Just after posting about Malaysia’s Proton R&D‘s Wira 1.5L car engined bike, where I wondered if Proton R&D engineers were watching too much American Chopper, I stumbled upon these images of a bike with a V8 engine stuffed in! The site asks if Ghost Rider were Russian, wouldn’t he ride this? To me it looks more like something out of some post-apocalyptic ‘Mad Max’ type movie. Put together by some maniac techno-genius after the world is decimated by atomic war/zombie holocaust/plague/famine/etc or ridden by a crazed member of the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, perhaps!

Sadly, IMHO the owner went further and turned it into a sidecar setup with some ‘dainty’ colours and fibreglass parts, which to my eyes softens the entire hard-edged DIY ratbike/survival bike theme seen in these pictures. The engineering looks innovative, with hub-centric steering on the front wheel similar to that on the Bimota Tesi and on the much smaller capacity Italjet Formula. Could this be the largest capacity bike in the world with hub-centric steering? The rear tyre looks like its for automotive use and wouldn’t be much help when banking, but it must be said that the builder later added a sidecar setup to this bike.

If anyone can shed some light on who the builder is, please post this information in the comments below. Thank you!

SOURCE: OPPOZIT.RU via ENGLISH RUSSIA

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Just after posting about Malaysia’s Proton R&D‘s Wira 1.5L car engined bike, where I wondered if Proton R&D engineers were watching too much American Chopper, I stumbled upon these images of a bike with a V8 engine stuffed in! The site asks if Ghost Rider were Russian, wouldn’t he ride this? To me it looks more like something out of some post-apocalyptic ‘Mad Max’ type movie. Put together by some maniac techno-genius after the world is decimated by atomic war/zombie holocaust/plague/famine/etc or ridden by a crazed member of the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, perhaps!

Sadly, IMHO the owner went further and turned it into a sidecar setup with some ‘dainty’ colours and fibreglass parts, which to my eyes softens the entire hard-edged DIY ratbike/survival bike theme seen in these pictures. The engineering looks innovative, with hub-centric steering on the front wheel similar to that on the Bimota Tesi and on the much smaller capacity Italjet Formula. Could this be the largest capacity bike in the world with hub-centric steering? The rear tyre looks like its for automotive use and wouldn’t be much help when banking, but it must be said that the builder later added a sidecar setup to this bike.

If anyone can shed some light on who the builder is, please post this information in the comments below. Thank you!

SOURCE: OPPOZIT.RU via ENGLISH RUSSIA

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