You know when the Lotto Jackpot gets to some ridiculously large amount. That night everybody and their brother makes a run for the convince store to drop this weeks pay check on tickets in hopes that come 11pm they can wade through the 40 tickets spread across the coffee table and be holding the winning number. Well, I can't stand that idea personally, but occasionally I sit back and day dream about the idea of having that large bank account and what 1 lavish piece of sex on wheels would I spend it on if the opportunity presented itself. It was the Bimota DB7 until I stumbled upon this extraordinary piece of of hand crafted mechanical porn. The Icon Motorcycles Sheene.
A bike designed and built in homage to the late great Barry Sheene. It features a 250+hp turbo Suzuki GSX1400 engine combined with some of the most beautiful, sot after, handcrafted crem de la crem of high end motorcycle performance kit you can assemble. The engine is built with components from Wiseco, Carillo and Garrett with F1 style fuel management and electronics from Bosch to make 250rwhp and 133lb/ft at 0.4 bar of boost! The big tube alloy frame by Spondon , GP swingarm from Fabrication Techniques, Suspension courtesy of Bitubo and the most awesome brakes and controls available from ISR. If all that isn't enough to make you salivate, the wheels and fairings are hand laid carbon fiber. The tank is hand formed aluminum as well as the oil cooler and the exhaust is hand formed stainless. Only 52 are to be produced to commemorate Barry Sheene's 52 years of life. Priced at a modest $160,000 for a bike that exudes 80's muscle bike style with the latest race breed performance all waiting to unleash a monster amount of air cooled power at the twist of the wrist. All I can say is, I have a dollar and a dream.
www.iconsheene.com
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