If you thought 1 litre was a fairly big bike...

[Blackbird]

....take a look at this 8 litre jobbie!

Just found this photo in the International Express newspaper! I recognise the guy's name. Same guy that built the V12 Kawasaki and a V8 something else - videos on YouTube. I think he's an engineer in the nuclear industry. Nice bit of engineering for the American:whistle: market

[naphazoline]

WOW! I bet that consumes a wee bit of gas.

[Bald Eagle]

That's just nuts .. imagine taking that over the Rimutuka's or any of good old NZ's great highways

[EJK]

Not one but ten in production? Not bad!

[AllanB]

Surely Boss Hoss forks would have worked!

Tiz long bike Leroy.

[vifferman]

Imagine trying to park that porker, or do a u-turn. I guess you could aid it by getting the back tyre spinning up... :wacko:

[Edbear]

Makes one recall the caution given to Spitfire pilots when they first came on the scene...

"Injudicious throttle usage may result in unintentional barrel-roll."

[Rodney007]

wowa another dodge v10 engined frank'nsyley

[YellowDog]

I don't want one.

[MDR2]

Awesome! that looks like it might suit my 6ft4 frame right nicely!

[davebullet]

"Ten cylinder V10 8000cc".... NAAAH - you don't say! Never knew a V10 had 10 whole cylinders....

[Supertwin Don]

And he has already been clocked at 207mph (333kph)!:woohoo:
UK Motorcycle News Magazine last week.

[mrchips]

I'm think i'm in love:love:.


http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=106464&highlight=viper

[musicman]

And he has already been clocked at 207mph (333kph)!:woohoo:

Hope that wasn't done like in the photo - with no upper body protection at all, and no gloves. 8L V10 with no gear, no thanks! :crazy:

[cs363]

WOW! I bet that consumes a wee bit of gas.

Well seeing as the '09 Viper is EPA rated at 13mpg city/22mpg highway (and everybody knows that those ratings are wildly optimistic (Highway is probably closer to the city mpg...) and looking at the size of the tank (given that it will have quite a big indent underneath to accomodate the induction system) I'm just wondering how far it would go on a tankful..... :blink:

Source: http://www.dodge.com/en/performance/2009/#mpg_viper

[MDR2]

For once i don't think this bike has been built with sensibility in mind (what bike is mind you) looks to me like its a bit of a Look at me and what i can do jobbie... i mean... if he wanted a bike that could do those speeds and be usable he would have built a motogp rep .... or simply bought a hayabusa, zx14, YamaR1 , gsxr thou... list goes on!

Good on him, it's dudes like this that keep back yard engineers chasing dreams.

[pete376403]

Pretty impressive but for pure engineering the V12 Kawasaki he built is better (IMHO) Details here: http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/v12_custom_kawasaki_2300cc/index.html

[cs363]

Pretty impressive but for pure engineering the V12 Kawasaki he built is better (IMHO) Details here: http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/v12_custom_kawasaki_2300cc/index.html

Yes he's certainly a clever bugger, having seen the KH1000 4cylinder 2 stroke (H2 750 triple based) and KZ1600 V8 (Z1000 based) KH666 (5 cylinder 2 stroke based on a KH400) and others. he seems to specialise in building 5 & 6 cylinder 2 stroke Kawasaki's. I think I also recall a 4 cylinder Yamaha RD based bike too.
Here's some links for anyone interested:


http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C103511/
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HuTEuAc_VjtdlnPZbUiQyQ
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6bA2gr4VdyEAkQqUUrARYw
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c292/selectiveamnesia/5cykinderkawasaki.jpg

[Thani-B]

All I can say is wow.

[nudemetalz]

Check out the torque swing when he starts it !!! :shit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LrNRJ9GDf0

[lankyman]

That's just nuts .. imagine taking that over the Rimutuka's or any of good old NZ's great highways

with that much rotating mass you wouldn't be chucking that around anything close to the taka's

[mynameis]

Half a ton, if you crash it will crash you :lol:

[EJK]

Man, the videos are useless without wheelies/burnouts!

[KrazyGixxerBoy]

Here's another good one!

[cs363]

Man, the videos are useless without wheelies/burnouts!

Here's his V12 Kwaka doing a burnout... :D

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