Drysdale V8

The Drysdale V8 Motorcycle cruiser handles like a race bike, but with the smoothness that a V8 engine can deliver.  The bike is designed and manufactured in Australia.  It is one of the coveted ‘Superbike’  or ‘Supercycle’ class motorcycles.   Drysdale V8 Bikes are road legal and eye catching.  We love these bikes so much that we’ve got a lot of Drysdale V8 Motorcycle pictures in the gallery below.

The Drysdale 1000-V8 Naked bike is a truly individualistic and unique bike.  It is a hand built to custom order.  A specialists cycle that utilizes important parts from industry leading motorcycles for easy service. There is a lead time of five to six months.  The customer chooses the color, instruments, brakes, suspension and wheels. Price starts at AU$78,000 (incl. 10% GST) – or approximately USD$37,000 plus taxes / duties / freight (at current exchange rates). The MoTec dash shown in the photos adds AU$5,000 / US$2,600 to the price.

We are starting two new sections to this site, and we encourage you to discuss your thoughts and questions and answers and ideas regarding researching, purchasing, and renting in our Drysdale Discussion Forum or posting or viewing additional pictures of Drysdale Bikes in our Drysdale Image Gallery.

We hope you enjoy these pictures. The vast majority of our photos come from user submissions, so if you have photos you would like to share, please let us know by sending us a message using our Contact Us page. We always appreciate receiving new images from V8 Motorcycles enthusiasts like yourself.

Drysdale Design Philosophy

1. To build a road legal factory racer- the highest performance motorcycle that could still be ridden to the corner shop for a loaf of bread.
2. To build a unique machine but still with worldwide parts availability – this has been achieved by utilising wearing parts from existing motorcycles where it didn’t compromise rule #1.
3. To allow ease of maintenance either at home or at the track. Both the heads, the clutch, the gearbox, the alternator and the waterpump can all be removed with the engine still in the frame -the last four don’t even require the removal of any bodywork.

The choice to use an existing 4 cylinder engine was so overseas buyers could get spare parts more easily in the event of Drysdale Motorcycles ceases to produce the 750-V8 for any reason. Most of the critical parts in the 750-V8 can be purchased through any motorcycle dealership.  This guarantees worldwide parts availability.

The Drysdale is a truly ‘upmarket’ motorcycle where riders are willing to pay a premium.

Engine:
750cc watercooled 8 cylinder, 90 degree vee configuration, bore and stroke 56 x 38mm, ‘Flat’ (180) crankshaft design, 6 speed close ratio cassette-style gearbox, 4 valves per cylinder, 17,000 rpm redline (race motors 19,000rpm), 120 kW power output projected.

Crankcases:
Designed and machined in house by Ian, pattern by Neil Kilner of Accurate Patterns, casting by Magnesium Technologies (Cast in high strength aluminium alloy).

Crankshaft:
Designed and machined (from billet) in house, grinding by Omega Cranks

Heads:
Modified Yamaha FZR 400

Induction:
8x 32mm Keihin flat slide carburetors, Motec EFI currently under evaluation using F1-style rotary spool throttle bodies of Drysdale’s own design and construction and Bosch injectors.

Alternator:
Kawasaki ZZR 250

Gearbox:
Modified Yamaha/Kawasaki

Clutch:
Modified Suzuki/Yamaha

Water pump:
Kawasaki ZZR1100

Oil System:
Modified Honda CB 1000

Frame And Bodywork:

Frame:
Designed and fabricated in house, TIG welded ERW tube, oval tube was custom made to Ian’s specifications.

Bodywork:
Designed by Duncan Harrington (email: dunk69@tpg.com.au), tRear shocko be laid up in carbon fibre by specialist supplier.

Colour:
Any color you like as long as it is orange.

Exhaust:
8 into 2 system fabricated in house (a nightmare), to be supplied by specialist manufacturer.

Mufflers:
Carbon fibre specials by Black Mamba.

Forks:
Yamaha YZF 750 (prototype), White Power and Ohlins to be evaluated for production models.

Wheels:
Yamaha YZF 750 (Prototype), Marvic, Marcheseni & Dymag to be evaluated for production.

Brakes:
Brembo / Lockheed to be evaluated for production.

Swingarm:
Modified Kawasaki ZZR1100 (Prototype only) features hydraulic chain adjustment, fabricated in house for production models.

Rear Suspension:
Modified White Power damper mounted in unique under slung manner, cross frame linkages designed and fabricated from billet in house.

Electronics:
PI Systems information display

Ignition:
Vance and Hines ‘Powerpack’, to be replaced by MOTEC engine management system.

Dash:
PI Systems LCD display data logging system, likewise this will be replaced by the MOTEC display once the system is installed and tested.

Reader's Comments

1. Vijay B Dharmannavar | 01 Sep 2010 1:41 am

   Really its stunning Bike, I never seen such high RPM bike…its flying machine…that too V8