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Largest Production Bike
#278793 07/13/2008 3:49 PM
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Anybody ever see this monster before? Looks like the engine is out of an airplane - Pratt and Whitney with a few cylinders missing!

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/07/09/gunbus-410-cubic-inch-v-twin-motorcycle-completed/


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Gregger #278794 07/13/2008 3:58 PM
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All I can say is
Holy S#&% Batman!!!

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Gregger #278795 07/13/2008 5:41 PM
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It's big but stick an iddy biddy girly on it to look bigger.
Probably wouldn't look so big with my fat a$$ on it

I'd say the Rocket still has it in terms of biggest production bike, they say ...
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... limited series production ...



Limited series don't make it a production bike



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Gregger #278796 07/13/2008 6:43 PM
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Looks like an answer to an unasked question to me.

How do people get money to develop stuff like this?? Maybe Jay Leno commissioned it for his collection to go with the jet bike and dual engine Toranado.

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redbike7 #278797 07/13/2008 6:46 PM
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Wonder if you need both your MC and your CDL to ride one...


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Motorcycle equivalent of the Blastolene Special...


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FriarJohn #278799 07/13/2008 9:52 PM
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One would have to purchase a very large trailer to haul that around to shows.

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Gregger #278800 07/13/2008 10:13 PM
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Maybe they should rename it the BBB Barry Bonds Bike. The bike sure looks like its on steroids.


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Gregger #278801 07/14/2008 2:33 AM
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Interesting how much that engine resembles the JAP (not Japanese) V twins.


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Greybeard #278802 07/15/2008 12:19 PM
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And a snip at €240,000

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so then Shaq said "build me a bike????


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Greybeard #278804 07/16/2008 1:29 PM
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Interesting how much that engine resembles the JAP V twins.




How so, GB? This big ol' engine on this big ol' bike has both of it's cylinders exhaust ports in the forward position, a la a Vincent or an XR750. The J.A.Prestwich V-twins had their intake and exhaust ports arranged just as most V-twins do today with the intakes toward each other. And I might add, the Prestwich V-twins pushrod tubes were almost parallel as they road up each cylinder's flanks, whereas this monster's pushrods tubes go up each cylinder at an angle from each other.

Nope! This looks to me to be more a Pratt & Whitney radial aircraft engine that somebody has "cut" two barrels off of.

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I think I just saw that bike on top of a Harley Dealership advertising their bike sale....It was right next to the big inflatable godzilla and a bunch of streamers


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