Monster V8 Bike
 

Saw this at Cosford Airshow today! Anybody seen it before or know anything about it?

Looked like two Hilman Imp engines put together to make a V8.

Can't do big pictures :(

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Wow, that's awesome and incredibily silly at the same time!


Never seen nor heard of it before.. try throwing that down some twisties, I think not.. :)

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An odd looking thing! A bit of a homemade effort? I don't know anything about them, but they are not the only V8 bike - the Boss Hoss from America is pretty daft to! Here is one we saw in Germany last year...

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...oliday0198.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...oliday0199.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...oliday0200.jpg

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At least the boss hoss mass of steel looks presentable. I wouldn't put the first bike in with the cattle.
I bet it doesn't sound or go like a V8 anyways.

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There was a guy on a Boss Hogg at the Scotch Piper (pug near me) the other week. Seriously heavy bike (if you can still call it a bike).

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So that's what a V8 postbox would look like. Bizarre, ugly, but quite cool.

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Just showed my other half the OP pics.

''Gawd....thats horrific'':smt119 was the first thing he said

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hows about a v 12 cbx honda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEe6c...layer_embedded

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First pics:
"Exterminate...Exterminate..."


At least the Boss Hoss was designed to be a bike (sort of)...

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It's Two race tuned Hillman Imp engines, Yamaha XJR1200 front end, Honda CBX fuel tank, Suzuki rear wheel, Kawasaki Z1300 gearbox converted to chain drive, 4 x 40 IDF Webbers, Rover distributor. All contained in a homemade stainless steel frame and homemade fairing. Won the MCN Special of the Year in 1985.