Criminal Customs: ‘Millyard Viper V10’ Muscle-cycle Boasts 700-lb Engine

When I uncovered this outrageous bicycle constructed by a gent named Allen Millyard, I had however to be introduced to who he was or what he stood for. As far as I was concerned, he experienced released his beloved magnificence to the masses – a custom masterpiece with a 700-lb Dodge motor under the keester likely by the identify of ‘Millyard Viper V10’ – and judging by how much his equipment recalled the infamous 2003 8.3L V10 Dodge Tomahawk muscle-cycle that we coated in our checklist of Supercar-motivated bikes, I wasn’t so sure the bike would do very well going into the corners (enable alone a straight line). 

It will intrigue you all to know, then, that we have essentially lined this man’s feats on the Musclecycle (two times), and that Millyard is lauded for his expertise, with MotorcycleBroker describing Allen as, “an extraordinary engineer who results in motorcycling masterpieces…[creating] machines in his tiny garage with a hack saw, welding tools, quite a few information, a lathe, a milling device, and a pillar drill.”

What will get my grilled cheese is that this dude literally asked himself, ‘why not set America’s most strong the natural way aspirated engine in a cage with two wheels?’

Why not indeed. 

The report from Warm Automobiles tells us that Millyard essentially utilizes this bike thoroughly and that it operates extremely nicely, thinking of its bulk (something that just can’t really be claimed for the Tomahawk).

We’re also advised 9000 miles have currently been clocked underneath the Millyard Viper V10’s belt, with a terrific offer of leg-stretching via trips to (and about) the United Kingdom’s bike hotspots such as the Isle of Male and Guernsey.

If you’re questioning this baby’s best velocity, she’s no slowpoke despite the fact that the speedometer was purportedly off by a couple of clicks and only go through 157mph on the day of tests again in 2009, the group calculated in the far more conventional vogue and clocked 207 mph, recording for all posterity that the Millyard Viper V10 experienced just crushed its automotive counterpart in its individual backyard. 

Terrifying. 

With Millyard’s performs at the moment featured in the journal Traditional Motorcycle Mechanics as properly as on The Bike Clearly show with Henry Cole, it’s apparent there’s less than the proverbial hood than satisfies the eye – so let’s dig into this distinct build and see what we uncover (trace – numerous, many ponies).

Of training course, we will start out with the gigantic coronary heart this tin male lugs all over. Equipped with a Dodge Viper GTS’s 8.-liter V10 motor, the bike’s extended physique accommodates the adjustment, with MuscleCarsandTrucks imparting that the development of this bicycle was completed totally by hand. That also involves the suspension – fabricated from two Yamaha coil-overs with auto springs – as perfectly as the tailor made swingarm, solitary-pace gearbox, brake method, and hand-foot-operated clutch. 

With that superb thumper performing as the major element for the human body, the complete package and caboodle wipes the competitiveness ground at approximately 1,400lbs – not a gentle feat, and we dare say that engine will not be the initially thing to go, ought to the juice box be opened to comprehensive capacity. 

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