ITALJET PR 50

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This is my ITALJET PR 50, this is all original, just requires two side panels which I have no idea how to come across , can anyone help ?

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dadofagun 7/19/2015 6:26pm
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lee motoman wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/07/17/97933/s1200_050.jpg[/img] This is my ITALJET PR 50, this is all original, just requires two side panels which I have no idea how to come across...


This is my ITALJET PR 50, this is all original, just requires two side panels which I have no idea how to come across , can anyone help ?

When my brother was 11, he was sent one of those bikes directly from Italy. I remember it was a school night, and during supper, the freight dock at the airport called Daddy to let him know it had arrived. Within minutes, the three of us were kissing Momma bye and making the 2 hour drive to go get it. All the way home, my brother and I cut open parts of the crate to drool at the trickness! ! Alum tank, rims, the little bike was SO far ahead of its time, and the first time we fired it, we had never heard anything like it. Very hard to ride, and had 0 bottom end, my God help the poor kid on that thing when she came alive. Such a special machine very few knew about, I would gladly pay whatever it would take to buy that for my brother.
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dadofagun 7/19/2015 6:29pm
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And, I believe we still have a new, correct silencer for that bike....
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barkhard696 7/19/2015 8:25pm
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I had a buddy in high school whose parents had immigrated from Italy. He got this bike as his 12th birthday present and I agree completely with the assessment of Dad. Such a cool bike but such a bear to ride. My buddy got a Ducati he made into a cafe racer for his 16th birthday .. He had really cool parents!
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lee motoman 7/21/2015 2:20am
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dadofagun wrote:
And, I believe we still have a new, correct silencer for that bike....
HI,MY DAD BROUGHT MY BROTHER ONE OF THESE IN ABOUT 1978 HE WAS ONLY NINE AT THE TIME SO IT WAS LOWERED AS MUCH AS IT WOULD GO, I ONLY HAVE ONE PICTURE OF MY BROTHER ON IT WHICH IS A SHAME,
HAVE YOU ANY PICTURES OF YOUR BROTHER ON HIS, HAVING SPENT ALMOST 2 YEARS RESEACHING THESE BIKES THERE WAS ONLY 100 MADE WITH A MINARELLI 50CC CORSA CORTA 14HP ENGINE WITH 6 SPEED GEAR BOX , MARZOCCHI SUSPENION AND GOLD AKRON WHEELS,
WOULD LOVE TO HERE MORE ABOUT THESE BIKES ,DONT THINK I WOULD SELL,THANKS ALOT LEE.
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dadofagun 7/21/2015 3:51pm
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PM sent to you. As far as side panels go, in 1979,Italjet also produced a little bike call the KS 50. It shared plastics with the PR, and they produced a shitload of them. The KS was basically a much tamer version of the PR, not having the cool alum rims, alum tank, and fire breather engine. The tanks appeared to be the same, however the KS being steel, and painted red. Google the KS 50, and you may have better luck searching for parts using that bike in a search engine. You appear to have most of the rare pieces covered, and seem to be well on your way. Btw, check your carb, it should be a 36 mm Dellorto. Yes, a 36!! Hard to believe a 50 had a monster carb like that, but that would also explain why the little bastard would scream like hell, and damn near die in corners unless your held in the clutch and kept the revs ups. They were so hard to ride, and very few kids could actually make them work properly.....hence the reason they only made so few. Plus, they were not cheap. I think Dad told me at the time they had msrp of $1399.... That was an assload of money for a mini in 1979. Especially since a Suzuki RM 60 was 400 bucks or so. Good luck with her, she is awful special!!!
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lee motoman 7/27/2015 11:37am
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Thanks for all your info on bike, I have looked at the ks bikes but no luck yet I will just keep looking, hope you get one of these bikes they really don't look 40 years old, thanks again.
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dadofagun 1/18/2018 12:11pm
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Damn I want that bike.....
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Very cool bike. Just in case you guys don't use it....I would suggest constantly checking www.subito.it it's basically Italy's Craigslist.
alex xr75 2/25/2018 7:40am
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lee motoman wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/07/17/97933/s1200_050.jpg[/img] This is my ITALJET PR 50, this is all original, just requires two side panels which I have no idea how to come across...


