FIS speedway motorcycle

In 1953-1954, two Polish designers, Tadeusz Fedko and Romuald Iżewski, designed an engine on the basis of the British JAP design (a late 1940s model). Fedko and Iżewski were associated with the motorcycle division of the Stal Rzeszów sports club: the motorcycle’s name, FIS, is acronym of Fedko-Iżewski-Stal. For several years, the FIS speedway motorcycle became the main vehicle of the Polish national speedway team and Polish sports clubs with speedway divisions. In 1958, 300 contestants competed in three speedway leagues, 90% of them on FIS motorcycles. The motorcycle was favourably received, but in the opinion of contestants and of the speedway community it needed further improvement. In the end the production of the FIS was halted in 1959 and the Polish design was replaced with imported motorcycles. Manufacturer: Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego in Mielec, Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego in Rzeszów, 1957. Inv.No.: MIM1880/II-162 Model prepared on the basis of photogrammetric and ToF measurements