Blackbird
6th July 2008, 11:05
As the weather was so crap yesterday, I was surfing the web looking at exotic mountain bikes and found one designed by an English guy called Allen Millyard. Nice bit of kit, but but what else I found on the website blew me away:eek5:. Just had to share it in case I'm not the only person in the universe who didn't know about it!
This guy has built a V12 Kawasaki 2600 cc based on the old Z1300 and what a piece of engineering! Scroll down this page and there is a video of his bike running: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/allen-millyard-part-1-2008.html. The noise, the noise:love::love: The photo comes from another site I found.
Oh yes - he's built a 5 cylinder Kawasaki too, based on their legendary triple 2 strokes!
That's not the end of it though, he's also built a V8 based on a Z1! Have found a photo of that too. The beauty of his engineering is that it's wonderfully executed unlike a lot of other large-engined bikes which are really only fit for straight roads and to be honest, look pretty crude.
The world would be a poorer place without the likes of Messrs Millyard and Britten.
This guy has built a V12 Kawasaki 2600 cc based on the old Z1300 and what a piece of engineering! Scroll down this page and there is a video of his bike running: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/allen-millyard-part-1-2008.html. The noise, the noise:love::love: The photo comes from another site I found.
Oh yes - he's built a 5 cylinder Kawasaki too, based on their legendary triple 2 strokes!
That's not the end of it though, he's also built a V8 based on a Z1! Have found a photo of that too. The beauty of his engineering is that it's wonderfully executed unlike a lot of other large-engined bikes which are really only fit for straight roads and to be honest, look pretty crude.
The world would be a poorer place without the likes of Messrs Millyard and Britten.