World’s Fastest Waterbottle

This time a really amazing bike made by Brett De Stoop, this 1000cc triple Suzuki (based on a GT750 of 35 years old!!) with home made cylinderblock is capable of almost 374 kmph!!
For more about this bike and its builder see
Brett De Stoop, the New contender?
Speedweek: Brett De Stoop
Pics of the bike and the engine
The bike and the owner
The engine