An email arrived the other day from one of our readers who had just returned home from the Cassington Classic Brit Bike Show. He'd just taken a few photos of Allen Millyard's giant boardtracker, the Flying Millyard, built to house the engine he had created using two cylinders from a Pratt and Whitney 1340 radial. The result is a 5000cc V-Twin and it's a beauty to behold. … [Read more...]
Allen Millyard’s Incredible SS100 V-Twin
After starting on an article about the 5000cc Flying Millyard, which I will get back to, I came across a couple of videos of Allen Millyard's Honda based SS100 V-Twin and couldn't stop grinning. Have any of you seen and heard this engine and the bike it's gone into? I like big engines as much as anyone, but the SS100, built from two 50cc Hondas, is incredible. Listen to this! … [Read more...]
Allen Millyard Builds a 5 Liter V-Twin
Allen Millyard, everyone's favorite Dr. Enginestein, has done it again, this time taking two cylinders from a Pratt and Whitney 1340 radial and making himself a 5 liter V-Twin, the "Flying Millyard." Everything is hand made, including the crankshaft and connecting rods, then, in what seems to be the new popular skill among high level engine builders, he created some wooden … [Read more...]
Two Allen Millyard Specials for Sale – Kawasaki H2 1000-4 and a Kawasaki H1 850-5
If the ordinary isn't your style, if even low production specials from the factory cause you to yawn in boredom, then this pair of specials, created by Allen Millyard is for you. The current owner is offering both a 1972 Kawasaki H2 1000 4 cylinder 2 stroke and a 1970 Kawasaki H1 850 5 cylinder 2 stroke. Each of these bikes is powered by a cylinder configuration never … [Read more...]
Allen Millyard Kawasaki 5 Cylinder for Sale
Well, you don't see one of these every day, an Allen Millyard custom Kawasaki 5 cylinder 2 stroke is currently for sale. Millyard is known for his engines, handbuilt multi cylinder variants of stock engines, in this case an 850cc 5 cylinder made from two 3 cylinder donor engines. The term handbuilt is exactly what it means, too, he does a lot of cutting and filing and mating … [Read more...]
Allen Millyard Builds a Viper V10 Motorcycle
The fellows over at Motorcycle News have a short teaser of Allen Millyard's new 500 horsepower Viper V10 motorcycle. The V10 really needs no special tuning to get that output so all you have to do is fit the engine into a frame, ... yeah, that's all. Unlike the Chrysler Tomahawk show bike from years ago, this one looks like it runs and rides pretty well. Compared to a Boss … [Read more...]