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What's a Boss Hoss then?

Boss Hoss Cycles, Inc. was established in 1990 when Monte Warne, the founder and president of Boss Hoss Cycles, Inc., created his first Chevy V-8 powered motorcycle in his 5000 square foot shop in Dyersburg, TN. Monte, a commercial aircraft pilot and degreed Aviation Airframe and Power plant technician, was the first to design a V-8 powered motorcycle that has a traditional cruiser motorcycle style, look and feel. This was accomplished by his unique approach to the motorcycles single speed (one gear) transmission design. The right angle drive transmission allows the length of the bike to be kept to a minimum and the engine-mounting inline with the frame made for a well-balanced design that is unequaled by any other V-8 powered motorcycles.

Over the past thirteen years Boss Hoss Cycles, Inc. has grown from its humble beginnings in Monte’s shop to a 22,000 square foot manufacturing facility. The product line has also grown from the conventional two-wheeled motorcycle to include three wheeled vehicles commonly referred to as trikes.

To put it a simple way there is no substitute for cubes! These 350 or 502 Cubic Inch V8 engined bikes and trikes are simpley the best fun. With the twist and go like ease to ride with a two or three speed automatic gearbox.

With the 502 cubic inch (8200 cc) 502 bhp, 567 ft/lbs of torque or 350 Cubic Inch (5700 cc) 355bhp, 405 ft/lbs of torque engines these are the ultimate in cruiser trikes and bikes.

Press Review of the Boss Hoss

What would you define as big in motorbike terms? Well, here’s a clue bike makers class anything bigger than 600cc as heavyweight. There are bikes with double that engine size: BMWs designed for touring with luggage, for example. The largest bike produced in Britain is the Triumph Rocket III with a 2.3 litre engine that’s as big as the average family saloon’s.

And that’s plenty big enough, you might think. Anything larger would be ridiculously impractical. Well, I’ve just ridden a machine with an 8 litre engine. It weighs half a ton and makes your average Harley-Davidson feel like a moped.

It’s the largest production bike in the world, made by a company called Boss Hoss in Dyersburg, Tennessee. It’s big, it’s a brute and now it’s in Britain for the first time.

Boss Hoss was established in 1990 by Monte Warne, a commercial aircraft pilot who designed a cruiser-style motorbike that could house a Chevrolet V8 engine. Warne first offered customers just the frame, allowing them to add whatever engine block they liked. This was successful for the first five years of production but it soon became obvious that it wasn’t convenient for many customers. The solution was to build the bike with an 8.2 litre Chevy engine as standard.

That created problems of its own. Fitting a standard V8 gearbox into a bike frame is virtually impossible, so Boss Hoss produced a whole new gearbox design one with only three gears: first, second and a rare luxury: reverse. It would be almost impossible to manually reverse this bike.

When you stand next to the bike you realise the engine is humongous. To shoehorn it into the bike’s frame is an engineering feat in its own right. Even in America it’s bigger than most car engines and is only really used in tow trucks. It pumps out 502bhp at a low 5200rpm, which is quite frankly ridiculous. The most powerful motorbike you can buy from your local showroom would be something like a Kawasaki ZX-12R, which generates a claimed 187bhp. The Chevy V8 is four times more powerful than a basic Ford Mondeo. This bike is quite simply the most intimidating I’ve ever had to ride, and I’m not one to be spooked easily.

Throwing a leg over the bike, you’re instantly aware of the bulk. The closest thing I can think of is riding a rhino. The petrol tank fans out in front of your eyes with an expanse of stars and stripes, and the handlebars sweep high and wide. Starting the heavy engine had my heart pounding. As I pushed the starter button the bike lurched violently to the right. I thanked the powers that be for my long legs as I dug my heels into the ground in an attempt to steady the bike as it rocked from side to side.

I’ve been on bikes that rock like this before, but never so aggressively. It happens when the configuration of the V shape of the engine lays in the chassis sideways rather than in line with the wheels. As the pistons move, the rotation of the crankshaft causes sideways motion. Normally it doesn’t cause a problem but on the Boss Hoss the pull is fierce.

The 502bhp is phenomenal and the 567 lb ft of torque is equally monstrous. There is limited ground clearance with a 28-degree angle of lean, and as a result of the raked-out chunky inverted forks, steering isn’t exactly pinpoint sharp. All this amounts to a machine that requires an awful lot of pre-planning when you’re riding.

As I blasted along the open road in Berkshire, the corners posed more problems than usual. You have to always anticipate the lurch to the right when winding on the power, and you have to steer the Boss Hoss round tight bends rather than lean it. I’ll let you imagine what it’s like on mini-roundabouts.

But get it on a straight and the power is unbelievable. I’ve ridden a drag bike before with 320bhp, but it was weedy compared with this. It charges from 0-60mph in the blink of an eye. I glanced at the speedo after one quick flick of the throttle I was doing 80mph at 3000rpm in first gear! The rev counter goes up to 7000 and there are two gears, so you can do the maths.

Despite the speedo markings stopping at 160mph, I strongly suspect this bike is capable of 200mph. Whether you’d be able to hang on over 140mph, though, is debatable. There’s absolutely no protection and the cruiser-style riding position means the wind really hits your chest and pushes you backwards. Your fingers feel as if they’re peeling off the bars. But when you do get a shift on, the Brembo four-piston calliper brakes are surprisingly effective in stopping the 1,300lb of bike.

The Boss Hoss is the most extreme motorbike I’ve ever ridden and I’m pleased to have done so. Admittedly it isn’t for everyone and you certainly need a heap of confidence. But it is awesome both in performance and looks. The bike I rode is available in solid colours as standard but a "Born to be Wild" paint job like the stars and stripes on the bike I rode will set you back around five grand. That’s on top of the initial cost of the Boss Hoss, which is as hefty as the bike itself Ł41,999.