1995 Rajdoot Excel T, 173cc. Registration number M239 SVJ. F...
1995 Rajdoot Excel T, 173cc. Registration number M239 SVJ. Frame number 1266845. Engine number 1266845.
Sold with the V5C, (note called a Springfield), copy of the service book
The Rajdoot Excel T is a 173 cc two-stroke motorcycle that was made in India by the Escorts Group, which became part of Yamaha in 2001. They started manufacturing the Polish SHL M11 175 cc motorcycle under the brand name Rajdoot in 1962. Various derivatives were produced with slight changes in cycle parts, suspension and transmission. Production continued for over four decades.
Rajdoot sold about 1.6 million of these black, "Soviet"–styled motorbikes, in the Excel T and Deluxe models, until it was phased out in 2005 due to impending Euro II emission regulations.
SVJ is a UK machine, owned by Joseph Davies in 2011 selling to our vendor in 2014, as a project. He fettled it, replacing the broken speedo with a Yamaha example (note the MOT mileage change from 8550 in 2011, the next at 32059 in 2016). He has not used it much, so it will need recommissioning.
1995 Rajdoot Excel T, 173cc. Registration number M239 SVJ. Frame number 1266845. Engine number 1266845.
Sold with the V5C, (note called a Springfield), copy of the service book
The Rajdoot Excel T is a 173 cc two-stroke motorcycle that was made in India by the Escorts Group, which became part of Yamaha in 2001. They started manufacturing the Polish SHL M11 175 cc motorcycle under the brand name Rajdoot in 1962. Various derivatives were produced with slight changes in cycle parts, suspension and transmission. Production continued for over four decades.
Rajdoot sold about 1.6 million of these black, "Soviet"–styled motorbikes, in the Excel T and Deluxe models, until it was phased out in 2005 due to impending Euro II emission regulations.
SVJ is a UK machine, owned by Joseph Davies in 2011 selling to our vendor in 2014, as a project. He fettled it, replacing the broken speedo with a Yamaha example (note the MOT mileage change from 8550 in 2011, the next at 32059 in 2016). He has not used it much, so it will need recommissioning.