This is my ITALJET PR 50, this is all original, just requires two side panels which I have no idea how to come across , can anyone help ?

Hello Lee have you found the sidepanels yet ?
And where did you get the decals ?
I am working on a pr50 also
greetings from the Netherlands
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kruspy378 2/26/2018 3:27am
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Wow... Thats a very special bike. Trick indeed.
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kruspy378 2/26/2018 3:49am
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Kids must have been drooling over that bike back in the day. So much big bike stuff on it. Maico 490 cylinder, YZ monocross rear suspension, air assist forks, 36mm carb off some race 125 or 250, HRC works aluminum tank... Oh yes, yellow and blue. Too cool!
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We drove to Florida around 1980 and the hotel we stayed at in one of the southern states had one of these mounted on a coin-op kids ride (where it would rock back n forth) My dad thought the name was hilarious. When I would bug him to buy me a dirt-bike he would say OK lets find an ITALJET! This was a few years before my XR75 ..
This post brings back those memories. So Italian bikes have been trick since day one.
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dadofagun 3/14/2018 8:37pm
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Cmon dude! Sell me that bike, it’ll make a great present for my big brother at Xmas! I have a correct seat cover, and silencer for one of those. I even have the kickstand, it mounts on the right side, instead of left. It will go to a good home, mounted on his presentation space, above his staircase. I’m not kidding around, PM me....
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My 1974 Italjet Tarbo 50cc Minarelli 4 speed

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alex xr75 8/8/2018 8:29am
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dadofagun wrote:
Cmon dude! Sell me that bike, it’ll make a great present for my big brother at Xmas! I have a correct seat cover, and silencer for...
Cmon dude! Sell me that bike, it’ll make a great present for my big brother at Xmas! I have a correct seat cover, and silencer for one of those. I even have the kickstand, it mounts on the right side, instead of left. It will go to a good home, mounted on his presentation space, above his staircase. I’m not kidding around, PM me....
Hey dadofagun i,m working on a pr50 and a pr6 and need the side covers for the pr50 if you maybe know something please let me know
Greetings
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alex xr75 8/8/2018 9:03am
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dadofagun wrote:
Cmon dude! Sell me that bike, it’ll make a great present for my big brother at Xmas! I have a correct seat cover, and silencer for...
Cmon dude! Sell me that bike, it’ll make a great present for my big brother at Xmas! I have a correct seat cover, and silencer for one of those. I even have the kickstand, it mounts on the right side, instead of left. It will go to a good home, mounted on his presentation space, above his staircase. I’m not kidding around, PM me....
alex xr75 wrote:
Hey dadofagun i,m working on a pr50 and a pr6 and need the side covers for the pr50 if you maybe know something please let me...
Hey dadofagun i,m working on a pr50 and a pr6 and need the side covers for the pr50 if you maybe know something please let me know
Greetings
Alex
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This is the pr50
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dadofagun 8/9/2018 10:37am
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dadofagun wrote:
Cmon dude! Sell me that bike, it’ll make a great present for my big brother at Xmas! I have a correct seat cover, and silencer for...
Cmon dude! Sell me that bike, it’ll make a great present for my big brother at Xmas! I have a correct seat cover, and silencer for one of those. I even have the kickstand, it mounts on the right side, instead of left. It will go to a good home, mounted on his presentation space, above his staircase. I’m not kidding around, PM me....
alex xr75 wrote:
Hey dadofagun i,m working on a pr50 and a pr6 and need the side covers for the pr50 if you maybe know something please let me...
Hey dadofagun i,m working on a pr50 and a pr6 and need the side covers for the pr50 if you maybe know something please let me know
Greetings
Alex
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This is [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/08/08/279402/s1200_20180709_164156.jpg[/img] the pr50
This is the pr50
That is gorgeous! Love, love, love to own one!

