There are motorcycles that are bought to get around, others to enjoy a curvy road and some seem created to demonstrate that, when someone has enough imagination and engineering knowledge, practically anything is possible. And, the Viper V10 of Allen Millyard It undoubtedly belongs to this last group.
The spectacular creation of the famous British builder has just found a new owner after being auctioned by H&H Classics at the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull, United Kingdom. The final price reached 130,000 pounds sterling, an amount around 150,000 euros. By the way, we already suspected that something like this could happen.
The operation puts an end to years of speculation about how much a collector could pay for one of the most extraordinary motorcycles built by Millyard. The Viper V10 It had been appearing in exhibitions, reports and videos for years, but had never been available for an individual to obtain.
Under its enormous structure is an 8.0 liter V10 engine capable of developing around 500 hp. A figure that, transferred to the world of 2 wheels, is simply enormous. And here we are not talking about a modified production motorcycle with a preparation kit. The Viper V10 It was made practically from scratch and in which Millyard had to solve engineering problems that go far beyond installing a large engine in a motorcycle frame. As we can all imagine.
The Viper V10 also has a Guinness record
The history of this motorcycle also has a particularly curious chapter related to speed. In May 2023, Allen Millyard joined the British presenter Henry Coleknown for the program The Motorbike Showto try to set a new world record Guinness of speed on a tandem motorcycle. And they did it.
The chosen setting was Elvington airfield in North Yorkshire, a common location for this type of speed record attempts. The couple managed to surpass the previous mark with an official speed of 183.5 miles per hour, approximately 295 km/h. This figure made it possible to establish a new world record for a tandem motorcycle, surpassing the previous record by several km/h.
150,000 euros for a piece that will have no successor
The price reached in the auction confirms the interest that exists in the creations of Allen Millyard and, especially, by those who have become true icons within their career. Its value is in the combination of exclusivity, engineering, history and, of course, in the name of its creator.
There is only one. And that detail is especially important when we talk about a motorcycle that probably won’t go on sale again for a long time. For years, the Viper V10 has been a kind of object of desire for fans who followed the work of Millyardbut until now it could only be seen in exhibitions or seen in action through its videos.
An auction full of historic motorcycles
The Viper V10 was not the only protagonist of the auction H&H Classics. The sale brought together a particularly striking collection of historic motorcycles and scooters, including a Harley-Davidson personalized with theme Newcastle UnitedEdit associated with the recently deceased Kevin Keeganwhich reached 35,000 euros. And the one we told you about.
Also up for auction was the Lambretta LI150 Special of 1965 known as “Stanley Road”, linked to the British musician Paul Weller and which had already aroused enormous interest among collectors of classic scooters and the “mod universe”. By the way, we talked to you about it recently.
Yes, someone, somewhere, has just become the lucky owner of one of the few motorcycles in the world who can say that it literally has a Dodge Viper under the tank.
own Millyarddeclared: “I have decided to put my 8000cc Millyard Viper V10 up for sale at the upcoming H&H auction taking place at the UK National Motorcycle Museum on 22 July 2026. It was a very difficult decision, but it will allow me to undertake more interesting projects in the future.”.
