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By Tuesday October 27, 2009

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So this guy in this huge motorcycle passed me on my way to Petaluma, California, this last Sunday. I had to catch up to him to see what he was sporting. A huge V-8 with bottles of nitrous oxide! What a bike. We love our V-8′s!



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  1. sargasso says:
    10/27/2009 at 10:08 pm

    Not nitrous-oxide. Absolut vodka. Da!

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  2. LDA says:
    10/27/2009 at 10:22 pm

    Insane (in a good way).

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  3. SN says:
    10/27/2009 at 10:57 pm

    I can only imagine how much heat that motor would put out. The fact that he can sit on it for more than a few minutes after it warms up is astonishing.

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  4. Porch says:
    10/27/2009 at 11:32 pm

    I wonder if he has pulled some sparkplug wires off so it will shake the mirrors off like a proper HD.

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  5. John C Dvorak says:
    10/27/2009 at 11:35 pm

    #3 Good point. I’m guessing this is some weird experiment and the guy rolls it onto the freeway then gets it back into the garage before it heats up too much. Watching him in front of me trying to turn the thing (top pic) was painful to witness.

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  6. Unimatrix0 says:
    10/28/2009 at 12:11 am

    #5 John C. Dvorak

    Nope, these bikes are produced by Boss Hoss Cycles

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  7. Nugget Coombs says:
    10/28/2009 at 12:36 am

    “I had to catch up to him to see what he was sporting.” What on earth were you driving or riding to Catch-Up with this thing? Maybe a F1 car or Casey Stoner’s Ducati!

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  8. Glenn E. says:
    10/28/2009 at 2:33 am

    Not much of a safety helmet. Looks more for style, than serious head protection. Of course, falling off this thing (or crashing while on it), would probably be deadly. Regardless of the helmet lining. So why worry, eh?

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  9. Ralph, the Bus Driver says:
    10/28/2009 at 2:33 am

    Aaahh, they just don’t build bikes like they used to.

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  10. jescott418 says:
    10/28/2009 at 2:56 am

    The excessive weight of the V8 almost hurts the bikes ability to be a bike. Great for straight line speed and that’s about it.

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  11. Angus says:
    10/28/2009 at 3:49 am

    It’s certainly different, and still probably gets 50-60 mpg. I wonder how loud it is.

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  12. DSheeks says:
    10/28/2009 at 5:14 am

    #11 – Look at the size of the fuel tank. I’d be surprised if it gets half of your estimated fuel economy.

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  13. qb says:
    10/28/2009 at 6:11 am

    It’s a toss up whether I’d want to be hit by this or a Sherman tank.

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  14. Billy Bob says:
    10/28/2009 at 6:17 am

    The manufacturer web site says the various models get around 20/25 mpg and deliver 355-440 HP.

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  15. John says:
    10/28/2009 at 6:34 am

    He’s hot give him my phone number.

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  16. jbellies says:
    10/28/2009 at 6:47 am

    Road hog.
    Maybe he only rides it during a month with an R in it: air cooling.

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  17. Alfred1 says:
    10/28/2009 at 6:55 am

    That trike with the fins…killer:

    http://bosshoss.com/products.asp

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  18. Guyver says:
    10/28/2009 at 7:22 am

    Too bad the Dodge Tomahawk is no longer in production. It featured a Viper V-10 engine:


    (Click photo to enlarge.)
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  19. Brian says:
    10/28/2009 at 8:06 am

    #18 It never was in production, just a one off for a show.

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  20. Phydeau says:
    10/28/2009 at 8:48 am

    Some people won’t settle for less than too much.

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