http://www.bigbikeriders.com/48cyl.htm


48 cylinder motorcycle engine. View the video Click Here
This is guaranteed not photoshopped.

It is a 48 cylinder, 4200cc engine made from s1/kh250 cylinders, by Simon Whitlock.

http://www.bigbikeriders.com/images/big.jpg

http://www.bigbikeriders.com/images/dist.jpg

http://www.bigbikeriders.com/images/mebigg.jpg




"Each motor is basically 8 "s1 /KH250" cylinders bolted on to cut up standard casings, with a 8 cyl built up crank, in turn they are bolted to a housing, gear linked and driven thru a BMW road bike gearbox, as the bike is pretty long already it would be difficult to put a transverse drive thru a gearbox. It has taken almost three years of hard work and he has overcome some huge problems to get here - - where do you even start to think about building a bike like this? . . . Oh, by the way, Simon is not an engineer of any kind - he oversees the building of shopping precincts etc

Don't look at it as a bike, look at it as a pure feat of engineering . . . and Simon built a Nitrous injected, fuel injected, water cooled, supercharged H1 about 5 years ago! . . . . How will he top this one? He can't - WHO CAN? I think as you say, his next project may be reverting back to a small engine and gaining the maximum horsepower from it "

"The bike has a small 75cc "Donkey" engine undr the seat to start it."

"The ignition is by 6 x 8cyl E-Type Jaguar distributers."

"Oh, and not only does it run - but it is rideable - JUST! - the engine and box alone weight just over a ton! "

Cool


Does anyone else thik the guy looks like he's ready to take up the butt?

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Cool


Does anyone else thik the guy looks like he's ready to take up the butt?

:roll:
yeah baby!

He looks like he has a leather hat on. :roll:

I bet he smells like cheap beer.

I bet he smells like cheap beer.
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Looks, odd. I guess i'm used to seeing V twin's :D

Don't forget. That's a 2 stroke engine. If the firing impulses happen at even intervals there is a power stroke every 7.5° of output shaft rotation. Too bad the machine is nearly worthless and likely has enough power to shatter the gearbox if it was somehow able to get traction. I think 1/3rd of the "engine" would be a cool powerplant for a boat.

Well if that guy put a useful transmission and at least a 300 rear tire on that thing, it could be a pretty sick machine.

I still like the bikes with the V8's in them. I've seen a couple running around here that someone managed to stuff a smallblock in the frame.

The engine and gearbox is has weighs a full ton. That's as bad as that trike the had the Allison V12. Don't forget this bike either. http://virtualindian.org/booksmadmanpic.htm

You can buy V8 bikes. You don't have to build them yourself.
http://www.bosshoss.com/
http://www.v8bikes.com/