Motorcycle Characteristics
It's now all that has a working volume less than a litre and a maximum speed of 300 km/h is not considered a serious superpower. And 20 years ago, the dreams of most of the domestic bikers were two-stroke 350-kub Yawas, capable of racing to a pathetic 120 km/h. I suggest a little distraction from cars and take a tour to the motorcycle past by the Council countries, recalling the three fastest roadblocks of the post-war period that were officially sold on the USSR trading network.
M-52 and M-53
It has been assumed that heavy motorcycles with 2-cylinder 4-stroke opposition engines in the USSR were produced and sold exclusively in the " sausage " , and that the use of such equipment by ordinary citizens without a side trailer was strictly prohibited by the CPA. There's not much to know, but at the end of the 1950s, the Soviet Mothor launched a serial production of elegant 500-cubic "single" M-52 and M-53, which were at their time almost the fastest serial 2-wheel machines on the national laps. Motorcycles were developed at the CBC in Serpuhova, and the output was started on two major motors: Irbit (M-52) and Kiev (M-53).
The first experimental M-52 model was built in 1954, and in 1957, after inter-institutional testing, the machine was installed at the door. The first merchandise of the new five-strongs was carried out in the surrounding areas of the IMMZ (Irbit Motozavod).
In parallel with the M-52 road, there were also a series of sports versions: M-52C (for highway rings) and M-52C (for crosses). Regrettably, M-52 was overtaken in 1959, and replaced by a much better-known M-61, which was offered exclusively in the side-carriage option: at that time, the country did not need the Pyongyonian Motorcycles♪ In two years of serial life, only 678 copies of a 500-kilometre motorcycle (including about 200 sports cars) have been produced, and only a few M-52 cars with their own aggregates have survived. Even more tragic is the fate of a more progressive M-53, with a new crew (the rear pendulum suspension), a more modern motor and an appearance. Although many old handbooks and position the Kiev 500-kou as a serial technician, in fact, only five such motorcycles in the road and several other sports vehicles were collected. To date, the velocity profiles of the Soviet Fives are not impressed: according to passport data of 24-powered M-52, with a dry mass of 185 kg, developed a maximum of 120 km/h, and the lighter and powerful M-53 (165 kg and 28 l.s) was 5 km/h faster.
M-52
In my humble view, one of the most beautiful Soviet motorcycles.
