Last February we found out that this Two-stroke Kawasaki with 48 cylinders would be auctioned by Bonhams at the event “Bonhams Spring Stafford”, carried out on April 20. With a final estimated price of between 40 and 70 thousand euros, it has finally managed to reach a maximum price of more than 106,000 euros, 92,000 pounds To the change.
The work of two-wheeled construction specialist Simon Whitelock, this Two-stroke Kawasaki with 48 cylinders It was created with the intention of achieving a Guinness record: Be the land vehicle with the most cylinders on the planet. To do this, it incorporates sixteen Kawasaki KH250 engines that make a total of 4.2 liters of displacement.
Two-stroke Kawasaki with 48 cylinders: A record-breaking motorcycle
As detailed in the auction announcement itself: “Simon, a die-hard fan of Kawasaki, especially the KH250 triple, built his first Kwacker special, a triple-based four-cylinder, around 1987, which was followed by a nine-cylinder triple-triple, inline-seven triple-triple and then a replica of the H2R.”
And continues: “At the same time, Alan Millyard, the well-known motorcycle engineer and builder of some of the most spectacular special stages in recent times, also created multi-cylinder designs. Determined to end the multi-cylinder “arms race”, Simon came up with the idea of building a 48-cylinder monster using sixteen KH250 engines, the latter chosen for its low price and availability.
Regarding the latter, together with Henry Cole, they managed to break the speed record in the Tandem category at the controls of the famous Millyard Viper V10 500 HP of power, 12 years after the previous record was broken for the last time.
In short, a true work of engineering that Whitelock himself told us about in a video he published on his YouTube account. Entitled “48-cylinder Tinker Toy,” it detailed some specific data about its creation, among others, its mammoth weight. 600 kilos.
