Allen Millyard’s Viper V10 motorcycle isn’t the first on the street, in fact there may have been many before it. For instance, Paul, one of our readers, sent these photos taken at Daytona a few years ago. It looks like a Boss Hoss with an engine swap. While I applaud the effort the builder put into this, I think the Allen Millyard build wins on appearances and most likely handling. It’s amazing how different the two bikes look while using the same huge powerplant.
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Ry_Trapp0 says
I totally agree. I’ve seen a few of these V10 bikes before, or maybe it was just this one, but the bodywork just absoloutley kills it. I LOVE the concept(like the monster truck engine’d bike from a little while ago, rediculous excess is just awesome!), the engine is pretty much the only thing I like about this specific bike. Millyard’s set up looks FAR better, though I do think a larger front wheel would make it a bit more proportional.
Either way though, props for who ever did this simply because it’s a 500HP 8.3l V10 powered bike!!!
Chris says
Yeah, because when you put that much power in that size of a package, what you really need is two nitrous bottles plumbed into the whole mess.
I’m not sure “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing” really applies to these extremes :-p
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Justpete says
“Why not?” applies here. Same as slapping a turbo or nitrous to a Hayabusa or ZX-14. The damn thing is already a land based cruise missle. Some folks just really want to see if they can go “plaid”! HA! There are some guys out there with Boss Hoss’ pushing 1000hp.
todd says
What, like the N2O bottles couldn’t fit into the humongous tail section?
-todd
JoeKing says
Todd
If he hid the nitrous..the bike wouldn’t be intimidating….
What is very impressive about both these bikes (& I’d like to see) is what they use for a transmissions.
Gazberzu says
I’m pretty sure this… thing… handle like a charm ! ^^
Ian says
It probably makes a great drag bike… imagine what the kid on his little Katana must think when he sees that monster roll up.
Tychsen says
Now that’s what I’m talking about! Yeah! 🙂
nawitus says
What transmission does this use? (And where the hell is it located..)
nawitus says
Hey, I found more pictures of this:
http://www.arizonabosshoss.com/images/gallery_images/full/full_67_viper-II-dc-2-150.jpg
http://www.arizonabosshoss.com/forsale.php?gallery_id=67
wish says
looking cool , tempting .
but what’s it for ? pulling a train ?? 🙂
awesome job .
Jess says
I’m no sceintist or anything but I do know most gases expand with heat(the N2O)BOOM!!! Now that’s what I’m talking about.
MotoRider says
Come on a “Belt Drive” Really?
No belt is going to handle that kind of POWer……
earl mcdonald says
the trans in the v10 boss hoss is the same type as a very early boss. it has a ring and pinion set up, no gears . clutch it in ,it goes, vary the speed with throttle . there is a vaccuum assist for hand clutch.
Bob says
Excerpts by the late Tony Reynolds dated 2005
One should note that Tony was a brilliant man and created the first and only two Dodge Viper motorcycles legal for the street. They have been on the roads of America for better than 5 years now. They are custom built bikes and are not just Dodge viper engines shoved into a Boss Hoss frame as this article will explain.
I for one applaud Millyards’s latest accomplishment as the new comer because I’m sure he could tell you it was no easy task to stuff this engine with the ecu demands into a bike frame and make every thing work as it should.
As for looks…beauty Is In the eye of the beholder, to each his own.
Post subject 2005: viper bike specifics
Location: shepherdsville KY
The motorcycle known as “the viper bike†started as a 2005 boss hoss zz4, model bhc-3 motorcycle.
This bike has been extensively re-designed and re-engineered. It is now equipped with a 2004 dodge comp coupe SRT-10 8.3 ltr V-10 engine with 580hp and 630lb.ft. of torque. The engine is equipped with sequential Multi Point Fuel Injection. The engine is controlled with a Generation 3 JTEC computer system. The generation 3 viper engine has never been offered or sold by Dodge as a stand-alone engine for installation in a non-viper application, So we had to build the entire wiring and electrical system from scratch. The viper engine has only been produced in its history with a manual transmission, so we had to make some changes to make it operate properly with the torque convertor driven automatic trans. We had to design and build a flexplate style flywheel to replace the heavy cast iron clutch style flywheel. This process was complicated because the original flywheel also served as the triggering mechanism for the crank position sensor. We incorporated a reluctor ring into our flexplate flywheel to perfectly duplicate the signal seen by the ECM for crank position information. It has the stock nesco/boss-hoss two speed semi-automatic transmission, which was designed for a Chevrolet engine. We had to build a custom bellhousing to adapt the Viper engine to the boss hoss trans. Parts of the bell housing were made from billet aluminum, and other parts were made from titanium. The aluminum intake plenum and oil pan both required extensive redesigning and reshaping to fit in this application. We thank Ray Shepherd of rays crack repair for his excellent work in the aluminum fabrication on this engine The exhaust headers were hand built from steel, ceramic coated, and the exhaust pipes are 3†stainless steel. All of the body panels, rear cowling, seat body, and hood scoop are hand designed with clay and built from fiberglass in house by Chris from the marine side of our business. It is equipped with custom designed controls by Performance Machine. The brakes are stock boss hoss QTM/Brembo, with the exception of the rear master cylinder being performance machine. The wheels and drive pulley are one-off custom made by R.C. Components at an expense of over $10,000.00 The entire superstructure has been designed around this engine. The rake angle has been increased from 33 degrees to 50 degrees. The bike has a very manageable 4.3†of effective trail. It weighs only 1085 lbs. average fuel economy is 18mpg. The seat is hand made of leather and ostrich hyde, and sits only 23†off the ground. The paint was $6000.00.
Over 1500 man hours have been invested in the production of this bike. Three of us worked non-stop 38 days averaging 14 hrs per day. Most components of this bike were designed by myself as a “finished prototype†and produced to exacting specifications by our in house machinist-Greg Burke, Or Myself-Tony Reynolds. The components not built here, were built off site by John Triplett at Nothing But Customs designs in Taylorsville KY. We are especially proud of johns work in the hidden axle design swing arm. Last year John built one of the very first v-twin bikes with a 360 tire. He builds very well respected v-twin custom pro-street bikes.
Most prototype or concept vehicles are neat to look at, but do not run or operate properly, or are simply “cobbled together†underneath. This concept bike is a finely tuned finished product. There has been an attitude of “cost is not an object†instilled into everyone involved with the designing and production of this bike. According to other non-biased independent motorcycle builders, the bike has an estimated value over $160,000.00
So far, in its short time of being released to view by the public, It has created enormous interest by people in the automotive and motorcycle media. We are now receiving requests from clients to build other exotics that no one else has, even a request for a diesel powered trike!
The Viper Bike we took an order for in scottsdale will be similiar to this one except: a full compliment of gauges frenched into the ram-air hoodscoop, the rear tail section will be for 2-up riding, the engine will have somemore chrome and gloss black, and it will have chrome heatshields on the headers.