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Roland Sands Design Mission 200

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Just flipping through the November Motorcyclist and saw a short reference to the latest project from Roland Sands. It's called Mission 200 and the simple purpose is to take a Victory Hammer and run it up over the 200mph mark. They took off the forward controls and mounted rearsets, then grafted a fairing from one of Roland's old 250cc GP bikes, added a steering damper, wheels, … [Read more...]

Ducati Elenore V8 Update

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After everyone saw the patent drawing of the Ducati Elenore V8 built by Dieter Hartmann-Wirthwein, there was a lot of head scratching going on as everyone tried to visualize the engine internals in motion. I asked Dieter if he had any more images from other perspectives so he uploaded a few and, even better, the video he used at his display at Intermot. Seeing everything in … [Read more...]

Nembo Motociclette Inverted 3 Cylinder Super 32 Rovescio Motorcycle Engine

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A lot of interesting projects come across our desk here at The Kneeslider, but this one, sent in by Daniele 'Titus' Sabatini of Rome, Italy, deserves a bit more attention. It's a brand new 3 cylinder motorcycle engine called the Nembo Motociclette Super 32 Rovescio, a 2 valve, air/oil cooled, single overhead cam, inverted triple. "Inverted," means just what it says, the engine … [Read more...]

Ducati Elenore 868cc V8

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Dieter Hartmann-Wirthwein, who we saw some time back with his 4 cylinder 125cc Monkey Bike, was working on a Ducati V8 project. It looks like the engine project is finished and he's even got a patent for the connecting rod arrangement using the original 900SS crankshaft. Think about that, this is a V8 engine using the original 2 cylinder 900SS crankshaft! From the drawing, you … [Read more...]

Carberry Enfield V-Twins Ready to Go

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The Carberry Enfield V-Twin has been through a very slow and methodical process on its way to production. We haven't heard much about them for a while but I just got word they're now taking orders with 12 crankshafts being assembled and 12 crankcases being machined, not to mention they have a number of the gorgeous V-Twin engines already on the road. New owners of the Carberry … [Read more...]