On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Mark Roberts wrote: > Was Lord Hesketh the one behind the Hesketh V-1000 motorcycle of the > early 80s? 1000cc v-twin that was supposed to be a world beater and > never made it into production? Sounds like this project would have fit > into his general modus operandi.
Mark, This was the same Lord Hesketh. However, though hardly a runaway success, the bike _did_ make it into production, and what's more, it can still be bought new. If you have several thousand dollars to spare check out: http://www.broom.engineering.btinternet.co.uk/ Chris Sorry for the delay replying - all of the Yorkshire, Manchester and Humberside (UK) academic network has been in big bother for the last 24 hours.
