Janus Hand Built

Lineslinger · Nov 11, 2019

I am always curious about what others are developing...where would we be without them?

https://gearpatrol.com/2019/11/11/janus-motorcycles-handmade-250-cc-bikes-amish-made-indiana/

Scout63 · Nov 17, 2019

Half of me loves the Janus and the other half feels a little sorry for their owners.

Richard Tool · Nov 17, 2019

Brough-ish tank, featherbed-ish frame , Earls-ish forks , Honda-ish power - looks a little ishy to me...

alan hodge · Nov 17, 2019

hhhhhhhmmm

Eljahara · Nov 17, 2019

Scout63 said:
Half of me loves the Janus and the other half feels a little sorry for their owners.

Haha!
Very good.

alan hodge · Nov 17, 2019

I jist had a Coors Banquet brainstorm what if guy made vtwin out of the 250cc engine and made it 500cc and put it in that frame like those guys did with a Royal Enfield and v-twinned 2 350cc to make 700cc motor a few years back I think they called it a Musket that might be fun

acotrel · Nov 17, 2019

I think the guy who made a Vincent look-alike out of one of those 900cc Yamaha Virago twins, had the right idea. He converted it to chain drive. It could be adapted to use two top ends off modern Jawa speedway motors.

oldbeezer · Nov 18, 2019

$7000.00 for a bike with a chinese 250 NO thank you

Fast Eddie · Nov 18, 2019

$7k for a Janus? Really? Who in their right mind would buy one of those?

I would’t be able to contain myself if I saw one parked up... I’d just have to rub the ‘J’ off...

oldbeezer · Nov 18, 2019

Fast Eddie said:
I’d just have to rub the ‘J’ off

After I figured that out, I spit juice on my all over my keyboard.
https://www.janusmotorcycles.com/halcyon-order-1

Fast Eddie · Nov 18, 2019

oldbeezer said:
After I figured that out, I spit juice on my all over my keyboard.

Sorry !

NPeteN · Nov 18, 2019

I watched a pretty terrible documentary about a guy who wanted to go cross country with another guy in a sidecar on one of those Janus motorcycles. I laughed.

I believe the sidecar wheel broke off 50mi out of town, and his top speed was like 50mph or something.

Needless to say, he ended up buying an 800$ mid 80s Japanese bike to complete the trip.

t ingermanson · Nov 18, 2019

I would’t be able to contain myself if I saw one parked up... I’d just have to rub the ‘J’ off...[/QUOTE said:
Years ago I worked as a mechanic at a bicycle shop which was a Giant dealership. At the time, Giant had a model called the Butte, and was a very dark purple. Working on one of these one day, I thought I'd be clever and put a bit of electrical tape over the "e", leaving "Giant Butt", which all my coworkers thought was hilarious. Once I was done with my little joke, I removed the tape, which in kind removed the "e"...

Fortunately the customer had a very good sense of humor and thought it was hilarious as well. Bullet dodged.

o0norton0o · Nov 18, 2019

The enfield musket is much more interesting to me. The guy designed and carved his pattern parts out of MDF then got a foundry to cast his parts. Whether you think his bike is good, bad, or something else, you have to love that he designed and built his own patterns for the foundry, and his bike actually works. There's a Jay leno's garage episode of the musket, and Jay takes it for a ride.

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