Courier Services

Boss Hoss Motorcycles - 1990 -

Posted by Howard Trott on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 Under: American Motorcycles
Americans so they say like everything Big with a capital 'B'. Buildings, cars, open spaces and motorcycles. So it's hardly surprising that the largest production motorcycle in the world should be built in the Unites States.



For many years Harley-Davidson produced the largest-engined motorbike until pipped to the post by successively bigger Japanese machines such as the Kawasaki Z1300, Honda Gold Wing 1500 and Yamaha 1600cc WildStar. None of them however come anywhere near the Boss Hoss.

In 1990, Monte Warne had the idea of building a motorcycle powered by a Chevrolet V8 engine. He did so and there was so much interest in the motorcycle at Daytona Speedweek that year, that he went into production. Its basis is the well-known 5.7-litre Chevrolet engine which more usually powers a large car or pick-up. Several different rates of tune are on offer, ranging from 180 to 350bhp. The Boss Hoss weighs half a ton, but is still a lightweight by V8 standards, so it needs only one gear and the engine is so flexible that it can be rode, clutch out, from tickover upwards and accelerate away at a flick of the wrist.



There is no neutral, though the motorbike does have a foot pedal which locks the clutch in. Not surprisingly when Boss Hoss decided to offer an automatic version most buyers opted for that. Final-drive was by toothed belt to a huge 215-section car tyre at the rear, which looked as if it would be incapable of leaning around corners, though in practice it could.

Even in one-gear form the makers claim 0-60mph in 1.7 seconds, though the Boss Hoss's top speed is limited by aerodynamics to around 125mph. The company later launched a small 4.3-litre V6 version, with 195bhp at 3.500rpm and 250lb ft of torque. Four times the torque of a big Harley-Davidson. Whether you consider the Boss Hoss pointless excess or the ultimate motorcycle, it is certainly the biggest.  

In : American Motorcycles 


Tags: boss hoss  motorcycles  american motorcycles  motorbikes   

Recent Posts

Categories

Tags

599cc 955i a abnormal about abroad accessories accidents advance advanced advice after air america american and antique articles as ashes asset at austrian bad barigo barry batteries battery becoming beryl best biker bikers blackbird blood blue bmw bonneville booking boots boss braking bridge british britten bsa buell building bulk business buying byway cam can car care cash cb350 cbr cbt championship charging cheap checks cheshire choosing christmas cities city clean cleaning climber clinical clothing clubs commando company consignment consignments contract control cornering corporate cost country courier couriers courses coventry covers crash cremated cremation critical customer dash davidson day days daytona dealing dedicated defensive deliveries delivery desert destination diamond dispatch distance do document documents dorset dot downhill dream drivers driving ducati duke electric ellesmere emergency employed enfield england es escort escorts european express fast fastest female first for forest fragile freight french from g45 gap gear geoff german get gl1500 goldwing good gps group gt guide guzzi hale hand harley harley-davidson head healthcare heath heavy helens helmet helmets heritage hesketh high highway hill hiring history home honda hospital hoss hour house how in incline india industry information instructor insurance international interstate italian italy items jacks japan japanese jewellery jobs jodie ktm l lab learning leathers leeds legal leigh letter lifts liverpool load loads local logistics logo london long maintenance man manchester manufacturer mars matchless medical merseyside messenger messengers mike military minister mitchell mkiii models money moto motorbike motorbikes motorcycle motorcycles motorway motorways moving multi-drop must-have nationwide nav navigation navs necklace new news next nhs night north northwich norton of off on online operations overnight own packages packaging packing papers parcel parking part parts passenger passengers pennington personal petrol pick pillion planning plate poole port prenton prescot prescription price private protective r r60 racer racers rage rain rc30 rd250lc reliable remains removal residential retail retailer ride rider riders rides riding ring road roads rocket route royal rr1000 saddlebags safe safety sale salford same sameday sample samples sat satellite saturday saving scenic schedule second sector secure security self selling service services servicing severn sheene shipping skills slow solicitor spartan special specialist speed sps st starting staying stockton storage storing storm strange stunt sunlight superbike superbikes supplies suzuki swain t595 taking term test tests the time tips to tom toolkit tooth top touring track training transit transport transportation transporting trial trike triple triumph types tyre tyres uk up uphill urgent usa used v1000 v7 valuable valuables value van vfr750 vintage wales warrington weather west why widnes wigan winsford winter with woman women work working world wrexham ww1 yamaha you your yourself zealand 3 10 24 750 850 851 916 1100
 USEFUL LINKS

/ Stockport / Tameside / Trafford / Wallasey / 
Widnes / Wigan / Winsford / Wirral / Liverpool / 
Copyright Spartan Motorcycle Couriers 2013