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Dan
Spiegel
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"I've
put over 20,000 miles on it and it still is the best
all-around bike I own. It has its share of modifications,
though. It shows some judicious application of black
paint here and there; a steering damper; headlight
brackets from a Ducati Mk. I and a stainless steel
instrument panel of my own design (housing a big white
Veglia tach and a 140mph speedo 'cos I ruined the
original 80mph one from keeping it pegged); clubman
bars and an ever-changing attempt at finding the correct
rear-view mirror; seat is slightly sculpted; rear
fender from a V50 II and its associated brake light;
relocated and different turn signal lights; and Monza
foot controls work with relocated footpegs. A Dyna
ignition fires Dyna coils; the 28mm Dell'Orto carbs
(mounted on V65 intakes for clearance more than for
tuning) were elliptically bored out to 31.5mm by Craig
Hanson, who also built the 2-into-1 pipe (the only
one I know of which actually gains both hp AND torque
for this motor); the primary gears are the taller-ratio
Monza set; the flywheel lost 15% of its mass‹let
me know if you find it; the exhaust incorporates a
one-way suction valve for the crankcase breather;
and the swingarm is about 3mm from being perfectly
aligned with the front end." |
