[redhawk34]

OK, it's not a Caff Racer, but I think there are people on this forum to appreciate this project.
The guy started with a modern Indian made 350 cc Royal Enfield Bullet. He used two 350 cc jugs, and fabricated a V-Twin crankcase, crankshaft, timing case, cams, etc, to make a 700 V-Twin. He stretched the frame slightly to accept the larger motor.

Ain't that a pretty bike? This guy's skills make me feel like a Neanderthal working with a stone axe!
Here are the vds;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjZJfr2QkZA&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYlNwsGQ2Fc&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcDrCGJSL8k&fmt=18

Redhawk

 

[hobbes80]

lol, that is awesome. I'd love to see that in a triumph-style chopper frame and just watch people at shows do a double take when they realize it isn't a clone-style v-twin.

 

[ride_nekkid]

Wow.. pretty cool.. Engine has a unqiue "gallop" to its cadence.

 

[stuntrunt]

I want... albeit with some upgraded brakes.

I wonder, would a Thruxton square four...

Runt

 

[redhawk34]

Actually, the stock front brake is a double leading shoe arrangement, and if set up properly, it's not bad at all. About the rear, the less said, the better. Fortunately, I don't use the rear much.
Redhawk

 

[triton_750]

...This guy's skills make me feel like a Neanderthal working with a stone axe!
Redhawk

Hey Redhawk - if that makes YOU feel like a Neandertal, imagine what the rest of us mere mortals feel like!
Amoebas?
Without doubt this guy knows his stuff- that is way more than your ordinary project bike for sure!

 

[Nickwiz]

Amazing. Fantastic engineering. Lovely hollow sound. I'm suitably impressed. Why didn't Royal enfield build these! He should sell his idea for big bucks to enfield.

 

[redhawk34]

Well, Royal Enfield builds about 25,000 bikes a year, and sells 90% of them in India. The roads there are so congested that there are few places you can exceed 45 MPH, so performance is not an issue. The average bike in India is probably 125cc, so the RE 500 single is already by far the biggest bike available. At that, RE sells far more 350s than 500s. There would be no home market demand for the V-Twin, more's the pity.
It's a beautiful piece of work, though.
Redhawk

 

[Knave of Clubs]

I'd love to see that in a triumph-style chopper frame and just watch people at shows do a double take when they realize it isn't a clone-style v-twin.

I'd bet you dollars to doughnuts that 999 people out of 1,000 at the typical chopper show wouldn't even know enough to notice...

I agree that the bike is awesome, though!!!

 

[roxythruxton]

I was just talking about this bike on another forum . That and the Carberry Enfield . Pretty cool .

 

[jay.levine]

The fact that he can just kick it over with so little effort and it fires on the first try (even on the bench) is just [email protected]#@$ amazing. I wonder what it is like to ride at speed?