It’s the Hammer’s looks that draw you to it. Its styling cleverly combines competing elements – the lovely flowing old-school ‘streamlined’ look with brutish hardware such as the monster V-twin engine, the massive chrome exhausts and the super-wide 250mm rear tyre.
The air-cooled, 1731cc, 50-degree, V-twin powerplant totally dominates the available space under the fuel tank in the tubular steel frame. Modern with electronic fuel injection, and breathing through twin 45mm throttle bodies, it’s also a good old-fashioned undersquare design (bore and
