The Paton wins at TT 2017

The Lightweight category race dedicated to 650 twins bikes takes place on the 7th of June on the Isle of Man. That year, Paton decided to officially show up exhibiting two respectable motorbikes and a respectable team composed by Stefano Bonetti, the fastest Italian rider on the Isle of Man, and the expert Michael “the blade” Rutter, who already won 4 TT and was already called Macau’s king.

Right from the start, the “Milanese” factory already impressed everybody with two beautiful and fast motorbikes and with a sound that left the paddock speechless; the bond between Paton and SC-Project is narrated by the deep sounds of the engines.

The two Italian bikes took the scenery for themselves, always earning first place during the race trial and the power of the bikes, shown in the previous weeks, was confirmed in the official competition. Rutter, the English rider, stood out and dominated every single rival that showed up. The only one who was able to keep up with the number 4 Paton, was Stefano Bonetti, the rider on Paton number 11. The Italian rider was in the second position at the end of the first lap, but during the second lap, the bike experienced a problem with the fuel pump. A delusional result for Paton and the racer from Sovere: the dream of two places conquered by the Paton brand was destroyed because of one of the few elements of the motorbike that wasn’t produced by the Paton brand.

In the meantime, Rutter finished the second lap and stopped for the pit stop. Jessop, the English rider, succeeded in overtaking Lintin, the champion of that time, in second place, Jessop got closer thanks to a fast refuelling and he earned 8 seconds more than Paton. Rutter, on the other hand, wants to win and he continues extraordinarily racing with his Paton, the engine (Kawasaki 650 cc derived from ER6N) is the same as the Jessop’s Kawasaki but the hard work of Italian motorists is almost touchable and, where it’s not the motor to make a difference, comes the cycling (the frame was entirely developed by SC-Project). Rutter held the distance from Jessop and increased the gap from him, closing the 4 laps of the race with the amazing time of 1:16’19’’324 on an average speed of 118.645 mph (over 190 km/h), a new category’s record.