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The ORDER page is up. Whew.

10/29/2014

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I've lost track of how many hundred times in the past few years I've been asked..."how much is it?" And how uneasy and looming that question was. Seriously, getting the creative type to cough up numbers on his work of passion is akin to expecting the shy nerd to ask the neighborhood hottie out on a date. He can't possibly express such base details and wishes that it would all be magically clear without a word being said. Huge explosive internal pressures will cause much anguish, brooding, soul-seeking and avoidance.
But, one day, teeth are gritted and steps are taken. Today is that day and I can't quite describe how tortuous and murderously mulling the past few months have been.
I suppose there's a very simple way to look at it. You see, this project is now my *real job*, not a part-time passion. Apart from all those noble pursuits of paying homage to and reviving the spirit of the golden age of two cylinders and two wheels, this lump of metal is now livelihood.
My LLC is called Indus Valley Design in homage to the ancient 5000yr old Bronze Age civilization which included north-west India and was known for its metallurgy. Indus is also a union of "India" and "US", expressing succinctly the story of my life :-)
So, here we are.
The PROCESS page contains almost all you wanted to know but didn't know whom to ask about turning a Bullet into a Musket.
The ORDER page will give you those much maligned-yet-necessary numbers. Plus a bunch of other details. God is in the details and there certainly are plenty.
Utterly indebted to my great buddy Chumma of ACE with whom every little detail and aspect was thrashed out over great brews, righteous pizza and late night falafel joints of the sort you find only in NYC. Chumma's years of experience at ACE, running the Fireball business with Tom, the insights from which he shared with great generosity were invaluable in getting things sorted.

Go ahead, click on either page.
It only took ten years to get here.
Hope to get some inquiries coming in!
Very best wishes,
Aniket
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featherbed frame test fit at rofomoto

10/20/2014

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Rofomoto in Royersford PA is a dad-son team that crafts highly accurate Featherbed frames in both Slimline and Wideline versions.
At their workshop, en-route to NJ, we did a test fit on one of their beautiful, precise, cnc-mandrel-bent frames. A couple of tweaks will result in a Featherbed frame just for the Musket motor. Work is ongoing. This frame's stem bearings can be made to accept a stock Enfield front end or a different one. The Musket motor in this frame can be a very cool canvas for builders to render their vision with.
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classic cycle picnic, nj.

10/20/2014

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The adventurous Chumma, aka Mr. Fireball visited me in C'bus in late Sept., taking a much needed break. He came up with a great trip for us- take the Musket 998 to NJ for the Classic Cycle LTD annual classic motorcycle picnic. In NJ, we made some meaningful music with our machines, the Fireball#1 and the Musket 998. Curvy, hilly 120 miles riding to and from the meet. Some great response from classic riders and wrenchers. Finally came across a Series II Interceptor with the Musket at hand (thank you, Mr. Keane!) , had to pose the two together.
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