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@ all
I read an article in "CUSTOMBIKE" about
Duesenberg-motorcycle -Projekt !
did anybody else hear about that new Bike ?
www.duesenbergmotors.com
PETER

Your link didnt work check these out....
http://www.duesenbergmotorcycles.com/motorcycle.html
http://www.autoblog.com/entry/1234000010039382/

I have one of those feelings that is an idea that may never get anywhere.

Soren

A 300 HP V12 is not really what I'm looking for in a daily rider....

"Remember that silly Tomahawk that Dodge built a couple years ago?"

Silly!? That thing (regardless of whether you consider it a motorcycle or not) had some extremely cool bits. The engineering alone was genious, not to mention the sheer thought of that much power. The fact that they figured out how to make a four wheeled vehicle lean over in turns like a motorcycle is pretty amazing in itself.

Thanks soren ,for your support
the Article means ,duesenberg is trying a new motorconcept
with a frame of Boss Hoss ,but no V8 5,7ltr. Motor.
They say less weight,less consumption,more Lifetime and less expenses .
They had only a drawing and a Idea !
PETER

Here's an interesting use of the old Ford V-8 60:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/motor_cycles/1268616.html

NOTE: For you youngsters, the V-8 60 was a miniature Ford flathead engine, displacing around 100 cubic inches, which was used for a short time before the war, in Ford sedans, as an econo engine. Afterwards, this cute engine was made for industrial applications, and, it caught on as a great midget racer motor. (How about a Crane radius tappet cam for one? Does anyone else even know what that means? A buddy of mine owns such a cam - with lifters. Heck, does anyone else even remember Honest Charley Hisself?)

HISTORY LESSON: For years I'd heard about an aluminum V-8 60 block, but could never confirm its existence. Finally, I ran into an old timer who had raced both midgets and Indy cars both before and after WW2. He told me that the aluminum V-8 60 was made after WW2 by Simca (of France) for European-only cars (not allowed into the US per agreement with Ford). The engines that showed up in the US had come from cars originally imported into Canada.

There were a few Indian 4's with a V8-60 installed. When old Henry retired temporarily, (he hated 6 cylinder engines, even though he put one in early Lincolns for a couple of years.) and Edsel took over, the V8-60 was dropped and replaced with a 95 HP 6 that, interestingly, was rated at the same power as the V8 in '41. The 60 HP engine was used in industrial applications for a while, then shipped off to France to be used in the Ford Vedette, which was styled as a miniature '50 Mercury. Later, Ford sold Vedette to an investment consortium and the company was renamed SIMCA. The later versions were rated at around 80 HP and had a 4 speed.
On that bike, it world work really nicely to fit it with the '40 - '48 3 speed gearbox. Several of these were made into a linier shift with a camplate moving the stock shift levers up and down.