the engine
is actually two conjoined V-Twins from Trojan & Nagl, the company that built the original.
https://bikepost.ru/blog/retro/22088/Retro-mototsikl-Torpedo-V4-1909.html
https://thekneeslider.com/1909-torpedo-v4-replica-by-pavel-malanik/
If that's not impressive enough, he also built this:
the same way. By making it piece by piece
WOW! Hats off to someone with that much skill. I am presently reading a book about the history of precision. One has to admire these craftsmen.
ReplyDeleteIs it that book I posted about? The Perfectionists? http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2021/04/jay-leno-wrote-article-about-this-book.html
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