That lightweight frame is NICE. I don't suppose anybody makes one for the DOHC-4 series?
I mean, I realize there's all of the Bimota HB2/HB3, the Harris Magnum, Nico Bakker & Moto Martin, Egli & Rau etc - the aftermarket CAFE RACER kit frames (that's what they were called at the time, when they were advertised in magazines such as "CAFE RACER" magazine which was published well into the mid-late '80s -
But yeah, I'm speaking here specifically of a stock-based frame. OEM style but Chrome-Moly. Heck I'd settle for any of those others too of course. Though I'd have my preferences.
Been thinking for some time now, that everybody in the SOHC and DOHC "hobby" should collectively organize an e-mail campaign to get somebody to bring back the popular stuff particularly the Bimota HB1 and EGLI frames.
PAUGHCO would be a great company to request this from, IMHO. They're already set up making frames in mass quantity and lowest prices for some time now, all Harley hard-tail traditional chopper/bobber type of stuff. But with the recent surge in interest with JAPANESE customs (which was sooooo uncool once upon a time what with all of the lingering "was it made by a 'white' guy?" pathos resplendent throughout motorcycling) well, they're already making both their weld-on and bolt-on hard-tail kits AND full chopper/bobber frames for the most popular Japanese models like CB750 SOHC, XS650, KZ900 etc - Well I'm sure they'd be LOOKING for new markets. One would think they'd be interested in an EGLI style light-weight frame for various inline fours, or at the very least the Bimota HB1 - only the ten bikes ever made and valued at a cool million meanwhile a million donor bikes out there to work with? It's a slam dunk! SOMEBODY needs to build this frame, heck even Bimota themselves should be in on it.....
-S.
