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BIKES
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Bienville Legacy:
The American Superbike
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ienville Legacy is a
motorbike that has
shocked everybody.
The bike has a
special suspension
system. According
to the creators it is more
than just any ordinary bike.
It highlights the return
of superb craftsmanship
in America. The intricate
craftsmanship and artistry
of this motorbike makes the
bike deserving of the title
“Most POWERFUL Luxury
motorcycle”. The price? An
eye popping $350,000!

J.T. Nesbiit is the
designer, responsible for the
creation of this unique and
breathtaking motorcycle.
When the famous entre-
preneur Jim Jacoby sold his
company, he had a huge
amount of money along with
some dreams that he wanted
to fulfill. One of his dreams
was to renovate the concept
of master craftsmanship in
the state of America. This led
him to create organizations
known as the American
Design and Master Craft
Initiative.

He built a metallic
giant that was supposed to
have strength like Thor’s. This
motorcycle did not look like
any ordinary bike. Your eyes
would be instantly glued onto
its powerful frame. It has a
small yet majestic leather
saddle, a shining steel tube
spine, an underbelly built
for the fuel storage and the
carbon girder for the system
of suspension. The bike gave
the feeling that everything
will last more than thousand
years.

And who was the
right choice to build this
masterpiece? J.T. Nesbitt,
of course! Nesbitt was the
appropriate craftsman for the
construction of this project.
He definitely made this mo-
torcycle happen!

According to the
arrangement between Jacoby
and Nesbitt, Nesbitt had the
freedom and was given all
the required resources for
designing and building every
piece of ADMCi. Thus, the
Bienville Legacy was born!
The motorcycle has an engine
of 1650cc Motus MV4. This
gives an output of about
185HP. Nesbitt has also add-
ed a centrifugal supercharger
of Rotrex that will augment
the power to above 300HP.  

Both the girder
front end and the swingarm
of the rear have identical
carbon composites. The built-
in adjusters of the motor are
used as chain adjusters. With
all of these complicated pro-
cesses, can you believe that
everything was built by hand?
Amazing!
And this is Jacoby and Nes-
bitt’s answer to the question,
“What would you build if you
have all the time and money
in the world?”