The camshaft is from S & S and they made the pipe for us too - it was a one off , but they ’ ve now made another one for someone else apparently . The cylinder head has been ported too , just a bit of a tidy up as they ’ re pretty rough castings from the factory . “ It ’ s now making 65hp at the wheel , up from the standard bike ’ s 39hp at the wheel . It ’ s running a 20 % methanol , 80 % Avgas mix , with pod filters straight off the back of the throttle bodies .
BUSTED KNUCKLE BUILD-OFF Once the bike was finished it was air freighted to Aussie for the Australian Motorcycle Festival and Royal Enfield ’ s Busted Knuckle build-off , a dealer entered show . The bikes were displayed on the Royal Enfield stand , where the bike took the People ’ s Choice award .
The bike then came back to NZ where Dale Finch raced it in the Burt Munro Beach Race . “ It took third in the Clubmans ’ class . The race is dominated by motocross bikes , but in the Clubman Class it did pretty well ”, says Mitch . When asked what it ’ s like to ride , Mitch says he only built it - and has only ridden it around the block . Mitch raced an Indian FTR1200 last year and is doing the same again this year . He told me they ’ re looking to build a very trick FTR1200 , so we ’ re excited to see that . Visit www . wanakapowersports . com to see their range of bikes and gear . If you want to know more , get it touch and say hello - they ’ re a friendly bunch down there in a beautiful part of the country .
30 KIWI RIDER