TURBOVMAX
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Not a Vmax... but very cool
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Wow, that is a really interesting bike. Never heard of it. I was trying to figure out what kind of heads were on it then I decided to google desmohog. Felt kind of dumb that I did not put 2 and 2 together from the name but it makes perfect sense after seeing the webpage. Whoever is building that stuff has some skills.
I didn't google it but looking at it & not counting the name, it looks like a pair of Norton heads/jugs on a Shovelhead bottom end, seeing the 'cone' side cover.
Going by the name, it's probably a Ducati pair of cyl's/heads on a Big Twin TC 88 bottom end.
I kinda like the thought of a 90 degree V4 Norton. I've always liked the 750/850 Norton engine as an example of a 'clean' design. Putting a pair of parallel-twin top-ends on a common crankcase sounds like a neat idea, kinda like what we all ride! Of course, being air-cooled, it would be less powerful, but wouldn't you want to hear that engine wind-out?
Anyone recall the machinist working w/two FZR400's on a common crankcase to make a punched-out 1000 cc V-8?
http://home.mira.net/~iwd/index.html
Where's a Diavel when you wanna roost one w/one of these Drysdales?
Going by the name, it's probably a Ducati pair of cyl's/heads on a Big Twin TC 88 bottom end.
I kinda like the thought of a 90 degree V4 Norton. I've always liked the 750/850 Norton engine as an example of a 'clean' design. Putting a pair of parallel-twin top-ends on a common crankcase sounds like a neat idea, kinda like what we all ride! Of course, being air-cooled, it would be less powerful, but wouldn't you want to hear that engine wind-out?
Anyone recall the machinist working w/two FZR400's on a common crankcase to make a punched-out 1000 cc V-8?
http://home.mira.net/~iwd/index.html
Where's a Diavel when you wanna roost one w/one of these Drysdales?
TURBOVMAX
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Machinist's are cool... my hero Andreas. Listen to this bike V12. CBX based
Yeah, I have seen that CBX video before, maybe after a prompt from possibly another post on here. It smokes a bit, huh? Sounds great though. No fear of seeing your ride on the other side of an intersection unless someone stole it from your garage.
TURBOVMAX
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LOL yea it smokes and he's probably still working on it. I just really enjoy watching him show it.
Dr.n2o
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That bike is just plain awesome. I would love to see what that double journal crank looks like. I would love to find an old cbx (6) one day
Bill Seward
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A guy named Alan Millyard from England has made some 4 & 5 cylinder motors based on Kawasaki triples. Think of a 5 cylinder 1200 cc 2-stroke inline 5, or a 1000cc 4! He did various sizes and cylinder numbers over the years, and his workmanship is amazing. Google Alan Millyard
He REALLY outdid himself when he made a V8 out of a couple KZ1000 air cooled motors and a 2300cc V12 from 2 KZ 1300 6 cylinders.
Then he knocked it out of the park when he built a bike based on a v10 Viper motor.
For a grin, google "48 Cylinder Kawasaki" This is madness.....
He REALLY outdid himself when he made a V8 out of a couple KZ1000 air cooled motors and a 2300cc V12 from 2 KZ 1300 6 cylinders.
Then he knocked it out of the park when he built a bike based on a v10 Viper motor.
For a grin, google "48 Cylinder Kawasaki" This is madness.....
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Yes, the Kawi triples can supposedly be modded by pressing the cranks together in whatever odd # combo you want. Isn't it fun to see what ingenuity can create?
TURBOVMAX
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Thank you for posting the pics Bill. Haven't seen those works... wow. I wonder sometimes why the factories don't pick up on some of this stuff.
+1 It sure is fun to see what talented people can create
+1 It sure is fun to see what talented people can create
88vmx12
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here is the link. It is a cross breed! lol....
http://www.ride-and-read.com/2012/01/desmohog-when-h-d-makes-love-with.html
http://www.ride-and-read.com/2012/01/desmohog-when-h-d-makes-love-with.html
TURBOVMAX
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:clapping: ?The Desmohog was not designed to make the Harley engine something it will never be, I did it because I could,? says builder Chris Barber.
RaWarrior
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The Desmohog has been posted on the Kneeslider blog a couple times. If you're interested in stuff like this, check it out.
I can see how he wanted to do it "just because I could", but come on.... a clunky Harley engine with old Ducati heads? Neither is exactly known for being, well, any good. A match made in hell if ever there was one.
I can see how he wanted to do it "just because I could", but come on.... a clunky Harley engine with old Ducati heads? Neither is exactly known for being, well, any good. A match made in hell if ever there was one.
Well look at the Vincent re-creators and the Brough guys, they can make a new one out of new metals and manufacturing processes, and they seem to have a market for the stuff. Of course, this Desmohog is more of an "I did it" kind-of a thing.
The Kneeslider is a great place to spend hours.
The Kneeslider is a great place to spend hours.
Dr.n2o
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Gary, you still have that pic of the twin engine max layin around ?
How bout this Siamese twin Harley V4, by V Quad http://v-quad.com/
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TURBOVMAX
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John I have it somewhere... I'll try to find it when I have some time.
Rusty now that's something eh 3500+ CC's. New meaning to the term... Milwaukee Vibrator
Rusty now that's something eh 3500+ CC's. New meaning to the term... Milwaukee Vibrator
TURBOVMAX
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I would own one. That bike is just plain simple awesome! Took some old parts and pieces out of a graveyard box and made a jewel.
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