Morbidelli V8
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sdt354
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The in line 4 has now been built to just incredible HP and torque output. And the weight has been kept down. The v8's will most likely never touch them in HP to weight ratio. But I can still appreciate any thing on 2 wheels. An idea turned into a rolling reality is always cool.
Biker Dash
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Like std354 said, when you take a completely out-of-the-box idea, and make it happen, I do not care how ugly or wrong it is, I consider it a win. I would not even consider riding it, only because from the sounds of it, the bike would be just way too tall for me. If it had a seat height about that of what the Max is, I would not hesitate to take it for a spin, just for shits-n'-giggles.
caseyjones955
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Kudos for going outside the box. Not something I would drop coin on but perhaps its better to have something unsightly and unique then something monotonously mundane.
The bike is ugly, the that little V8 is like a slice of automotive porn.
The bike is ugly, the that little V8 is like a slice of automotive porn.
Dragmaxster
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100 hp=:bang head:
C'mon, a V8 soundtrack? What could sound better? A 12? And Max Midnight will chime in and say, the BRM H-16! I am probably one of the few members on here who heard that engine run in F1.
OK, so it's not tuned to make world-beating power, so what? There are plenty of buyers who want something different from what someone else is riding, and they may be just the customer to pay for the privilege of riding something no one else does.
I had an acquaintance who was a criminal attorney in Miami. He got an unusual rare bike as part payment for a case defense he did. It was a Hesketh.
"What's that?"
A DOHC V-twin 1000 cc made in jolly old England by the owner of a Formula 1 auto racing team. Seen the Ron Howard movie, 'Speed?' Lord Hesketh played a role in it, he was the sponsor of the team which sponsored James 'Shunt' Hunt in F1. He also decided to build a cutting-edge V-twin to lay shame to H-D for building old fashioned, slow bikes with the V-twin design. The Hesketh Venom Vampire was one of the models he built, and it wins the award for the coolest name at the time. The bike was like the Morbidelli in that it never realized its potential, there were only a few hundred built, but it's a part of motorcycle history from the British Isles, and there's a spares business keeping them on the road. You won't see yourself on the other side of the intersection, unless you're a guest of another member of the House of Lords, and go to the Festival of Speed at Goodwood. Then you may see another, and as an added bonus, you just may see the BRM F1 H-16 make a run up the Lord's driveway in an exhibition showing.
Funny how these things tie together, isn't it?
OK, so it's not tuned to make world-beating power, so what? There are plenty of buyers who want something different from what someone else is riding, and they may be just the customer to pay for the privilege of riding something no one else does.
I had an acquaintance who was a criminal attorney in Miami. He got an unusual rare bike as part payment for a case defense he did. It was a Hesketh.
"What's that?"
A DOHC V-twin 1000 cc made in jolly old England by the owner of a Formula 1 auto racing team. Seen the Ron Howard movie, 'Speed?' Lord Hesketh played a role in it, he was the sponsor of the team which sponsored James 'Shunt' Hunt in F1. He also decided to build a cutting-edge V-twin to lay shame to H-D for building old fashioned, slow bikes with the V-twin design. The Hesketh Venom Vampire was one of the models he built, and it wins the award for the coolest name at the time. The bike was like the Morbidelli in that it never realized its potential, there were only a few hundred built, but it's a part of motorcycle history from the British Isles, and there's a spares business keeping them on the road. You won't see yourself on the other side of the intersection, unless you're a guest of another member of the House of Lords, and go to the Festival of Speed at Goodwood. Then you may see another, and as an added bonus, you just may see the BRM F1 H-16 make a run up the Lord's driveway in an exhibition showing.
Funny how these things tie together, isn't it?
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