the Hesketh

[CafeRay]

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Two liter engine, 120hp. Only 24 will be made. I don't get it.

 

[drumstyx]

2 liters to make 120hp?

 

[-D-]

Two liter engine, 120hp. Only 24 will be made. I don't get it.

I am sure the price tag will math the limited 24 production built units.
There are people that feel the need to have something others don't as a form to say I am better than you.
Think of this as the $200,000 wrist watch.

 

[RockerGuy]

Maybe there's tons of torque

 

[drumstyx]

That's what I was thinking, could well be the case from a massive v-twin.

 

[Matt Rain]

Computer rendering looks like utter caca.

 

[Flywheel]

USD forks, radial calipers and rear shocks clash with the engine, frame and swingarm. Looks like a 600 lb frankenbike to me. Leno is probably the first guy they called.

 

[omnivore]

XR1200 with fairings

 

[Snobike Mike]

We need a barf emoticon......

 

[Mongrel]

I thought this was going to be a thread about some monster in a new video game.

 

[N3WMAN]

Not surprising. Everything else they've built has been a total failure.

 

[kruzuki]

I believe there's a company that's been building them in very limited numbers since the original company went bust.

They were originally built to be something of a Rolls Royce of mototcycles - a 'Gentleman's Tourer' if you will, but they were overpriced and unreliable.

I've never actually seen one, but they had a classy look to them. This new version looks odd.

 

[CafeRay]

Not surprising. Everything else they've built has been a total failure.

Teddy Hesketh has always been an under -achiever. He inherited a bunch of money with his lordship, blew most of it on a F1 team in 1975. It's been a list of failed ventures since, with a few successes in racing engine prep.

Since the world super car market has dried up, there are a few companies proposed to build exclusive, expensive bikes to satisfy one's inner doosh. The problem with that is that wealthy older men for the most part don't buy motorcycles.

 

[Jayell]

Teddy Hesketh...

Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh. Not sure how you get Teddy from that.

 

[bitzz]

Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh. Not sure how you get Teddy from that.

http://trackthoughts.com/2008/11/17/lord-heskeths-teddy-bear/

 

[bitzz]

...oh, and yes a two litre two cylinder motor WILL develop a lot of torque

 

[Jayell]

http://trackthoughts.com/2008/11/17/lord-heskeths-teddy-bear/

Uhh...I guess so.

 

[GDM]

I would rather someone brought back the Vincent.

 

[CafeRay]

Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh. Not sure how you get Teddy from that.

His nickname is Teddy, and this was the symbol of the Hesketh racing team:

And his manager was Bubbles Horsley, Teddy and Bubbles.

Hesketh thought that after a successful season they could get a sponsor for 1976. It was a gamble. F1 in the 70s had the same funding trouble as F1 2014.

 

[CafeRay]

I would rather someone brought back the Vincent.

No, I've had enough with people buying old brand names and selling new overpriced bikes, i.e. Norton.

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