2006 Genuine Black Cat 50

50cc two stroke. Runs great! We have 2 of them, one is fully stickered up with the factory cat decals, the other has had the decals removed. Super Rare and tons of fun. The Black Cat is powered by perhaps the most popular 2-stroke 50cc engine of all time the horizontal Minarelli. This design has been employed over the years by countless manufacturers from Yamaha and Aprilia, to the Chinese. The Black Cat uses a long case, air cooled version of this motor. Once derestricted, the Black Cat lives up to its name and is capable of close to 50mph. On road, Off road, campsite or campus, the Black Cat is a winner. The 2006 Black Cat is a rare scooter from Genuine that arose out of a collaboration with Black Cat Fireworks. This $2399 limited edition scooter was positioned as the premium sports scooter in Genuine’s early lineup. The Black Cat was only produced in a one time batch in 2006. They haven’t been sold since, but the Black Cat shares the bulk of its components with the Roughhouse R50 and Rattler 50 so the differences are primarily cosmetic. 2006 was the first year Genuine began collaborating with Taiwan based manufacturer, PGO Scooters. Like the Genuine’s Rattler and future Roughhouse scooters, the Black Cat was based on PGO’s popular PM-50 design. Internationally PGO sells a number of versions of the PM-50 design, which are primarily the PMS (aka PM Sport), PMX (aka PM Off-Road) and then “Naked” versions of each with exposed handlebars. It was the regular PMX design that formed the basis for the Black Cat. The Roughhouse 50 is virtually the same scooter as it was also based on the PGO PMX (off-road) design, with the main difference being the larger headlights in the Roughhouse which are shared with the Rattler 110. The Rattler 50 has a few more differences as it was based on the PGO PMS Naked (sporty but naked bars), so it uses slicker tires, a sportier front fender, no mud booties on the forks and exposed handlebars. Check out the Roughhouse page for a more in depth discussion of the differences.