As reported on by Visordown, on the night of April 17, thieves broke into the Norfolk Motorcycle Museum in the UK and stole two classic two-stroke bikes. That alone is newsworthy, but what caught my attention was what models the thieves stole and why they neglected the other, more expensive, motorcycles in the museum.
A Facebook post from the Norfolk Motorcycle Museum reads, "BREAK IN ALERT!! We've had a break in at the Norfolk motorcycle museum between 1am and 2 am on Friday 17th to Saturday 18th. It looks to be a targeted theft of a Suzuki AP50 and a Honda SS50. Please let us know if anyone has any information! We are a charity, so losing these might belong to a patron of the museum."
The bikes that the thieves set their sights on were a Suzuki AP50 and a Honda SS50. These certainly aren't bikes I'd ever turn my nose up at because they were iconic models in their time. There was a two-stroke 50cc motorcycle boom in the UK during the 70s. Although Yamaha's FS1E, often referred to as the 'Fizzy', was arguably the most dominant, AP50s and SS50s held their own and likely still hold the hearts of many, and this could be the reason these were stolen.
