Portland, Oregon-based Ducati racer
Michael Czysz ("sizz") is developing an American motorcycle that is an amazing accomplishment. Quoting an article about it by Sam Fleming, ""At first I think I was personally offended that someone had the audacity to challenge the conventional wisdom that only Italians and Japanese can build race bikes...As I read through it again I was still struck that many of the design ideas sounded brilliant. (A pair of)
counter-rotating longitudinal crankshafts to improve handling, tuned-flex forks to reduce chatter and provide consistent fork action, a quick-access transmission, a long swingarm with constant chain tension. It is all the type of advanced thinking that we reveled in when John Britten was making his own carbon wheels in his backyard shed."
Here's the
MotoCzysz site:
http://www.motoczysz.com/Dave Mann
http://www.roadsters.com/