FORMULA 500 SERIES 1 AND 2

SERIES 1
The first production run of 75 formula 500s happened in march 1978.The world press were invited to marvel at 75 machines lined up together,and impressive it looked to (photo below). These bikes were hand built in a separate race shop from the production factory. Built for a one make series of racing,these bikes were no paper tigers.Spec included a Hand built,blueprinted engine,lightweight one piece tank/seat unit,open exhausts and rear sets. Performance was up from the alpinos 44bhp to 52bhp by using forged high comp Pistons,S1 camshafts and re-jetted open carbs,top speed quoted in exess of 125mph.

Mk1 Formula 500

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SERIES 2
1979 and the series 2 formula was produced with a production run of 75 machines. Although they shared the same spec as the series 1,they were fitted with a separate Tank/seat unit(for ease of removal) and the silencer system differed from the series 1 Side mounted,separate exhausts to a two into one collector section,with twin megaphone Silencers.(also fitted to the montjuic models). Following racing practice,both models were fitted with different close ratio First,Second and Third gears from the alpino,first gear being very tall. Today both models are extremely rare and valuable,a real collectors dream.

Mk2 Formula 500