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04/27/2006

World's First 48-Cylinder Motorcycle

Simon Whitlock created the world's first 48-cylinder, 4,200cc motorcycle "by bolting a bunch of engine parts together". Three years and many "huge problems" later, the bike was finally completed. Video clip after the jump.
It needs a 75cc “Donkey” motor under the seat to start the 48-cyl engine. According to the report, the main engine weighs one ton. “Don’t look at it as a bike, look at it as a pure feat of engineering,” he said.
[via LeftLaneNews]

This entry was posted on 04/27/2006 1:13pm and is filed under Auto, Video .
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Posted at 04/27/2006 2:44pm by GUN
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Posted at 04/27/2006 3:42pm by bob
that is Freaking Amazing thinK about thE power that thing has
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Posted at 04/27/2006 5:36pm by c00p
those (rather thin) motorcycle tyres are doing pretty well under the weight of a one ton engine... Not to mention the suspension. I wonder if you can actually ride the thing.?.
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Posted at 04/27/2006 6:01pm by Julien
Come on now...absolutely not practical...look how the rider has to sit too...ridiculous and absurd, but, if it had to be done, it had to be done.
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Posted at 04/27/2006 8:09pm by TERROR
i hope it explodes while the man is riding it
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Posted at 04/27/2006 9:08pm by ian
umm. ya i am sure it would be powerful to ride that thing. only one problem. u cant ride it. and imagine if the bike started to tip to one side. that would be soo hard to correct. u would be falling over all the time
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Posted at 04/27/2006 9:33pm by ivegotbawls
doesnt sound that big when he's revving it... not impressed.
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Posted at 04/27/2006 10:27pm by kevin shay
4,200 cc? can you actually ride that oil drinking machine? what a futile "invention"
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Posted at 04/28/2006 07:30am by Me
Where is the promised video?
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Posted at 04/28/2006 3:40pm by Riz-Man
Im sure 75% of the power created by that engine gets lost in the transmission.
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Posted at 04/28/2006 7:17pm by WOW
If any of you knew anything about engines, you'd know that if it has 48 cylinders in that layout the crack must have some type of elbowing. And 4.2 L is nothing amazing, thats like a V8 So dont think its faster than a ferrari. and as someone said, all that power is probably lost on hte crank, doesnt even need to get to the tranny. Think of it as, 48 really small Law mower engines together, they're not full sized pistons, if they were it'd displace more than 4.2L...
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Posted at 06/14/2006 07:49am by grunt
Ok. This bloke obviously has a lot of 'tension' in his life and can't relieve it in the same manner as the rest of us. I comend you on your choice of projects mate, but, couldn't you have designed the bike from the ground up? You've killed a perfectly good bike and turned it into frankenstien. Oh the humanity!!
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Posted at 06/19/2006 00:09am by Scott
pretty big engine for a bike or anything. But check this one out. www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl
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