Photo by Colleen Swartz
Another fabulous shot from Ms. Colleen
AMD World Championship "Rambler" by Cook Customs
Dave Cook’s winning bike "Rambler" is powered by what he mysteriously refers to as a "550 International" engine, a shorthand description of a on-of-a-kind collection of various metric and Dave Cook one-off fabricated components. The engine is based on a stock Honda CB550 transverse 4-cylinder with radically reworked cases to allow the engine to be used longitudinally instead of transversely. In addition to reworking the cases themselves, an auxiliary oil tank and oil regulator was fabricated by Dave. The timing assembly is one-off by Dave, as is the bell housing and clutch assembly. The clutch runs Aermacchi clutch plates. The transmission housing is an old 3-speed BMW gear case which Dave managed to fit with a BMW R75 four-speed gear set, the shaft drive is adapted from a Yamaha Virago. Intake manifold and exhaust are one-off. www.cookcustomchoppers.com
