A friend has been at this bike for a couple of years now, it is getting close. He bought it as a rolling basket with locked up motor for $1500. Luckily for him he has access to some very skilled people who did most of the work as a favour.
The owner wanted to do the internal stuff on the cheap and spend mostly on cosmetics, however the man doing the mechanical does not work that way. He takes no shortcuts so they locked horns now and then, but the engine builder won out, thankfully. Among other good things, it has a dynamically balanced crank.
With a 100 mph top speed it should cruise nicely at 65-70. It looks like a bike that one could really do some traveling on. And it is very pretty. I look forward to giving it a tryout this spring, if invited.
The owner wanted to do the internal stuff on the cheap and spend mostly on cosmetics, however the man doing the mechanical does not work that way. He takes no shortcuts so they locked horns now and then, but the engine builder won out, thankfully. Among other good things, it has a dynamically balanced crank.
With a 100 mph top speed it should cruise nicely at 65-70. It looks like a bike that one could really do some traveling on. And it is very pretty. I look forward to giving it a tryout this spring, if invited.