I put myself on their mailing list last year as I liked what they were up to.... and here's the latest missive from them .... detailing latest changes.... still no mention of price, but I seem to remember when first proposed they were aiming to come in at under £10k... so well adrift on price compared to Chinese stuff, but at least id 'brit iron'
Dear Steve
straight from 'the horse's mouth', here's the news from Mac HQ.
At the risk of repeating ourselves, (I blame our advancing years and too much grub made in aluminium cooking-pots), we have contracted with SWM, in Italy, for the supply of their 600cc engine. The 'DNA' of this engine lies in Husqvarna's TE engine, affectionately nicknamed the 'red top'. The specs can be found here ;
http://www.mac-motorcycles.com/the-ruby/We've spent most of this year riding the prototype and garnering feedback from events. As a result, we've made some improvements to 'Ruby', the model that is shown on the website. Here's what we've done ;
• The battery has been moved into the hump, behind the seat, which means you can see through from one side of the bike to the other now. Access to it is just as simple.
• The frame has become much simpler to manufacture and both torsional stiffness and riding experience have improved as a result.
• Many ladies told us that the seat needed improving so both the shape and upholstery are much-improved.
• For the rear mudguard-haters, we've designed a hugger to replace it and repositioned the mounting for the rear light, indicators and number-plate.
• Ruby's silencers are a little more upswept for a more dynamic look and, in doing so, it's easier to remove the rear wheel.
• The air-box will move and be mounted on the main frame 'backbone' tube, making routine maintenance a doddle now.
• And, after a 'fondle behind the bike shed', 'Ruby' now has a sibling - watch this space...
The rest of our year has been nailing-down the supply-chain and the most important 'stuff' is made here, in Blighty, by best-of-breed manufacturers.
The 'Ruby', and its new sibling, will be available, handbuilt to-order, from the early part of the New Year. If you'd like to know more, please click here to be taken to the Mac 'hotline' page on our fancy-schmancy new website ;
http://www.mac-motorcycles.com/the-hotline/As always, contact with us, 'The Gaffers', is direct and you can talk to us whenever you want to, our numbers are listed below.
YS
Ian Oliver, aka. Gaffer One at Mac MC
+ 44 (0) 7920 259 206
Ellis Pitt, aka. Gaffer Two at Mac MC
+ 44 (0) 7801 633 170
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