Alexs Bol D'or | Walt Siegl Motorcycles

Walt Siegl has been protagonists of our attentions many times (here erstwhile articles), his motorbikes ever combine neat elegance in addition to functionality, where weight reduction is a sought-after aesthetic slumber its hallmark.

This MV, amongst its 3-cylinder engine in addition to the truss frame, is the footing that has chosen to exercise a small-scale serial of really special motorcycles. Each exceptional is dissimilar from the other in addition to destined for a client who wants a motorbike that is unique inwards the world.

Like other prefartors, he has decided to mention each cycle inwards a dissimilar way, at that topographic point are those who give the mention of the metropolis where it volition terminate upward in addition to who the mention of the novel owner, as inwards the illustration of this Alexs Bol D'or.

“In my experience, saving weight wherever you lot tin ever results inwards a ameliorate performing motorcycle. The weight reduction plan for the Bol d’Or starts amongst the utilisation of high tech composite to supervene upon the plastic OEM bodywork. Using a especially formulated epoxy Kevlar matrix for the newly styled twenty liter gas tank reduces the weight significantly to 3.5 lb. All the bodywork combined (including fairing stay) weighs solely 8.5 lb. Additional weight reduction is achieved past times our aluminum subframe, the lightweight high performing exhaust system, in addition to our WSM nurture sets machined from 7075-T651 aerospace degree aluminum."

"A ram air organization was created to instruct the best out of the highly tuned 3-cylinder engine. The diameter of the air intakes was increased in addition to they were tucked into the front end of the fairing. To instruct the nearly out of these modifications in addition to to range ameliorate torque in addition to horsepower, the ECU is flashed amongst a fully tunable functioning program."

"The sense of riding such a lightweight motorbike amongst its razor abrupt treatment in addition to the engine functioning of the legendary MV Agusta technology, engulfed past times a audio like to that of a Formula One auto is hard to position into words. It needs to live experienced.” — Walt Siegl