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a22 8/10/2018 9:55am
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very cool- and great thread on these rare pocket rockets!

what was the difference between the PR6 and PR50? Bigger engine?
Remember these to a degree as we had the main importer only down the road. Did not realise though that they were so expensive and only 100 made! Also 14hp must have been a rocket for the time. 36 carb on a 50cc- crazy!!

haha- Dado made me laugh when he said 'Zero bottom end and may God help the poor kid when the thing lit up'..!! Probably best that maybe only the quicker kids had them!
Also remember a 100cc Italjet around this time, or slightly later. Again some of the quick kids had them seem to recall.
alex xr75 8/10/2018 10:43am
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very cool- and great thread on these rare pocket rockets! what was the difference between the PR6 and PR50? Bigger engine? Remember these to a degree...
very cool- and great thread on these rare pocket rockets!

what was the difference between the PR6 and PR50? Bigger engine?
Remember these to a degree as we had the main importer only down the road. Did not realise though that they were so expensive and only 100 made! Also 14hp must have been a rocket for the time. 36 carb on a 50cc- crazy!!

haha- Dado made me laugh when he said 'Zero bottom end and may God help the poor kid when the thing lit up'..!! Probably best that maybe only the quicker kids had them!
Also remember a 100cc Italjet around this time, or slightly later. Again some of the quick kids had them seem to recall.
The Pr50 was before the Pr6 they were both
but the rear suspension on the Pr50 is a monoshock and the Pr6 has two shocks as you can see on my pictures
A year or so later they also made an Pr6 80cc with the minarelli p6 engine
For that machine i already have the frame , swingarm , shocks and gas tank so who knows in a couple of years i can start building
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a22 8/11/2018 8:23am
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Thanks for the info Alex and loving this thread and these little mini rockets- how rare can you get!

What so the PR6 had two shocks set up in cantilever type fashion, kind of offset slightly from each other? Again, how trick for the time.

I must dig out some of my old pics and stuff- had a few bits on some of the Italjets around that time- what with having the importer down the road, always sort of interested me. Such cool and rare bikes from a time gone!

Goodluck with the restores and post more pics if you can of these super little bikes and your restores.
alex xr75 8/11/2018 10:10am
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Thanks for the info Alex and loving this thread and these little mini rockets- how rare can you get! What so the PR6 had two shocks...
Thanks for the info Alex and loving this thread and these little mini rockets- how rare can you get!

What so the PR6 had two shocks set up in cantilever type fashion, kind of offset slightly from each other? Again, how trick for the time.

I must dig out some of my old pics and stuff- had a few bits on some of the Italjets around that time- what with having the importer down the road, always sort of interested me. Such cool and rare bikes from a time gone!

Goodluck with the restores and post more pics if you can of these super little bikes and your restores.
Thanks for the post a22 i will keep posting and if anyone has some info or photos please let me know
Any info is welcome
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dadofagun wrote:
Cmon dude! Sell me that bike, it’ll make a great present for my big brother at Xmas! I have a correct seat cover, and silencer for...
Cmon dude! Sell me that bike, it’ll make a great present for my big brother at Xmas! I have a correct seat cover, and silencer for one of those. I even have the kickstand, it mounts on the right side, instead of left. It will go to a good home, mounted on his presentation space, above his staircase. I’m not kidding around, PM me....
Hi mate
I’m using a different name now but I posted a picture of my Italjet pr50 under the name lee moto man.
I am selling the bike now and wondered if you were still interested in buying one
Let me know

Cheers
Lee
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lee motoman wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/07/17/97933/s1200_050.jpg[/img] This is my ITALJET PR 50, this is all original, just requires two side panels which I have no idea how to come across...


This is my ITALJET PR 50, this is all original, just requires two side panels which I have no idea how to come across , can anyone help ?

Do you have extra fenders?

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