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British manufacturer Hesketh has recently made a very bold affirmation during an interview company’s Paul Sleeman gave the Telegraph. Sleeman says that he intends to build another Hesketh machine which would be, according to him, much like a Bugatti Veyron among motorcycles. We are definitely taking this with a grain of salt, as such ambitious plans are more often met with manufacturers who are doing very well, and not with recently revived ones.
Sleeman also tells the same British newspaper that no less than 16 of the new Hesketh 24 lot have been sold. The 24 new Hesketh machines have been pushed for £35,000 ($53,700 or €47,500), and Sleeman is confident that he will have the needed funding to expand the line-up. Still, the new bikes are going to head a strange direction when it comes to price and availability, meaning much higher prices and fewer units.
So far, the Hesketh 24 is powered by a 1,950cc air-cooled push rod-actuated, injected v-twin mated to a Baker 5-speed transmission. The 125hp @ 6,000 rpm power figure is cool for a big-bore v-twin, and a good complement to the 196 Nm (144.5 lb-ft) peak torque at 3,000 rpm. There is no word on how the new Hesketh will look like, and neither is anyone talking about its engine.
Truth be told, there’s not much left in the v-twin world, possibly with S&S still having to offer some crazy bigger engines. Even so, we should be looking for turbo or some form of supercharging if the Veyron claim has anything to do with reality. Time will tell if Sleeman was just bragging or telling the truth.
“Building a Bugatti Veyron”
“If the 24 is like an Aston Martin, we’re working on a Bugatti Veyron,” says Sleeman, seemingly very confident in the success of his efforts to revive the brand. Still, how much technology and power can he fit into a bike frame, remains to be seen.So far, the Hesketh 24 is powered by a 1,950cc air-cooled push rod-actuated, injected v-twin mated to a Baker 5-speed transmission. The 125hp @ 6,000 rpm power figure is cool for a big-bore v-twin, and a good complement to the 196 Nm (144.5 lb-ft) peak torque at 3,000 rpm. There is no word on how the new Hesketh will look like, and neither is anyone talking about its engine.
Truth be told, there’s not much left in the v-twin world, possibly with S&S still having to offer some crazy bigger engines. Even so, we should be looking for turbo or some form of supercharging if the Veyron claim has anything to do with reality. Time will tell if Sleeman was just bragging or telling the truth.
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