Suzuki
OR50 Rebel (Mame-Tan 50E)
19791980
I
have tried to tell the Suzuki O R50 (Mame-Tan 50 E in Japan) model
history on this page as I know it.
I would be grateful of any contributions sales brochures, magazine ads,
magazine articles, pictures, specs, facts, corrections etc. Please scan the material
in JPEG format (large enough that all the details are visible) and send
them to me. Please tell me the source and the publication date if possible.
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I would be grateful of any contributions sales brochures, magazine ads,
magazine articles, pictures, specs, facts, corrections etc. Please scan the material
in JPEG format (large enough that all the details are visible) and send
them to me. Please tell me the source and the publication date if possible.
If you send me pictures of your own bike, please follow these
instructions.
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Suzuki
OR50 Rebel, the little custom styled bike with the mechanics from
the ZR50/X1, was exported from Japan from 1979 to 1980. The Mame-Tan (OR50) model
came to the market already 1977 for its home market, as a 1978
year's model.

In Japan the model was called Mame-Tan 50 Custom (some sources
call it OR50 Custom). The first model had wire wheels, drum brakes
and fibreglass fenders. As an option you could choose a paintjob
with flames painted on the fuel tank. I believe the tachometer
and the the front disc brake were options. I haven't managed to
find any sales brochures of the first year's model to confirm
this.


The 1979 year's Mame-Tan 50E was just about the same bike as the
European export version, OR50, with star cast wheels, front disc
brake, chromed steelfenders and grab rail as standard. It increased
the bike's dry mass from 66 kg (145 lbs) to 69 kg (152 lbs). Not
only I have found a picture of the model (see below), I have even
found a sales borchure from Japan of the model. You can find it
here. I
have also typed the Mame-Tan specs I could find on that page.

The model was discontinued in 1981 and replaced by a bit less
chopper-like but still custom styled version of the same bike,
the ZR50L. With
larger wheels and looking more like the GS450L, it was quite conventional
bike compared to the almost-too-cool OR50 Rebel.

The OR50 was available in some countries, Sweden to name one,
a couple of more years.
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1978 Suzuki year code: C
Mame-Tan 50 (OR50) 1978
Overall Length: 1 680 mm (66.1 in)
Overall Width: 660 mm (26.0 in)
Overall Height: 1 020 mm (40.1 in)
Wheelbase: 1 080 mm (42.5 in)
Ground Clearance: 165 mm (6.5 in)
Dry Weight: 69 kg (152 lbs)
Engine type: 49cc air-cooled single cylinder two-stroke, Power
Reed.5,5 hp/ 8.000 rpm, 0,51 kpm/ 7.000 rpm.
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1979 Suzuki year
code: N
Mame
Tan 50 E (OR50) 1979
Overall Length: 1 680 mm (66.1 in)
Overall Width: 660 mm (26.0 in)
Overall Height: 1 020 mm (40.1 in)
Wheelbase: 1 080 mm (42.5 in)
Ground Clearance: 165 mm (6.5 in)
Dry Weight: 69 kg (152 lbs)
Engine type: 49cc air-cooled single cylinder two-stroke, Power
Reed.5,5 hp/ 8.000 rpm, 0,51 kpm/ 7.000 rpm.
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1979
OR50 Rebel, restoration project. Click to enlarge.
Photos:
Mike Snyder, USA

1980 Suzuki year
code: T

Although the model already had star cast wheels, steel fenders
and disc brake at the front in 1980, the version that was imported
in America was a step backwards. The OR50 had cheaper (probably
even lighter) wire wheels, fiberglass
fenders and drum brakes, like the first Japanese model version.
The US model also had different seat, with a back rest and a fiberglass
housing under and behind the seat. Available only in Red in the
USA.
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OR
50 1980
Overall Length:
1 680 mm (66.1 in)
Overall Width: 660 mm (26.0 in)
Overall Height: 1 045 mm (41.1 in)
Wheelbase: 1 080 mm (42.5 in)
Ground Clearance: 165 mm (6.5 in)
Dry Weight: 67 kg (148 lbs)
Engine type: 49cc air-cooled single cylinder two-stroke, Power
Reed. 5,5 hp/ 8.000 rpm, 5,0 Nm (1.1 lb-ft)/ 7.000 rpm.
Click on the image for larger format. |
OR
50 E 1980
Overall Length:
1 680 mm (66.1 in)
Overall Width: 660 mm (26.0 in)
Overall Height: 1 020 mm (40.1 in)
Wheelbase: 1 080
mm (42.5 in)
Ground Clearance: 165 mm (6.5 in)
Dry Weight: 69 kg (152 lbs)
Engine type: 49cc air-cooled single cylinder two-stroke, Power
Reed. 5,5 hp/ 8.000 rpm, 5,0 Nm (1.1 lb-ft)/ 7.000 rpm.
Click on the image for larger format. |

 
 
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Here's a nice set of pictures of the 1980 model,
black with chrome fenders. The pictures were kindly sent by the
(former) owner of the bike, Barbu Cristofor from Sweden. The bike
is now sold. Barbru told that he didn't have enough space.

We understand. The OR50 is a huge machine... :-)

Thanks also to Thomas Mellin, Sweden, for sending a couple of
these pictures to me first. |
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1980 OR50 Rebel
photos. Click to enlarge.
Photo: Barbu Cristofor, Sweden.
More: Suzuki
OR50
More: Mame-Tan
50E brochures & adverts
More: All
Suzuki models
Sources: MCBD,
Mike Snyder, Barbu Cristofor,
Allt om MC (Sweden)
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