Suzuki FR50

The Suzuki FR50, also called the Suzuki Birdie, is an underbone style motorcycle produced by Suzuki from 1974 to the early 1980s and was very similar in design to the Suzuki FR80. It was powered by a 49 cc two stroke, air-cooled, single-cylinder engine with Suzuki's CCI self-mixing system, so it had separate two-stroke oil and petrol tanks, and it was started by kick start. Although under 50 cc, contemporary UK classifications treated it as a motorcycle rather than a moped. The engine drove a 3-speed semi-automatic gearbox with a heel-and-toe gear shift. Suzuki began importing the FR50 in the early 1970s and introduced the improved FR50K in 1974; it was discontinued in August 1975, and production resumed in February 1981 with the FR50 X.