Can you imagine a gust of wind forcing you into oncoming traffic? It would act like a wind sail so a gust from the side could become deadly. The only country where those things are allowed is India.
Considering the cost of a Goldwing and how much they weigh due to bloated expectations of what a "Touring Bike" should be, I would rather have a small car.OMG! Now, we're getting to the "Why bother 'pretending' you're on a motorcycle?" point.
Those cylinders and heads are from a Continental AV1790 diesel engine. It's a converted aircraft engine that originally burned aviation gasoline. After Operation Desert Storm the M-60 Tank was retired from service. It used the Continental AV1790 engine. The result of that was the availability of tons of Continental AV1790 engines and parts sold as surplus from DMRO, usually at scrap metal prices (10 cents a pound). A burned up Continental AV1790 engine could be purchased cheap. Almost all of them burned up during Operation Desert Shield. Typically the entire engine would not burn up. 2 or 3 burned up cylinders and heads were enough to put the engine and Tank out of action. There are 12 cylinders so building that Motorcycle engine from a burned up AV1790 is relatively easy as only two cylinders and heads are used. It it also easy to convert it from diesel back to gasoline so standard carburetors can be used instead of a complicated diesel fuel injection system.
