but somehow I just love the look,
of vintage Board Trackers,
I have mentioned this murderous sport and tribute motorcycles to it before,
and here is another example of a boardtracker, the look of which I just like so much,
but here is the thing,
many of the original bikes had V twin engines, and the chances of finding an original engine at a reasonable price is slim indeed,
so what to do for the power plant?
well for Csus Valencia from Mazagón, Andalusia, on the Atlantic Coast of Spain, the answer was obvious, use a V twin engine from an off-road Moto Morini Kanguro 350. and it so looks the part,
Csus from Kacerwagen Cycles has built this beauty from scratch and called it ‘The Zeppelina V72’,
so, after a rebuild to ensure it was running reliably and
pumping out more power than the original racers with less than
half the cubic capacity, attention turned to dressing it up, the block, and valve covers were all ground back and shaped to give it a vintage-style
look, while extensive use of brass on the side covers, clutch cover and in the
form of beautiful inlet trumpets give it the perfect period feel,
to
frame the engine, Csus wanted to stay as true to the originals as possible and
the designs were always similar to a push bike, if not taken from the very
thing, only the bottom half of the swingarm is from the Moto Morini, the rest
was TIG welded at Kacerwagen, with each piece crafted and shaped from
high-grade steel, with the engine in place, the rigid tail could be completed
with the Morini arm hard tailed to the centre post with two pieces of round
stock for a uber bicycle-effect, up front and a Yamaha hub with drum
brakes forms the basis of the rolling assembly, with the new rim wearing an old
school Avon Speedmaster tyre, at the rear a Morini hub and sprocket deal with the
modern power, while a bigger rim gets wrapped up in a Shinko E270, do I like it? of course, if only it could be used on the road! you can follow Csus on Facebook, photographs by Nfoco Digital.
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