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Greybeard
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Is this even real? The frame and front suspension doesn't look anywhere near up to the job of carrying that cast iron flat head V8 and I can't see a radiator?!
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I did not think about a radiator 🤔
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Rads are in the 'saddlebags'
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rads in the saddle bags keeping the bacon warm. i agree with BON it looks engineeringly very iffy , like some of the crap i do
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Yes, it does look like the rad is in the saddle bag. Very neat, unlike the Imp engined Norton my mate built in the 70's
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Indian front forks too.
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Although it's a V8 I doubt the side valves had huge power.
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Still had a lot of weight though, plus a fair amount of torque..
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Just looked it up, basic power is likely to be 90 hp / 155 lbft but the record is 700 hp!!
What did surprise me is that the engine was last made in 1969 by Simca Brazil which is impressive for an engine introduced in 1932.
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Hi All,
It looks to have a Guzzi gearbox
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Hope it was better than the French Simca's then..
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