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Never heard of this one before. A clever new take on a boxer twin with an instrument layout reminiscent of a late 60's Jaguar.

http://blog.motorcycle.com/2014/08/18/mo...type-1-04/
$187,000! WTF !?
Hey, longitudinal boxer twin existed in 1920s and 1930 a British company named Douglas produced boxer twins but later they moved it to BMW configuration:



Midual will probably stay an exotic one off motorbike while Douglas was quite popular in continental Europe.
(08-18-2014, 06:01 PM)VTR1000F_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Hey, longitudinal boxer twin existed in 1920s and 1930 a British company named Douglas produced boxer twins but later they moved it to BMW configuration:



Midual will probably stay an exotic one off motorbike while Douglas was quite popular in continental Europe.

Funny coincidence. I came across a Douglas only recently. See:

[url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3700&pid=55647#pid55647]Juan's Café

Cheers
http://www.historicmotorcycle.org.au/caveat_emptor.htm
The Historical motorcycle club Qld. Have these and more some times there is good pics.