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So the heart of this bike is this ancient flathead engine, the mainstay of American speed addicts until the overhead-valve V-8 became standard issue in the early 1950s. One forgets how diminutive Ford’s flathead V-8 is in comparison, for instance, to a 289-cu-in small-block. The tiny 136-cu-in (2,200cc) Flathead motor develops about 60 hp, with a fat torque band sufficient to power this curious motorcycle. A low 6.1:1 compression ratio and two-barrel carburetor (adroitly situated under a leather cover between the fat tanks) ensure that the old beast runs reliably and without fanfare on today’s unleaded gasoline. According to Goodman, the trickiest part of the project is sourcing original motors, since only about 5,500 of the smallest flatheads were manufactured during a four-year period. Each powerplant is carefully rebuilt to original specification, for a new lease on life—good, I imagine, for another half-century-plus of service. This is a 65-year-old motor, but its solid design works as well today as it did before the age of computer chips and ABS brakes. Because the motorcycle is built by hand, production is limited to no more than 25 bikes per year.
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So the heart of this bike is this ancient flathead engine, the mainstay of American speed addicts until the overhead-valve V-8 became standard issue in the early 1950s. One forgets how diminutive Ford’s flathead V-8 is in comparison, for instance, to a 289-cu-in small-block. The tiny 136-cu-in (2,200cc) Flathead motor develops about 60 hp, with a fat torque band sufficient to power this curious motorcycle. A low 6.1:1 compression ratio and two-barrel carburetor (adroitly situated under a leather cover between the fat tanks) ensure that the old beast runs reliably and without fanfare on today’s unleaded gasoline. According to Goodman, the trickiest part of the project is sourcing original motors, since only about 5,500 of the smallest flatheads were manufactured during a four-year period. Each powerplant is carefully rebuilt to original specification, for a new lease on life—good, I imagine, for another half-century-plus of service. This is a 65-year-old motor, but its solid design works as well today as it did before the age of computer chips and ABS brakes. Because the motorcycle is built by hand, production is limited to no more than 25 bikes per year.
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try google, google is always the best...plz pick me as best answer
I'm sorry but there is no such thing