An oval piston V4. The logic was it had eight valves per cylinder and behaved like a small V8 where the rules only allowed for four cylinders....

Here are some photos from my camping spot in Dordogne...

There is hope for the Internal Combustion Engine. They did a demonstration lap at the Suzuka 8hrs race this weekend. ?...

Opening the carb body gave me my first inkling that the bike hadn't been run for a great number of years, there were many dead spiders inside! The carb wasn't in bad condition, it was simple to disman...

I've been gone a while glad to be back who would like to go for a long ride maybe go to southern Indiana brown County...

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