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The Zaeta line of Italian, hand-made, singlecylinder powered, street tracker bikes are a new
addition to the range of machinery now available
from the expanding Krazy Horse dealership
Alongside bespoke custom builds, Krazy Horse is also the European distributor for Zero Engineering’s
Samurai Choppers line of bikes, having taken the range on in 2010

have a high disposable income. He takes up the story
of how the Morgan connection was made there: “We
got to know Morgan cars through our continued
exhibiting at the Festival of Speed. They knew that
we understood the S&S motor used in their threewheeler, and a lot of their regular dealers don't.
We’ve already sold a few of the three-wheelers and
we’re seeing a steady growth in interest in them.
Morgan people are very traditional and we’re
different to regular Morgan dealers, but that’s what
the factory wants.”
he original Morgan three-wheelers, built in the
1920s and ’30s, were powered by a British V-twin
engine from JAP. Now that JAP V-twin engines are
once again becoming available, Paul has plans to
involve them with Morgan once more.
“We’re going to create a JAP S&S engine,” says
Paul. “We’ve had JAP engine covers and rocker boxes
castings made that will fit the X-Wedge.”
Naturally, Krazy Horse is also a dealer for Les and
Dave Card, the brothers who manufacture the JAP
V-twin engines and who will be supplying two
motors to Paul for use in upcoming custom builds.
One engine will be going into a cafe racer and the
other will be installed in a specially modified Zero
Engineering frame.
t is not just Morgan cars and Indian motorcycles
that Krazy Horse is a dealership for these days. The
business continues to be the European distributor for
Zero Engineering’s Samurai Choppers, and has now
taken on UK-distribution of Italian made, road legal,
street trackers Zaeta, which are 530cc single-cylinder
bikes. Additionally, to cater for the youth market
there is the Hard Knock range of bikes available in
50cc and 125cc engine sizes with the option to
upgrade to a 200cc single or 250cc V-twin engine.
As Paul says of all of these ranges: “They’re niche
products and that’s what we’re good at.” He
continues saying: “We are still the UK dealer for
Absolute from Hogtech in Sweden and we do Storz
and Kiwi Indian. We are trying to bring all of the best
of the custom world under one roof.”
The move to becoming a more conventional
dealership with the addition of Indian was another
benefit of Krazy Horse’s regular attendance at the
Goodwood Festival of Speed as another regular
exhibitor is the UK arm of Indian’s parent company
Polaris. Naturally, the two motorcycle businesses

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Despite initial fears that the
parts business would
decline following the move
to new purpose built
premises this side of the
business has actually
increased over the past year

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The Krazy Café is operated
in conjunction with London’s
legendary Ace Cafe and adds
an extra dimension to the
core motorcycle business

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