Honda MM50 Raccoon

The MM50 Raccoon was released on March 1, 1980,  designated as model AD02 and was only sold in Japan. Based on Honda's first 50cc 2-stroke sports bike MB50 released in 1979, it was developed with the concept of "leisure bike running lightly in downtown area". The MM 50 was styled as a custom cruiser and the terms  "easy ride" and " Harajuku bike " were also used in advertisement publicity .

The MM50 shared a lot of parts with the MT 50 and dual purpose off road style model. The air-cooled 2-stroke with reed valve with built-in AD02E type 1-axis balance shaft. The single cylinder engine was tuned to make the performance more suitable as a city commuter as opposed to AC01 E type engine for MB50. Revised tuning gave stronger low to medium torque.

Maximum power: 7 ps / 9,000 rpm → 6 ps / 7,000 rpm
Maximum torque: 0.56 kg - m / 8,000 rpm -> 0.62 kg - m / 6, 500 rpm

Featuring a front 17"and a rear 14" spoke wheels, a carry rack, a low exhaust and a low seat with a ground height of 700mm . It also featured more forward mounted foot pegs (compared to the MB5) with a linkage for the gear lever. On the design side it features a rectangular headlight and an X shaped backbone frame.

It was discontinued due to a model change to MBX 50 · MTX 50 R due to the introduction of the water cooling engine of MB 50 · MT 50 of parts sharing vehicle in 1982 .

The following bike is owned by Honda M Club member Chris Bronstijn who bought this unused bike in the Netherlands, before this the bike was in a museum in Switzerland!

***note, words adapted from a Japanese Wikipedia page, if you have any updated info on this bikes please get in touch!