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Belagavi’s superbike tops India Bike Week

Belagavi, KARNATAKA :

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Belagavi :

City-based Legacy Custom Motorcycle has brought huge laurels to Belagavi by winning first prize for its superbike Immortale, in India Bike Week held recently at Goa. Immortale has been designed and built in Belagavi.

The motorcycle is conceptualized by Faizal Sait, the son of Belagavi (North) MLA Firoz Sait. MLA Sait unveiled the bike in Belagavi for public view on Thursday evening in a small programme. Motorcycle has won appreciation and prize for its design in Bike Build Off segment.

Around 30 bike builders from across the India had submitted applications to showcase their bike design in which five designs were adjudged as Best Bike Design of the year. Legacy Custom Motorcycle lifted the trophy by winning among the shortlisted five designs. Before it, the bike had gone into two days of toughest test monitored by Hyderabad-based top biker Reza Hussain, machine expert Anand Belerao, Pune based Auto car magazine editor Kartikeya and Arjun Raina of Dehradun.

When come to the specifications of the motorcycle, Harley Davidson 883 iron has upgraded to 1250 CC engine in Immortale to meet extreme speed of bike. Girder suspension technique has been adopted in frontal suspension segment while rear suspension is fitted with Mono Shock placed to fit nicely under tail to provide sporty look. The bike has been built in FRP fibre to reduce weight of the body.

Failzal Sait said he spent about two and half months to prepare the design of Immortale, which is now receiving thousands of appreciation messages from bike lovers and riders across the country. Legacy Custom is the first firm to participate in India Bike Week from Belagavi and it’s first in Karnataka in fetching prestigious prize. “I and my team of Legacy Custom is not interested in manufacturing of motorcycles in large scale. But we do hand build bikes for close ones and for the bike enthusiasts,” Faizal said.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Bangalore / by Ravindra Uppar, TNN / February 25th, 2016