Kawasaki 1000

Very nice Jim.
Wellcome aboard.

Yes, welcome aboard indeedy!!! I'll bet that's not what most people on THIS board expect to see with a thread title like that.
Is that an Allan Millyard motor ?? Did you do the rest yourself ?? She's a stunner !!!...although I'm sure the gas consumption is equally stunning.....:lol: :lol:

is that real....

Jim, Welcome. An awsome piece of work. How does one figure-out, make a set of cases? I'm impressed.G

hi and welcome jim
what a piece of excellent craftmanship
wow mate ! we raced a mach750 here in the land down under in the 70,s ,shit it was scary then imagine another pot beside it ,we called them the widow makers
cheers graeme

you see yamaha banshee's that sand drag with this type of engine fairly commonly here in the usa.they used to take two sets of case's and cut them apart in the appropriate places then weld them back together and have a crank built up with extra center sections and cylinders then re-use the ends that accept the gears and stator and let the extra cylinders hang off the side away from the drive chain.
nowadays they have billet cases that you can build up an 1100+++ cc two smoker with custom cylinder blocks with big reed boxes and big exhaust,those motors turn into a dollar game quickly.
here is a link to the cases that they use for the banshee's for reference,
www.mattoonmachine.com/
enjoy.
welcome jim.

is that real....

Yep, TL, it's for real. Check out the cover of Classic Motorcycle Mechanics from November 2007 issue 241 here:

classicissues.com/bidetail.asp?AutoNo=10...8&Submit2=Show+issue

This is not the first 750/1000 that Allan Millyard has done, either. He's quite famous for adding extra cylinders onto all sizes of Kawi triples. He has also built a V8 on a Z1 block and a V12 on a KZ1300 block.:ohmy:

Ok first of all this is NOT a Millard engine. I've seen this bike in person and spoken with Jim. It's all his work and it's flawless. The attention to detail is amazing. I crawled under the bike and the case welds are barely noticeable. The "cloned" denco expansion chamber is a perfect mirror... hold on a second I have some close up pics somewhere.

Here you go..

Thanks for clearing that up, Steve. It's nice to see there are some "crafty" folks on this side of the pond, too.

Must be insane to ride. A bone stock H2 is wicked for starters..... front end just won't stay down :woohoo: . That is a cool build, alot of hours went into it no doubt, cheers Doug

FloridaSteve wrote:

Ok first of all this is NOT a Millard engine. I've seen this bike in person and spoken with Jim. It's all his work and it's flawless. The attention to detail is amazing. I crawled under the bike and the case welds are barely noticeable. The "cloned" denco expansion chamber is a perfect mirror... hold on a second I have some close up pics somewhere.

Here you go..

FloridaSteve, Thanks for clearing that up, were those pics taken at a two stroke rally? I noticed the Kaw triple and the Daytona Special in the background of the second pic. I also live in Florida and would like to see those types of bikes in person if they were close enough for a day trip. ThanksB)