Beautiful innovation in search of excellence. Mad respect for builders such as these. My last bike, an ancient Norton Dominator with a few parts upgraded, now a Matt Capri 955i Daytona. I’ve found better foundations to build on than most. Except for my first bike, an engine eating Yam 250. But since then motorcycles have been the second best part of my life. Only my own family & true friends have brought me more joy & growth. Ride it like you stole it but get back to your garage in one piece. - Matt’s dad Dan
I had a new one on a old Iron head and it was junk ! Had nothing but problems with the tickler plunger going bad as it would tear after just a few times and you couldn't flood the carburetor on cold starts and it didn't like cold temps under 40 degrees even though the instructions said it had a bimetallic valve to help it run better in cold climates or when in a low oxygen climate in mountains and such ! I sold it and bought a new S&S that's a pumper carburetor that worked much better in every way possible & never looked back !
@@Merch131ho haven’t seen the whole video yet but not sure if it’s the twin Norton drag bike an online friend from the Midwest told me about. Hogslayer built at Sunset Motors in Kenosha Wisconsin. Heard about it from Danny D’Low of YT. Eventually gave up on an affordable Norton fast by today’s standards. Ended up on a lightly used Matt Capri version 955i Daytona. Single engine, EFI, normal not forced induction, modern brakes, better handling than the top end crazy UJMs. 11 flat at 128 stock. Think it can run low 10s geared right. Maybe 140 trap speed? I dunno. But I want to find out. It’s been decades since I had a really fast British rat bike. This time I want to run against the clock. People don’t believe me when I tell them my age. I think it’s because I have always pushed the envelope. Beats just hanging around. -Matt’s dad Hooning since jr. high, still love fast bikes that handle.
There was the same Douglas twin in a Pre-65 trials where I was riding in the 80's. The rider used to pour a glass of beer on the back cylinder with great regularity to avoid sizing (he also drank twice more glasses of beer, also to avoid sizing did he say! 😃).
Yes its something I'm aware off. There is so much to film and my camera had only about an hour of memory / battery power. So I was trying to get as much as possible on film before I ran out of memory / power. But this year I have spare memory cards and batteries, so hope to do better.
