Lucky Keizer's 5 litre V twin.

This picture was taken in 1987 courtesy of Australian Motorcycle News (a great mag).
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This is basically a pair of cylinders off a Rolls Royce Merlin aero engine
Of course it's not as simple as that. Lucky has done lots of work to it.

These specs are taken from the article in MCN. Hopefully Lucky will come forward with some updated and more accurate information in the near future.

Engine: The two end cylinders off a Rolls Royce Merlin 24litre V12 aero engine. Originally fitted to a Mosquito bomber. Making a special new crank for it took 300 hours.
Gearbox: 3 speed Holden car gearbox and engine speed clutch. Air operated.
Rear drive: Big Chain.
Frame: One off construction using engine as stressed member.
Wheels:Front: Suzuki GS1100G.
Back: Big drag slick.
Electrics: Unknown.
Starting: DC3Aero starter operated by assistant.
Carburetion: 2 x 1000cfm 4 Barrel Rochesters .
Future Mods: A supercharger and Nitrous Oxide injection are planned. (Maybe already done?)

Following is a close up of the right hand side of the engine so you can see the detail work in it.

This is a layout of the engine components. Don't be fooled by the scale. It's all bigger than it looks.

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