Pocketbike
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Pocketbikes are small, two-wheeled recreational vehicles approximately one-quarter the size of a regular motorcycles, and are powered by two-stroke internal combustion engines of between 40 and 50 cc.
Minibike race at Lelystad (NL)
Ivar training at Wilrijk (B)
Jerowe at the Sutton track in Ontario, Canada
Daijiro Kato
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Daijiro Kato was a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, the 2001 250cc world champion, and the 2000 and 2002 Suzuka 8 Hours winner. He died as a result of injuries sustained after a crash during
Pocketbike
…performance machines. Several notable MotoGP racers and champions first raced in MiniMoto, including Valentino Rossi, Loris Capirossi, Nobuatsu Aoki, and Daijiro Kato. The sport of Minimoto originated in Japan in the 1960s, expanding as a professional sport in the 1970s, before spreading to Italy in the 1980s and…
Kato at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix, his final race
Kato's 2001 Honda NSR250 with Telefónica Movistar livery