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Old 05-24-2016, 04:31 AM   #86 (permalink)
Andy_T
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There is a historic model, the Clymer-Muench "Mammoth" motorbike where an enthusiastic mechanic genius built a motorbike around a 4-cylinder engine from a small car in 1966. Then the biggest and baddest motorbike, they were successful, but not financially so. They tried the same thing in 2000 with building 15 copies of a new model using a turbocharged 2 litre car engine putting out 260 horsepower... MÜNCH

Seems they are now building electric motorbikes, but have not heard of commercial success.
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