Here's something Waspy you don't see every day

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3/30/2018 12:52pm Edited Date/Time 3/30/2018 12:55pm
Awesome, early Wasp chassis 1975ish, left handed... Looks like a Honda engine, pretty unusual, most would have been Triumph and Norton twins of that age.
Around 79-80 the XS 650 (bored and stroked to 1000cc or more) Yamaha took over until the 2 strokes became the go to in 83-84 (the last big 4 stroke twin to win the World Championship was an EML chassis Yam ridden by Emil Bollhalder and Charlie Busser in 83) the 4 strokes were pretty much gone by 87 apart from a few die hards, Wasp built their own 1000cc parallel twin but it didn’t come out until about 84ish and was a little too late...
That’s worth a fair bit in that condition... in Europe any way, im not too sure on its value in the US... I have an 85 Wasp powered by a KX 500 that we use for beach racing... Sidecarcross is awesome.



My Wasp



Emil Bollhalders works World tittle winning EML Yamaha at the British GP at Frome in 1983

Sidecar history lesson over... As you were men, back to solos...

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