DIRT  CYCLE  March  1973 

Road  test  of  a  Yankee  single  (250  maybe).  Was  this  a  prototype,  
or  did  this  model  ever  make  it  into  production?  Does  anyone  have  
more  info  on  this  bike? 
Dave
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Dave,  

This  bike  was  a  prototype  only.   It  never  went  into  production.   The  
engine  was  a  460cc  single,  developed  by  Moto  Sacoche  in  Switzerland.   
The  bike  was  campaigned  for  the  factory  by  Barry  Higgins,  but  was  a  
little  heavy,  and  never  totally  competitive.   It's  believed  that  4  
examples  were  built,  of  which  2  remain  today.   
YankeeBob 
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They made 6 of them, Joe Bolgers got one of the motors. A collector in Mass.  has got 
the rest.
Karl Heisse  
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This is a prototype that never went into production. It was a 460 single.Barry was the test rider for it. I first 
read about it in 192 in a cover article in Motorcyclist magazine. The article said it had a claimed horsepower of 
70 and that 25 customers would have the first production run in April of 1973 and full production would be the 
following September. engine was built in Switzerland. I never heard about it again.
I would love to have that prototype.
Terry G.
tgaribay@cablelynx.com