Shed Built: 'Radial Nerve' - 360cc 7 cylinder radial engine - start & ride away

In this video we see our friend Marcellous De La Rosa and his shed built Radial Nerve with a 360cc 8 cylinder radial engine. Marcellous is a motorcycle builder and owns and runs a business called DFX Moto.
Location is Laguna Triumph in Maidstone Kent, UK.
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[@MICHAEL-ys3pu]

Nice work, here in Australia you could never build and ride any thing like this on the roads as we have so many regulations.

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

Hello MICHAEL,it sounds as if you have as many controlling regulations as here in England.

[@MICHAEL-ys3pu]

@@exb.r.buckeyeman845 We do,we probably have more regulation on everything than any other country, and we are told it’s for the safety of everyone. Safety has become a very big business here , not so much for safety but for business. A lot of people have made big money from being safety experts and if you question them then you are accused of being unsafe so no government or company wants to be accused of being unsafe, you can’t win.

[@paulh.5691]

@@MICHAEL-ys3pu Yes sure, in Australia they want everyone jabbed, also for "safety" or?

[@christo930]

@@MICHAEL-ys3pu Does Australia have "non-crime hate incidents" Can you be arrested if someone is offended by your tweet?

[@paulwhite7475]

Nanny state

[@bytesandbikes]

The skateboard wheel belt tensioner is perfect! 😂

[@eelco1982]

Yeah...with good bearings it is okay...also note the cover of the cooling fan...that's straight of a domestic fan...but hey if it works it works right?

[@donparker1823]

This is the most fabulous home built machine I've ever seen!

[@dennislane100]

Check out the Bistella 500,twin rotor,on the Tube. Home built by a young Czech engineer. It’s a superb piece of “shed” engineering!

[@donparker1823]

@@dennislane100 you are correct sir. Amazing!

[@calebp2743]

Alan millyard

[@donparker1823]

@@calebp2743 yes Alan is brilliant as well. This radial was ground up, not “just” more cylinders. Hard to decide who gets top billing.

[@ericrawson2909]

I love the 5 litre V twin by Alan Millyard.

[@roblivingston1167]

The bar-mount chronograph is a nice touch 😂

[@ernier9033]

Really clever, well done, ride safely🕊️

[@crankybear1236]

I liked the video before I even watched it! Excellent build.

[@MrHasherd]

That’s wonderful. Congratulations.

[@steverushforth7009]

The sound reminds me of my first motorcycle, an "Itchi Fanni 500".

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

🤣

[@juzma94]

Is that a Moki RC plane engine?

[@MyZxcvb12]

That was what I was thinking.

[@InvictaView]

I recall him saying it was from Czech Republic and yes, used in RC planes. 360c and 720cc versions. 👍

[@mangoMango-ck3et]

what a sound....I want one...

[@petrstuntbiker885]

Cool bike 👌👍 the small aircraft Is nice 😍

[@stevepage2541]

Sounds a little like a V8...but,when the revs rise,it doesn't. Way cool!

[@jiyushugi1085]

Talent does what it can, genius what it must.

[@warrentopping4442]

Wow! It sounds magnificent!

[@geneahart5607]

What a beautiful machine! Sounds great!

[@gerrypowell2748]

Now why do I love this bike❤

[@mtkoslowski]

Face it, it’ll never be stolen!😅

[@gerrypowell2748]

@@mtkoslowski where I used to live they would nick your Granny,face it🤪

[@stephengunrunnerhanson3550]

I think it's beautiful and is so much different

[@zdzislawacicha9502]

szacunek dla Pana pozdrawiam z Polski

[@tinymonster9762]

How lovely to see a build with such a unique and rather beautiful engine. Madness of course, but thats quite all right.

[@dennistennyson8856]

Totally awesome. I love radial engines.

[@benjaminaltman1385]

That is so cool!

[@jeynes14]

Interesting looking bike

[@barrywebber100]

That's an amazing feat of bespoke engineering but that spinning fan belt looks lethal. Perhaps it could be covered with a cowling for safety? Thanks for posting.

[@raychambers3646]

Requires careful riding?

[@doronron7323]

The entire thing looks lethal! Gimme.

[@more.power.]

WoW More Power.

[@jethrox827]

I think I'd paint it black and have the gauges back lit red

[@CCitis]

How cool is that

[@frankhall401]

Amazing machine. Pretty sure it's not a 49cc AJS though. 😉

[@buxvan]

Bet the Harley dealer was jealous of the much better looking & sounding bike. Chocks away!

