V8 Frankenbeemer in 650 Frame?

[Mike V]

Monte,

Did you catch this link that came down the Airhead list this morning? Talk about a weekend cruiser!  There's some impressive talent hiding behind garage doors out there, hope you enjoy this guys and gals...

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2010/04/15/bmw-with-694cc-homemade-v8-engine/

[montmil]

Caught it, Mike, and almost posted it but as I didn't log on here until 1750 hours, you beat me to it. It's worth a look, folks. Whata project.   Monte

[nhmaf]

[size=20]COOL !!!!!![/size]

I bet those BMW riders who look down their collective noses at our lovely little R65s wouldn't be able to contain themselves when THAT R65 blows by them!     That tooks some serious dedication and skill to build!!


Another great project on that same web page is the "Royal Enfield Musket" - a fellow made a V-twin out of (2) Royal Enfield 350 singles - It also sounds fantastic (there is a movie, too).

[dav]

How awesome is that beast of a motor, god i'll love to hear that in the fleash.

btw why did't bike companies build a engine like this, like they have done most engine layouts, a small V8 (like the one posted, perfect size in my mind) air/oil cooled engine?  Or have they & it did't sell etc?

[nhmaf]

There have been other V8 engined motorcycles in the past - they are just too expensive (manufacturing wise) to be able to cost effectively mass-produce for the main stream market.

The most recent "production" bikes of the V8 type are from Morbidelli, a small Italian bike builder, though this was a liquid cooled DOHC V-8 of under 1-litre displacement, not an air-cooled one.

As "cool" as that garage-built airhead V-8 looks, I gotta think that the inside cylinders willl get pretty darn hot if the bike was run in normal day-in/day-out traffic.

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

As "cool" as that garage-built airhead V-8 looks, I gotta think that the inside cylinders willl get pretty darn hot if the bike was run in normal day-in/day-out traffic.  

Kind of like the inline-4 (front to rear) engined-bikes from the old days.


And I could never figure out how they kept the center of a square-4 cooled.

[nhmaf]

I still love the sound of that homebuilt V-8 - I had to come back to listen to it again!

As for old in-line 4 cylinder bikes, check out this item for sale on my local craigslist - a '47 Nimbus with a sidecar:
http://nh.craigslist.org/mcy/1698409058.html

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

I still love the sound of that homebuilt V-8 - I had to come back to listen to it again!

As for old in-line 4 cylinder bikes, check out this item for sale on my local craigslist - a '47 Nimbus with a sidecar:
http://nh.craigslist.org/mcy/1698409058.html

For $25,000 I think he should have at least rolled it out of the junk room.

[nhmaf]

This guy is a bit eccentric, I think.  He has alot of interesting old iron that he has been collecting and is now selling - some prices seem quite optimistic, IMHO, but he has other cool/rarities including an R75/5 with huge Heinrich tank, Desmo Ducatis, etc - here is another posting:
http://maine.craigslist.org/mcy/1697164333.html

[trolle]

As for old in-line 4 cylinder bikes, check out this item for sale on my local craigslist - a '47 Nimbus with a sidecar:
http://nh.craigslist.org/mcy/1698409058.html

I saw one driving by in Copenhagen last Sunday. The price is rather much - I think that the price level here in Denmark for a Nimbus in good condition is about $16.000.

greetings from a grey and windy north - dry roads though