The Blata Minimotard is a minimoto model of Blata, the Czech motorcycle company based on the outskirts of Blansko. The name links it to the minimoto class, the small machines Blata has built since 1991.
Blata Minimotard at a glance
| Maker | Blata, Blansko, Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| Class | minimoto (pocket bike) |
| Typical length | about 1 m (class figure) |
| Typical height | about 60 cm (class figure) |
| Seat height | a little over 40 cm (class figure) |
| Typical weight | just over 20 kg (class figure) |
| Engines used in the class | 39 or 50 cc two-stroke, 90 cc four-stroke |
| Cooling | air in Junior classes, liquid elsewhere |
| Typical power | 2–3 hp and 6–7 hp air-cooled, 11 and 14–15 hp liquid-cooled |
| Road use | not road-legal |
| Model specifications | not published |
No published technical data for the Blata Minimotard was found. The figures in the table describe the minimoto class in general, as given by the Italian Wikipedia article on minimoto; they are not claimed as the specifications of this model.
History of the Blata Minimotard
Blata is a Czech motorcycle manufacturer on the first outskirts of Blansko, named after its founder, Pavel Blata. He worked from 1974 as a test rider for the engineering firm Povázské and built his first minimoto in his garage in 1991; in 1992 the company produced 554 of them and began work on a scooter.
The firm exported to the USA and the EU from 1994, the year it founded the BLATA CUP minibike racing series, and reached twenty employees and 2,200 minimotos and scooters. The Minimotard belongs to that range of small machines, which the company lists alongside folding motorcycles and quads.
In minimoto racing the machines are small: about one metre long, sixty centimetres high, with a seat a little over forty centimetres up and a weight of just over twenty kilos. Engines are mostly 39 or 50 cc two-strokes, with 90 cc four-strokes also accepted; air-cooled Junior engines make 2–3 hp in Chinese units and 6–7 hp in Italian ones, liquid-cooled engines 11 hp and 14–15 hp, up to 18 hp in major championships. The class is not road-legal and races on circuits and private ground.
Design and features
- Minimoto class: a small circuit machine, not a road motorcycle.
- Compact dimensions: about 1 m long and just over 20 kg in the class.
- Two-stroke engines: 39 and 50 cc units dominate the category.
- Blata background: the maker has run its own minibike racing cup since 1994.
Blata Minimotard versions
- Blata Minimotard: the model described on this page.
- Blata pocket: the pocket-bike model.
- Blata Elite: a further minimoto of the range.
- Blata 2.5: a small minibike.
- Blata Origami: another Blata model.
Other Blata minibikes are the Blata pocket, the Blata Elite and the Blata 2.5. More in the Blata collection.
Video: Blata Minimotard
Video on YouTube.
Sources
- Blata, Italian Wikipedia: company history and products
- Minimoto, Italian Wikipedia: dimensions, engines, cooling and power
