sabret00the

The concept of the V-Twin was conceived by Paul Carberry and brought to fruition by Paul and Ian Drysdale (Of the Drysdale 750-V8 and 1000-V8 fame)


The basic premise was to create a “classic” style 1000cc British V-Twin utilising as many standard Royal Enfield parts as possible. All this to attain a well mannered torquey cruiser with the look, feel and sound expected from a bike with traditional British bloodlines but with enough technology to make it a practical every day work horse - at a reasonable price. The design premise included keeping production and maintenance costs down with a worldwide availability of spare parts.


The 55 degree vee angle was chosen for the combination of style, balance and mechanical simplicity. One consideration was to allow the hydraulic lifters to be accommodated above the standard Royal Enfield cams without modification to the barrels. Any vee angle tighter than 55 deg also requires heavy modification of the Royal Enfield heads for carburettor clearance. The standard Enfield primary drive cover has also been retained. The Enfield clutch is “beefed up” and a bigger engine sprocket is fitted to utilise the extra performance of the V-twin.


Quick Specs:


ENGINE


Engine type: Air-cooled, OHV, pushrod,four valve, 55 degrees V-Twin.
Bore & stroke: 84x90mm
Displacement: 998cc
Compression Ratio: 6.5:1
Ignition: Electronic CDI Bosch trigger
Fuel System: 2x28mm MIK-Indian CV carburettors
Fuel Type: 91 RON
Power: 49.6bhp / 37KW @ 4800rpm

TRANSMISSION

Type: 5 Speed
Primary Drive: Duplex chain
Clutch: Wet, multiplate
Final Drive: Chain

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Aryan

Topic Approved.

Please mention the 'source' of this information too.

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wierd_san

read abt this long back in an autocar issue

blackfire_9

Hey guys,

I had sent an email to the company & got a response from a guy called Mike who was one of the guys in the project. This was about 2 months back (in Feb). He told me via an email reply that the company is actually yet to produce the first commercial V-Twin. If I can remember correctly, although he did mention having a prototype. But I will look for the email & paste it here the next time I am online here

They have the orders but not even one was out as yet on the road. He told me that many others from India had enquired about it.

Take care.

Happy thumping,
Prakhar

sabret00the

Now it's properly updated.

desideep

hmm "Yawwnnnnnn" "ZZZzzzzz"

is there a news of it being built for the market oh no
i have been looking at this for years now chalo any ways another thread .

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Arun Cheloor

its an old piece of info

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Nikhil Pereira

cool thread and neatly edited video

sabret00the

This is what the sales manager wrote back to me today when I asked for permission for uploading their video on youtube.

satyenpoojary

Ah its raining vTwin Enfields this summer... first the smaller one, now this!
Nice!

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