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Order Your New Musket V-Twin Available Now

By Paul Crowe

The Musket V-Twin is ready for your order

Of all of the projects we've seen come and go on The Kneeslider, the Musket V-Twin by Aniket Vardhan is special. It first appeared here in April of 2009 and over the years it's evolved and grown and been refined by Aniket into the beauty it is today. Of course it was begun long before that, it's been ten years since Aniket's idea appeared in sketches and plans, but once out in … [Read more...]

The Musket 1120 Magnum by Aniket Vardhan is Finished

By Paul Crowe

The first Musket 1120 Magnum is finished and delivered

The very first Musket completed for a customer has been delivered. It's the Musket 1120 Magnum with a full 1120cc engine, based on the Royal Enfield single, but with custom designed and cast crankcase, cylinders, connecting rods and crankshaft, this engine is far more Aniket Vardhan than Royal Enfield. A new engine builder emerges in the USA From the start, this … [Read more...]

Musket V-Twin Advances with Alloy Barrels Plus New Rods and Crankshaft

By Paul Crowe

Alloy barrel with sleeve installed

It's been some time since I last checked to see how the Musket V-Twin was moving along and I was surprised to see Aniket has designed, made patterns, cast and machined all new alloy barrels for the engine. He also machined new billet, roller bearing connecting rods and a new crankshaft, too. We're getting pretty close to seeing a completely new engine with fewer and fewer … [Read more...]

A Gallery of Persistence Shows the Musket Project Moving Forward

By Paul Crowe

Musket engine cases lined up after machining

After everything we've already said about the Musket project, turning a 500cc Royal Enfield single cylinder engine into a 1000cc V-Twin, the most impressive takeaway from it all has been the dogged persistence of Aniket Vardhan. Over the years, he's taken an idea from napkin sketch to running motorcycle, and now, he's taking it to the next stage, having completed the initial … [Read more...]

First Customer Musket V-Twin Build Getting Started

By Paul Crowe

Royal Enfield 500ES waiting for conversion to be the first Musket V-Twin

The first customer Musket V-Twin build is about to begin. Aniket has an almost new Royal Enfield 500ES from a collector and builder in Massachusetts who is having his bike converted. Though Aniket has been working on the Musket project for years, (the first time we saw it was in April of 2009) and knows every bit of it intimately, this first actual customer conversion will … [Read more...]

First Musket V-Twin Production Castings are Back from the Foundry

By Paul Crowe

First batch of production castings for the Musket V-TwinMusket V-Twin

It's hard to imagine what it must feel like to see your own creation break free from the molds as the hot metal begins to cool. This photo is the first production batch of castings for Aniket Vardhan's Musket V-Twin. Seven complete sets, destined to become seven complete engines. Have you been dreaming of converting your Royal Enfield Bullet to a fire breathing Musket … [Read more...]

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