Swiss inspired by Munro
From the land of clocks comes what might end up as the 'world's fastest Feuling'A Swiss team, which has drawn its inspiration from the movie The World’s Fastest Indian is to tackle speed week at the Bonneville Salt Flats this September with a unique machine powered by a Feuling W3-powered machine.
Claiming a modest 150 horses from the giant 2458cc engine, the bike will be entered in a non-streamlined class by Swiss Performance owner, Ruedi Steck. He’ll be accompanied by Markus Saegesser, who’ll be running a 230hp Harley-based 2048cc V-twin in a similar class.
The pair say the exploits of Kiwi rider Bert Munro, depicted in the film, is what got them interested.
Munro still holds a record he set in 1967 on a much-modified 1920s Indian -- 294km/h! He was 68 years old at the time.
The Feuling W3 engine is now very rare, as only a few were built (see pictured) before creator Jim Feuling passed away. The engine is based on Harley’s twin-cam Big Twin engine series.
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