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Entirely devoid of 'catalog' parts and
dripping with handcrafted excellence, it's
hard to know where to begin to talk about
this incredibly contemporary veteran.
Having absorbed what has been done with the frame
and the front, and the rear swingarm, and the front
swingarm style ersatz hub steer 'fork', and the front
suspension (twin shocks underneath the frame),
and the rear horizontally mounted fork tubes under
the frame, and the dual chain primary and
secondary set up, and, and, and … Personally
speaking a big red overload/reboot light flashes
as one tries to simply absorb the creativity,
innovation, ingenuity, craftsmanship - the thinking
and thought processes to arrive at 'Flying Marla'
simply take the breath away.
Exceptional. Stunning. A testament to the
engineering genius of the Italian custom motorcycle
market.
And, yes, before you ask, of course it is a 'runner' -
all the bikes that make it into the awards process at
the 'AMD' have to be supported in advance by a run
test video.
In AMD World Championship terms, what a year
2018 was!
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