Delaware American Motors Tech Twin American 13c
August 14th, 2007 by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider"
An east coast motorcycle company is bringing out an all new bike. This is the Tech Twin American 13c from Delaware American Motors of Paterson, New Jersey. The 13c is a hand built, all American motorcycle.
Power comes from a 140 horsepower, 127 cubic inch R&R 2 cam V-twin. It features a 6 speed transmission, single sided swingarm, girder fork, oil in frame and dual front disc brakes with Brembo calipers. 18 inch wheels front and back with a 130 tire up front and a 280 in the rear. A stainless steel exhaust is mounted under the chassis.
Focusing on the American theme, there will be an initial run of 13 to commemorate the original 13 colonies. With 140 horsepower, this should provide a pretty lively ride. If you’re looking for an American made machine with a lot of grunt, check them out and give owner Mark S. Klein a call.
Link: Delaware American Motors
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August 14th, 2007 at 11:11 am
I hate it. It looks like someone threwup on the drawing board after swallowing down all the “in” tidbits from a bunch of other bikes. Lets see:
Springer type forks? check
Single-sided swingarm? check
Sportster peanut tank? check
Super wide rear tire? check
Yup, that about covers it, to start with anyway.
No thanks.
August 14th, 2007 at 11:20 am
It look like an unwanted lovechild from the crossbreeding of an Ecosse Moto and Confederate motorcycle without anything good from either. I want to be first to say “DAM… it’s ugly”.
August 14th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
YAWN!
August 14th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
It does sorta remind me of the car that homer designed…
August 14th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Fugly .
August 14th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
disgusting.
-todd
August 14th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
it’s uh, um, eh, ah - no sir, i don’t like it. not one bit.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Beauty–eye of the beholder. I would prefer it over a blinged chopper, which would cost $50,000.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
My thoughts exactly …… next .
August 14th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
I would rather have this than that Honda st1300 everyone has been drooling over!
August 15th, 2007 at 8:01 am
This bike is confused…Too many concepts put into one, my brain hurts looking at it. I’m stilll saying, “Why?” Maybe we all need to ride it to figure it out.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:49 am
Is that a Leo’s Cycle girder front-end out of Denver? The same fork used on the Goldammer Salt Shaker? If so, excellent choice.
The right-side of the engine looks off….is that bottom-end really that tall?
I wish they had exerted as much effort on the rest of the bike as they had on making those headers a tidy fit.
August 15th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
I like it, It has that MAD MAX thing about it.
August 16th, 2007 at 2:17 am
Why the USA hardon for V-twins? Looking thru a Barnetts magazine y’day, there’s some great custom builds in there - every last one with a 45* V-twin. The coolest chopper I’ve seen lately had an XS650 mill - and the proportions of that parallel twin really worked in the frame, in a way that a V-twin never would.
In mags and sites, I’ve seen a lot of great work, neat ideas, but I’m still waiting for someone to come up with something that’ll really blow my head off. Having said that… most of the best shit I’ve seen has been on Kneeslider, or on the road in some distant part of town.
August 17th, 2007 at 11:33 am
I know some of the players involved in creating this bike — it’s well engineered and there are some great components within it. Definitely take a look at the closeup pictures of the machining / fabrication work on the website. I like the exhaust configuration! (Fork is Leo’s / Klein collaboration deal from what I understand) Hopefully they have success with it.
August 17th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Hrm. I too know some of these guys, in particular, Mr. Klien. This has been a long time in the works, and I must say, it doesn’t look it.
Mark’s original designs look nothing like this one. I’m personally disappointed in the finished product, as a whole. There are some very interesting bits scattered thoughout, but total execution…. Let’s just say, muddled.
Hope they can get it together in a cohesive package, and stop trying to look like 4 other bikes on the market already. Golden opprotunity here, guys.
August 21st, 2007 at 5:23 pm
“Beauty–eye of the beholder. I would prefer it over a blinged chopper, which would cost $50,000.”
No one has mentioned how much this monstrosity is actually going to cost…not even on the website. Those blinged out choppers are generally overpriced anyway, more art than cycle, to justify the egos of the builder. What we are all looking for is a reasonably priced, well built, good looking, limited production bike so we can feel just a little bit more special than the guys that ride those over-produced Harleys. Who knows if this one will be worth the asking price yet.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
price tag is about 75k
cheaper one is under 50k
i belive they only have a limted amount of that extruded tubing.
April 4th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
I know the people who built the bike. It is the best bike i have ever seen. You people should look more closley and see what it really is if you see it you would be in shock of how great it is.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:36 am
The reason this bike looks ungainly is that the frame strut under the seat, the small tubular portion in front of the seat, and the front forks all slant top-rearward at different angles. The angles visually conflict, even with the pushrod casing for the rear cylinder. Here, I fixed it for you:
http://www.geocities.com/rld96bbb/images/DAM-bef_after.jpg
Looks better, right?