Allen Millyard rides his V10 Viper motorcycle at Elvington
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Back in 2016 Henry Cole travelled to Elvington to watch genius bike-builder Allen Millyard ride his V10 Viper motorbike in an attempt to reach 200mph. First seen in Series 6 of The Motorbike Show.
He makes those bike “builders” on tv look like horse shit. The man is a genius
Was a proper amazing day at Elvington
What a proper amazing machine and engineer. Well done, Allen. Time for a brew and a just perfect cherry cupcake. 😃☕🧁
Ay up Allen! You're a top geeza! Keep it up.
Youre about to get alot more subscribers
I was there about 12 years ago.....traveled from Boston to visit a friend who lives in Warrington. He had a CR-750 replica and a nitrous 250 cc 2 stroke LSR bike. Anyway....get the bikes through tech at which point it pissed down rain for hours and hours. Never turned a wheel. Nice to see a video with the sun shining there and some exotic machinery actually running down the airstrip.
If I remember correctly Elvington was designated an emergency landing area for the space shuttle secondary to the length of runway. It was a very large airfield for sure.
get guy martin on that bike please i think it would be great veiwing
You are amazing
Humble engineering genius. Huge admiration.
And it didn't run purrfect.
He needed one of Tracey's cupcakes.
That's why it didn't run properly at Elvington. Cup Cake shortage. Rather obvious omission.
I just can't get over Allen - one humble dude, despite his genius. Most ace wrenches are primadonnas - yours truly went through that phase, too - Allen? He wonders what's going on in the kitchen and takes time for the birds and little animals. Loveya Man!
Millyard is in a class of his own. Breathtaking creations.
I follow Allan on his UA-cam channel his creations are amazing
Hope 1000cc with2 rg gamma.v8 😂2stroke....
I think that Alan is the most creative bike builder in the world today, much respect to him.
Have you seen the bikes that Keanu Reeves and his team have designed?
@@stevet5379 lol
@@stevet5379 Have you see what else Allen Millyard has built ? Reeves etc make some stylish shit but Allen's engineering is several levels up. Bear in mind his day job is a Nuclear Engineer
@@robertlund5694 That wasn't meant to be funny. Go have a look, you just might be surprised.
@@fourutubez7294 For sure, Allens engineering is nothing short of astonishing. I was merely asking if Reeve's bikes had been noticed. I'm a big fan of Millyard cycles, they are built to perfection.
Allen is a LEGEND . His 2 stroke bikes are a work of art 👍👍
Not only is Allen a genius and great guy he’s also very brave.
Your either brave or stupid im stupid never gone 180 have gone 150mph but i also can count on 1 finger how manys hours iv spent on road bikes Allan on the other hand is brave
I’m not that brave I only used about 1/4 throttle 🙈 must do better next time 🙂
@@davehoward22 it pulls so hard and it never seems to stop pulling !
Okay first Sir Allen has to be crazy, or or forward thinking to suggest a Dodge Viper V10 is a sound power plant for a motorcycle..then Sir Allen has to have the amazing talent of engineering and fabrication.. and and then Sir Allen must have the Grand Balls of Steel to take it up to those intense weed-out the men from the boys speeds! Phew😅 Thank you Allen you’re amazing.
He isn’t the first. Dodge made a bike with the v10 and many others have as well. Just bc no one has done it on your side of the pond doesn’t mean it hasn’t been done here multiple times.
@@montynohtyp157 That real Dodge made viper bike thing with the four tires is crazy, awesome full custom concept. Yeah, lot's of people truly believe if they didn't think of it and haven't seen it it couldn't possibly have been done before, doesn't matter what side of the pond your from, f you've been told everyone is equal and nobody can be better than one another at anything but athletics and stage entertainment your going to think that your ideas are the same as everyone else's and nobody can think of anything better. A viper engine in a bike is no stretch of imagination to anyone that knows the diversity of past motorcycle designs, the Millyard Viper bike is basically another version of the mass produced Boss Hoss, just using a v10 instead of a v8 of the same basic design just with 2 extra cylinders.
@@montynohtyp157 If you know, you know...! Allen does it all himself in his shed at home though, big difference there to Dodge. If you haven't watched his vids, it's definitely worth checking out, seeing him chop engines up and making bigger ones out off them is just amazing.
It's an upgrade on the aged boss hoss idea !
@@HalfdeadRider thank you, the one person who understands I’m just complementing a talented person who also isn’t afraid to take his own creation to top speeds 180+ Also I was trying to be a tad funny, which apparently I’m not too good at😅 also also thought I should’ve mentioned I knew about all those other bikes, but that wasn’t really the point. Again thank you 🙏
I have to say 'The Great British Shed' really does produce the wildest of engineering projects and I love it. Alan you should let Guy Martin wring its neck you two together would be quite something, maybe you could take Guy's spitfire engine and make something crazy with it !!
