Nembo Super 32 Motorcycle with Inverted Engine Presented

The world has turned upside down, as Daniele ‘Titus’ Sabatini, owner, project leader and chief designer of the project, has built a motorcycle that’s fitted with a 2000cc three-cylinder engine that’s fitted upside down. Wearing the Nembo Super 32 designation, this unusual - to say the least - machine, boasts an inverted engine, with the cylinder heads facing the road.

“I wanted to build a high-performance big-bore motorcycle, which would look ‘new’ but which would still have a classic and timeless beauty. The bike would have to be built with high quality metal and carbonfibre components and would be very light,” says Sabatini.

"Inverting the engine allowed me to achieve these results. The Super 32 is built around the engine, where the engine, by means of a super-compact crankcase that’s placed over the cylinders and the heads, works as the chassis, while the heads and cylinders do not participate in structural functions in any way," he added.

Dubbed the Nembo Motociclette Super 32 Rovescio, the air-cooled three-cylinder engine uses a single overhead cam and two valves per cylinder. Displacement is said to range from 1850 to 2100cc, and power output will range between 160 and 250 horsepower.

Furthermore, the Super 32 also uses steel tube trellis frame components at the front, while the swingarm is made of carbon fibre. The bike’s dry weight ranges between 140-155 kg (309-342 lbs), but this depends on the materials used and options chosen.

The Super 32 is built on request and has so far been fitted on just two prototypes. The first two 1814cc prototypes are scheduled to be track tested in February 2011, after which Sabatini will start producing a small series of Super 32s, fitted with a 1925cc inverted engine.