A soulmate for John Britten

[Blackbird]

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. 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-m...rt-1-2008.html. The noise, the noise 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.

[NiggleC]

i have seen these before in British bike mags. can't remember the guys name but he is a Rocket scientist by occupation.

[banditrider]

i have seen these before in British bike mags. can't remember the guys name but he is a Rocket scientist by occupation.

You can also find a few articles in the odd "Two Wheels" as well. Know I've definitely got one on the V12 somewhere.

[Forest]

The world would be a poorer place without the likes of Messrs Millyard and Britten.

Britten wasn't an engineer. He bought engineers together and provided the energy and enthusiasm.

[deanohit]

He started out making V-twins with single cylinder honda 50s and 70s.
140cc V-twin bucket anyone?

[glice]

You can also find a few articles in the odd "Two Wheels" as well. Know I've definitely got one on the V12 somewhere.

same here. might try did it out

[glice]

we also have some very clever kiwis who have come up with just as interesting mountain bikes and some that might even be better. although if you watch the dh world cup or champs you dont see much like this.