The craziest bit is how utterly relaxed it looked to ride.
Allen is probably the fastest engineer on the planet, brilliant 👍
Allen seems like such an unassuming character with more creativity and engineering skill than the whole of the corporate world end on end. What he’s capable of just slays me!
Henry Cole said he'd kill him if he asked him to do the pillion record but they just did it. They hit 183.5mph two up lmao
That's Allen "The HACKSAWWWWW" Millyard to all of you petty mortals..😜😄😅
I've been 137mph and that was more than fast enough for me.
There’s never enough Henry nor Allen!
I’d watch paint dry if Alan was involved.
182 with no full fairing😳 I would need me wrists strapping to the bars to hang on at that speed on that brute 😂
Bruce dunn rode my Viper V10 to 207mph before I fitted the small screen
Sooooo close to 300kph. 😳
@@TheTazzietiger 182 mph = 293kph...
Who do you think I was responding to?
This guy is incredible. He builds most of these in his home work shop. His video of building his six cylinder bike was awesome.
Allen loves life, nature, but he has the gift to speak to machines, and he can understand them also. Long life to you, doctor Millyard !
Alen is one of those guys that come around very infrequently so I fully understand your starstruckness around him Henry, but you are top bloke too mate :)
First I think Allen has balls of steel to ride at that speed and l was disappointed that he didn’t get the 200 mph but we did have the Bonus of having Henry Cole with him these two great gentlemen l love to see together great video thanks chaps 👏👏👍😊
Alan’s a Genius and Henry of course
Legend... Why is there not a TV series on Alans shed, sign me up please.
He does, and it's his own channel right here on UA-cam. Go subscribe!
I can't help feeling that living next door to him would be great. But you're wife would constantly moan 🙄 there's a sitcom in it lol
0:53 "More brake-horsepower than a Bugatti Veyron" Since when? Did you mean power to weight?
Does it matter enough for you to comment?
Yeah power to weight. The Veyron doesn't have a great power to weight ratio anyway. Even a stock Yamaha R1 is higher.
@@garyhardman8369
Yes
Came here to comment the same. More than HALF brake-horsepower maybe.
0:50. More horsepower than a Veyron? I doubt it. Horsepower per tonne? Almost certainly.
Exactly right no point being an ornament in the lounge room!
0:52 "The Bike has more BHP than a Bugatti Veyron" But it doesn't. Why would you just make up shit like that? Isn't it impressive enough that it has 500hp?
Power to weight is greater but not outright power
What a star! He's a superb engineer and such a humble person.
I've ridden a Kawasaki at just under 200mph on the autobahn and thought "if something goes wrong, like hitting a pigeon, I'm dead". On a UK airfield there's a very good chance of something flying at you, even a bee would hurt at that speed!
To be honest, I'm amazed at the speed he can do on an unfaired bike, how does he hang on? Incredible!
“The bike has more power than a Bugatti Veyron.” Sorry, not even close. If you meant to say Power-to-Weight ratio then ok…
I would've thought that was obvious
@@davewilkinson7441
But horsepower is not power to weight
@@hoonaticbloggs5402 we all know that mate. We took the original comment in the context it was meant.
I remember seeing the late E J Potter race his small block V8 powered bike at Blackbushe back in the sixties. Revved it up on the stand, then rocked it off and smoked the tyre all of the quarter mile…….Insane. Watch him on UA-cam and be amazed
Did you see the show American Pickers! They did a show around e j potter. Very good.
@@craigcricket7932 yes👍, I managed to catch that episode. Still can’t believe that he managed to make let alone ride those machines
there was a rumour that You, Sam, Skid and Allen were going to do, and film, a trip doing the Scottish Route 66: The North Coast 500. Is there any truth to this, and either way, YOU SHOULD DO IT!!!
Allen is my favorite motorbike shed engineer
The Millyard V10 VIPER has to go to Bonneville, that's the only place on earth that can show it's the fastest STREET ABLE motorcycle.
ALLEN I SALUTE YOU!
SOC!
Fully expecting a Merlin powered bike from Allan one day. Or even a Griffin….
Met Alan at the bike show.absolute gent.and a genius.
just imaging if you had him Fred Dibner and Guy Martin working together wow what could they have builit
This is one of my favourite episodes , Just Love it Such a Legend
Well Henry you asked Why?
That's because he can great engineering.
Even his mountain bikes are badass.....
