Wasp Motorcycles began its story in the early 1960's. During the day, Rob (Charles)Rhind-tutt was serving his apprenticeship making aircraft instruments at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire. In his spare time, Rob raced a sidecar outfit in the Southern Centre grasstrack club with his passenger Philip Coles.
At that time the bikes raced were mainly modified road machines. Around 1962, Rob made his own frame and sidecar, specifically designed for grasstrack racing. And so it began. 50 years on and around 5000 frames made, including solo's, sidecar's and quads across the range of motorcycle sport. There have been a total of 47 models of Wasp machines for Grasstrack, motorcross, speedway and roadrace, plus numerous bespoke and replica frames made.
At that time the bikes raced were mainly modified road machines. Around 1962, Rob made his own frame and sidecar, specifically designed for grasstrack racing. And so it began. 50 years on and around 5000 frames made, including solo's, sidecar's and quads across the range of motorcycle sport. There have been a total of 47 models of Wasp machines for Grasstrack, motorcross, speedway and roadrace, plus numerous bespoke and replica frames made.
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Wasp Motorcycles have been making leading link forks for road going three wheeled machines for over 30 years. Developed from our racing heritage we have produced fork kits for over 120 models of motorcycles. From the humble BMW R80 to the extremes of the Hyabusa and Blackbird. When a third wheel is added to a motorcycle its steering requirements change considerably.
First ridden in competition by the likes of Arthur Headland, and Geoff Chandler with 2 stroke engines. And later by a host of riders including George Greenland using such engines as the 500 unit Triumph. The RT4 is now back in production, providing a very lightweight frame kit for a variety of engines.
Sidecar cross is probably what first comes to mind when you think of WASP Rhind-tutt. For over two decades during the height of the sport, those big four stroke engines were found almost universally in Wasp frames. The very first Wasp motocross outfit was built for legend Mike Guilford. The union of Mike and the RT2 could be said to have been the catalyst that made Wasp a world wide entity.
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Gary Salt
Dec 26, 2021
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Richard Fell
Jul 26, 2020
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Mark Rothwell
Aug 20, 2019
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Hans
Jan 25, 2019
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Jimmy Vassou
Nov 26, 2017
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Stephen James
Jan 16, 2016
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As I met Mark at Telford in 2015, a deal was struck and Brian Nadin's Metisse is now reframed. I actually purchased the bike from Chris and Simon Chell in 2010 who had much success with the machine. Mark at Wasp motorcycles was very accomodating and showed me around the workshop where I met Rob and we had a friendly chat over a coffee! The w/shop facilities were really 'old school' traditional British engineering at its very best with completed frames and swing-arms hanging up ready for customers to collect.
Stephen James
Stephen James
