Thunderous American V-twins and sportbike handling don’t usually go hand-in-hand, but that hasn’t stopped people from trying over the years. Andrew Marsden from Bristol, England is one of those people. He dreamed of riding a V-twin café racer that handled like a race bike and looked incredible—so he built one around a stonking S&S Cycle power train.
“I started thinking about building this bike in 2008 after I finished 17 years of racing on short circuits and the Isle of Man,” says Andy. “I wanted to build a big capacity V-twin in a chassis with nimble handling, but with the look of an older Manx Norton race bike.”
Andy kicked off his S&S Cycle café racer project in a big way—by making the frame himself.…