Midual type 1

[Nick Calne]

There is a short article in Bike magazine about the bike this month, if you fancy a look.

[daveb]

the magazines don't do it justice, after seeing it in the flesh its amazing, the attention to detail mind blowing. its a monocock chassis,  which is also the fuel tank all cast in 1 piece, they designed their own engine from scratch. high grade quality leather.

To see it on the road was increasable, not many have seen it on the road.

the engine crank covers are colour coded to match small areas of the bike. to see the monocock straight from the mould then machined then polished you can understand its a passion for motorcycling.

The guys there ride the bikes everyday.

[nickjtc]

the magazines don't do it justice, after seeing it in the flesh its amazing, the attention to detail mind blowing.

For 140,000 Euros I would hope so :icon_wink:

[daveb]

People wouldn't bat an eye lid on a £250k car for a bespoke luxury car, so why not for a bespoke bike.

[Nick Calne]

If you look after these things carefully they go up in value. I expect some people will watch what happens then make an 'investment'.

[nickjtc]

Frankly, I would rather have one of these sitting in my living room than a Brough or Vincent. Sacrilege, I know, but let's face it a Midual is a much more useable machine, and it will probably go up in value....

[daveb]

The bike was launched at Pebble beach last month, I see you also mentioned a few old british bike names too, Brough & Vincent

A few other names to look out for Arial, Matchless, Hesketh sadly I have not designed the gauges for these 3 machines.

[Chris Canning]

I'll take the Aerial with the optional big tank and Ohlins everyday when it comes to making money a Vinnie will do just fine.

[Nick Calne]

I think the Ariel is a thing of beauty but what happens when you drop it and scratch that external frame?

[Chris Canning]

Errrrrrrrr you'll end up with the same problem as many other bikes that crash badly 

Shame Honda didn't build a bike along similar lines instead of the tube of guts that they did!!

http://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-views/news/2012/2014/june/ariel-motorcycles-are-back-with-1273cc-ace/#.VCnL9010y70

[Nick Calne]

Not an easy, or cheap, thing to replace, Chris.

[Chris Canning]

Suppose not if you don't have any insurance  :icon_wink: if your looking for investment anything that needs a Whitworth spanner will do of course all that is subject to the interest rate because when that finally starts to move all car/bike prices will drop just like before.

[Nick Calne]

A mate of mine bought a Ferarri a few years back maybe 2009 or 2010 for £70k or so and its worth about £150k now. Some sort of special edition apparently.  He's basically made a lot of money by having a nice car to potter about in.

More fun doing this sort thing than working for the cash!

[nickjtc]

More fun doing this sort thing than working for the cash!

If you've got the spons up front to be able to do it......

For me, just a lottery-winning dream.