[@JohnSmith-yv6eq]

@@mikewilson631 He did just that....with the fuel tap off....right at the start.....

[@dwikurniawan6443]

The manuver bit akward perhaps because egronomic not so well but put radial engine om bike is awesome 👍🏼👍🏼

[@groover5524]

Nice ! ☺

[@sirrick59]

I'd love to hear that on motorway doing 75 mph

[@tarotlumination4122]

Do you have any videos on the Panther 650 sidecar ?

[@garniful]

Wow, nice

[@garniful]

Sounds like a corvette

[@jouhannaudjeanfrancois891]

And Claypool is on his way to the next show

[@Hallo-Hallo]

WOW, that sound! 👍😅 (Until the sh*t hits the fan… 😬🤣)

[@Benzyl]

Interesting registration to use on the road, is it really a black 50cc AJS?

[@InvictaView]

Chassis and V5c used to make a special. He's very good. 👍😉🇬🇧💯

[@nickaxe771]

Sounds fantastic......love the sound of round engines on old piston aircraft......is this moter meant for a R/C aircraft???

[@gruberstein]

I thought radials were always odd number of cylinders. My guess you miscounted and it's a seven cylinder unless he built the motor himself.

[@whalesong999]

It's a commercially available model aircraft engine he's adapted. Cool sounding device for sure.

[@alfnoakes392]

@Retired Bore Thanks for the info re' the possible origin of the engine ...

[@blipco5]

The builder claims 10 to 11 MPG and has a five liter tank. So, lots of fuel stops.

[@MadChalet]

Now that's different. Does it pass Euro 5? 🤣

[@JohnSmith-yv6eq]

Probably not even Euro .5

[@uhaha459]

星型エンジン‼︎w

[@k1ckyscotland988]

Sounds like a Spitfire. Very far away. Do your own Father Ted accent.

[@k1ckyscotland988]

@Retired Bore. Know absolutely nothing about aircraft. Just not interested. Dangerous bloody things.

[@fabiohaddad2531]

It sounds great! Looks like a Moki model airplane engine.

[@rcnelson]

The skill that went into this machine turns me green with envy. The maker also must have read Cycletoons back in the day--he's dressed just like the Ol' Poop.

[@ruahinesrider]

Mates dad home built a late 1930's-1940's H.R.D 840cc single engine from a rotary hoe & Put it in a Ariel frame & mated a 3three speed gearbox on to it.Only HE kicks it over it's a ankle breaker if you don't kick it over properly.Built it in the 1980's & is a beast King of the Thumpers.

[@rackkimigayo8358]

Use a stick to pull the kickstand in. Love it. LOL

[@ronbateman941]

Now that’s imagination right there. The talent in the skill the one in the building that is awesome.

[@fergalhedge106]

Remarkable, I have seen some interesting engines on motorcycles but this 7, or is it 8 cylinder radial is amazing. Well done to Marcellous for such an innovative and clever motorcycle.

[@alfnoakes392]

Radials have to have an odd number of cylinders per 'bank'. It is a remarkable machine isn't it : )

[@anthonyelworthy2525]

The answer is 7. All radial engines have an odd number of cylinders in order to preserve the continuation of the Otto cycle.

[@Sausketo]

@@alfnoakes392 unless its a 2 stroke!

[@royalenfieldcaferoots]

Fantástic

[@AlbertDongler]

What a weird and truly wonderful machine! :-)

[@GrumblingGrognard]

Absolute greatness!

[@mtkoslowski]

Steampunk

[@alfnoakes392]

Very. A bit of brassware embellishing and it would really look the part.

[@jackraw159]

I passed this the other day I was in a blue triumph spitfire you looked like you where in a pickle at that junction.

[@fredtracy1673]

Wheels almost look like they are from a Tomos moped. Cool bike though. 👍

[@josephleister9198]

Very well done....

[@dietznutz1]

Cool bike very unusual, looks a bit of a pig but its neat

[@alpiekaar]

totally..........different,.......👍👍👍👍

[@Richard-pe4cx]

well you don't one of those every day

[@enoz.j3506]

He does.

[@zafar78600]

what is the fan for?

[@InvictaView]

Additional air cooling. 👍

[@bortaloanzia8775]

With those radial engines, always problems with the oil leakage (just look at the video).

[@tbone845]

Wow amazing

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

#kudos