MOTO D'EPOCA: SUZUKI TC 250
The T20 was a motorcycle produced by Suzuki in the 60s.
The project was completed in 1965 and its presentation came a year later with a market presence that lasted until 1968.
The many technical innovations and advanced features of this bike, allowed the Suzuki to impose itself on the market as one of the most innovative manufacturers of motorcycles.
Given the quality of the project and its excellent dynamic abilities, were located on different versions racing that allowed him to impose himself several times on legendary circuits like that of’Isle of Man and the grand prize di Manx.
The engine was a two times 247c.c. displacement air-cooled with a power of 29Cv A 7500 revolutions / minute that allowed the bike to reach the 160Km / h.
Unlike other bikes 2 time on the market that were fed a mixture of fuel and oil that was made “manually”, this bike had a automatic mixer that provided to add oil to gasoline automatically. This system was called POSI-FORCE and regulate the delivery of the lubricant based on the opening of the throttle and engine speed.
The pump draws oil from a separate tank and, through internal passages in the crankcase, it is injected in the intake manifold (between the carburetor and cylinder) that the bearings crankshaft.
The change was Six-speed and T20 was first bike to assemble this issue of relationships, while the multiplate clutch in oil bath was.
The frame was a double cradle tubular steel, the suspensions were made by two rear shock absorbers and a steering damper with hydraulic fork type “pad” with a knob on the top plate.
The brakes were both drum and the dry weight was 135Kg.
