I personally don't like this replica Excelsior, mainly for the way it has been built. The workmanship is superb but I believe the builder has lost the essence of what that period of bike is.
Grahame.
I hope to build up to a point where I can take an order from someone like yourself and knock up some unique part for a restoration at a normalized cost. Hopefully setting up a rather nice hobby workshop next year to cater for some VMX racers. Thanks for your kind words.
I disagree a lot with the methods the guy has used, I have no beef with using unseen modern parts or upgrades for reliability but why would you stray from the crank, piston, rod weight and balance factor and original cam timing for example - if I was doing it it would be for the purpose of 'feeling' entirely what it was like to ride an original 1919 motorcycle. I could never bring myself to building a 'dummy' bike either and if I did it would be from a steel art direction such as the incredible work of James Corbett
http://www.gadflygallery.com/artist_view.php?ArtistID=27http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/steampunk-animals-by-james-corbett-the-car-part-sculptor.html
