This motor cycle was parked outside at my work

peranders · 25th June 2008, 06:19 PM

.... http://www.bosshoss.net

Wow!

gareth · 25th June 2008, 07:01 PM

And a V8 too...what size is that engine?

peranders · 25th June 2008, 07:46 PM

You can click at the link but the motor is huge

475 HORSEPOWERS and 6 liters

Typical american.

Everything is big over there.

dave_gerecke · 27th June 2008, 01:26 AM

The six liter engine. Not the largest available. I believe they offer a bike with either a 7.4 or 8.1 liter engine. They are using either the "small" block or "big" block GM engines. The 6 liter is a new version of the small block. That is the largest regularly offered displacement of the small block at this time. We have a couple of them here in the Burlington area of Vermont. It doesn't sound like a bike, it sounds like what it is, an American V-8.

Yes we can be a bit extreme on here in the states, but it's nice to be different. If I remember correctly, the owner of a Boss Hoss I spoke with said that his bike would do zero to 60 in about 2 seconds. And that is with the small block, not the big block.

Peace,

Dave

Eva · 27th June 2008, 02:10 AM

I wonder how much do these bikes weight. The manufacturer doesn't seem to provide that data. There doesn't seem to be any data on fuel consumption either.

theAnonymous1 · 27th June 2008, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eva
I wonder how much do these bikes weight. The manufacturer doesn't seem to provide that data. There doesn't seem to be any data on fuel consumption either.

I've compiled my own data......

Weight = Too much
Fuel consumption = Too much

My little bro just bought a Yamaha VMAX with the money Uncle Sam was nice to give him after a year and a half in the sand. Not quite a V-8, but still a V engine.....

peranders · 27th June 2008, 05:14 AM

The Yamaha motor sound really nice compared to a HD. The Yamaha motor sounds like music.

peranders · 27th June 2008, 01:27 PM

Rumours said that there was an admiring crowd of people around the cycle when the Hoss Boss took of. Unfortunately there are lot's of speed bumps..... no burned rubber exactly.

dangus · 8th July 2008, 04:38 AM

About 20 years ago there was a feature in a bike(r) mag about a homebuilt V8 bike. IIRC, the owner was a NASA engineer with access to a machine shop, and he designed his own transmission to work with a Buick 215 cubic inch aluminum block V8.

I never much liked the look of the Vmax... fake scoops and a nonfunctional gas tank just seem to come from the atomic cockroach school of Japanese industrial design.

ChocoHolic · 9th July 2008, 08:37 PM

...if you cannot lift your bike from horizontal to vertical, then it is to heavy for you...

Very simple rule

25th June 2008, 07:46 PM	#3
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	You can click at the link but the motor is huge 475 HORSEPOWERS and 6 liters Typical american. Everything is big over there. __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

27th June 2008, 02:10 AM	#5
Eva diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Near the sea	I wonder how much do these bikes weight. The manufacturer doesn't seem to provide that data. There doesn't seem to be any data on fuel consumption either. __________________ I use to feel like the small child in The Emperor's New Clothes tale

27th June 2008, 05:14 AM	#7
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	The Yamaha motor sound really nice compared to a HD. The Yamaha motor sounds like music. __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

27th June 2008, 01:27 PM	#8
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	Rumours said that there was an admiring crowd of people around the cycle when the Hoss Boss took of. Unfortunately there are lot's of speed bumps..... no burned rubber exactly. __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

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25th June 2008, 07:01 PM	#2
gareth diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2008	And a V8 too...what size is that engine?

27th June 2008, 01:26 AM	#4
dave_gerecke diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vermont	The six liter engine. Not the largest available. I believe they offer a bike with either a 7.4 or 8.1 liter engine. They are using either the "small" block or "big" block GM engines. The 6 liter is a new version of the small block. That is the largest regularly offered displacement of the small block at this time. We have a couple of them here in the Burlington area of Vermont. It doesn't sound like a bike, it sounds like what it is, an American V-8. Yes we can be a bit extreme on here in the states, but it's nice to be different. If I remember correctly, the owner of a Boss Hoss I spoke with said that his bike would do zero to 60 in about 2 seconds. And that is with the small block, not the big block. Peace, Dave

8th July 2008, 04:38 AM	#9
dangus diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Vancouver Island	About 20 years ago there was a feature in a bike(r) mag about a homebuilt V8 bike. IIRC, the owner was a NASA engineer with access to a machine shop, and he designed his own transmission to work with a Buick 215 cubic inch aluminum block V8. I never much liked the look of the Vmax... fake scoops and a nonfunctional gas tank just seem to come from the atomic cockroach school of Japanese industrial design.

9th July 2008, 08:37 PM	#10
ChocoHolic diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Munich	...if you cannot lift your bike from horizontal to vertical, then it is to heavy for you... Very simple rule

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