Wow this thing looks soooo cool and fun to boot! [moto] Only 300 to be made!
http://www.metisse-motorcycles.com/ (http://www.metisse-motorcycles.com/)
(http://thekneeslider.com/images/mcqueenmetisse.jpg)
Ummm...
[bacon]
Love it.
Beautiful, awesome, need one, but I don't know about that front brake [roll]
that i too cool! It would be so much fun out at the farm.
That is a whole bunch of cool.
Of course for the price you could get a 1198 and have money left over....
Definitely would upgrade to a disc, but otherwise/still a pretty sweet bike.
Here's an interesting article on/by The Man himself...
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/snwvlly/bikes/steve.htm (http://www.angelfire.com/biz/snwvlly/bikes/steve.htm)
Quote from: JEFF_H on January 22, 2009, 01:04:01 PM
That is a whole bunch of cool.
Of course for the price you could get a 1198 and have money left over....
Or build one close to that, even better in some ways, for at least 1/2 the price...
Quote from: Jaman on January 22, 2009, 01:05:58 PM
Or build one close to that, even better in some ways, for at least 1/2 the price...
Could be done without too much trouble with a 60's triumph twin as a donor bike.
Quote from: akmnstr on January 22, 2009, 12:55:23 PM
Beautiful, awesome, need one, but I don't know about that front brake [roll]
Brakes just slow you down... ;D
That bike wasn't intended for the road.
Small brakes work great in the dirt.
Love to have one, but they are a little pricey aren't they?
LA
Quote from: LA on January 23, 2009, 05:33:21 PM
Love to have one, but they are a little pricey aren't they?
LA
About $17,661 pricey to be exact. That coin will get you a lot of Ducati.
QuoteThat bike wasn't intended for the road.
You're right, but...with some better brakes and different tires it would probably be a very good and fun road bike. I've noticed with my own old and stock Triumph that I don't need blazing or even rapid acceleration to have fun. But, like alfisti said, 17,000 buys a lot of Ducati. An advantage to the old Britbike motors is that they had relatively light crankshafts and corresponding light engines, about the same weight as a modern 350cc four cylinder. But they also make about the same power as a modern 350. If I had $17,000 laying around I think I'd buy an older Monster to work on rather than build a Metisse, and use the leftover 12,000 or so for beer and tools. I really like the concept of a Monster-Metisse. Something halfway between a stock Monster and a TerraMostro.