There’s also a shorter screen, a one-piece seat and a set of bolt-on crash bars to protect the engine, plus more dirt-orientated 21in front and 18in rear wheels to allow extra knobbly tyre options.
Some riders go all misty-eyed over an air-cooled Desmodue engine, personally I’m more ... but ABS is standard and so are Brembo monoblock radial brake calipers and a USB port under the seat.
He then removed the Catalina’s original 389-cid engine for safekeeping. Shaloo brought the car to Richie’s personal garage, where the two-year build took place. Richie broke down the motor to its bare ...