I wonder what Allen and Guy Martin could create between. Both wonderfully eccentric gentlemen that know their stuff and whose time I'd love to spend with - just to absorb their knowledge. Thanks Henry for the upload.
Guy does have that Merlin engine lying about🤔
:-D
Bloke is a genius !
Standing next to Allen increases your I.Q. by 15%.
Lol, I think narrator meant to say better power to weight ratio than a Bugatti.
Yes that’s right
Allen is simply a national treasure, a ledgend, in his own lunchtime!
Pity you had music on and we couldn't hear the bike. Why?
Much more impressed with your bike mods, not so much the v10
More power than a Bugatti Veyron? 500hp....
About 14 years ago I took a supercharged busa to Elvington. Most people who have owned a litre sports bike have done 180 mph but that last 20 mph? Jeez it was weird, because of the width of the runway you don't have the same concept of speed that you do on the road, (that might just be me?) Anyway, I did a couple of runs, 180ish to get the feel of it on the runway then on my 3rd I went for it 199.9. I was gutted one tenth of a mile an hour off 200! Then jarrod frost did a run, 224mph! It started raining then so I went home!
I would love to see Guy Martin ride it!
So would I!
Oh for sure
Guy rides it, sets a new world record, crashes it, breaks 22 bones... and is back in work on Monday.
And people go on about the dodge tomahawk doing 300mph, what a load of nonsense, this is basically the same thing, without aerodynamics 200mph is the max. But what a true gentleman and hats off to him, it must be a real handful to control.
You can see that Henry and Allen are bosom buddies.
Well that's cool but what did the Rolls-Royce do ?
About 240mph
I've done 176MPH on a 1999 YAMAHA R1 and that was something else. But to do over 200MPH, well..........
Skip the damn music so we can hear the engine on that bike! Otherwise fantastic.
It sounds like an aero engined car from 100 years ago, very gutteral.
Alan is with out doubt the best engineer out there wow
🤣🤣Orange County choppers 🤣🤣🤣🤣
My mate's sat on that bike. It was at a bike show, NEC Birmingham I think, on the Carole Nash insurance stand. There were no signs saying don't sit on it so I told my mate to go for it. Sorry Allen.
Ha ha that’s funny 🙈
This is par for the course for a Dodge.
That bike should be able to hit 300 mph if he has a long enough runway
Leaving it in the Lounge...must have the right wifey then!
Pissed off because its only running on nine. A true genius engineer.
Engine not running right, at least one piston not firing, and it still does 170 miles an hour on its first run. That's a hell of a machine.
No words describe Allen 👌👌
Allen builds stuff I would only have envisioned in a fever dream
Way back in the day in my early 30s I ran 189mph in my built GSXRR 750 and that was wot with nothing more.. I'd hoped for 190 +... Won't ever get that chance again now that I'm a fresh 57 ... But if I could..
What a man. Love to meet him one day
If only i have a fraction of this guy's skill on a hacksaw. . .
Dear Alan, please can you help me get my much loved Suzuki Bandit 600 running again. I’ve tried everything, even had the carbs professionally rebuilt.
What a great guy! check out his channel for more amazing stuff
Where were the cup cakes??
I'm of the opinion that 182 mph is a terrific speed for a bike with little or no aerodynamics. There isn't in place to hide and the radiator has to catch a lot of air.
I was surprised when he said it would got 200 mph. I've been close to 200 mph on a bike with lessor horsepower but much better aerodynamics and it is hard.
Hats off for the speed and the courage and skill to run it that fast.👍👍
207.1 mph at Bruntingthorpe..... ua-cam.com/video/UbUrIwA9jVE/v-deo.html
@@adven999 Thanks Tony.
All Tracy's cupcakes are slowing you down Allen.
Allen’s channel is well worth a look… he has built a Yamaha V8 and V12 and they are wonderful pieces of engineering.
Kawasaki mate
This is by far the most personality I've ever seen Allen exhibit :D
Really enjoying the motorbike show.
Alan simply a legend!
Millyard is a brilliant fellow. It's such fun to see each of his creations. That V-Twin with the Airplane cylinders is simply amazing! Then there's the Velocette V-Twin and........and.......
This man is a mechanical genius... to build something without drawings .....WHAT !!! ... He says he carn’t work CAD ... these so called modern engineers... if they have a spark of an idea MUST come to him ... bet he could design something in his head ... tell them what to do and they then just finish off with CAD... with all the hard work done ...imagine the production line of products that could be made AND put British Engineering and products back on top.About 4 years ago i saw The Flying Millyard at Bicester Heritage... he fired her up ... great ... BUT never appreciated and listen to this genius talk afterwards ... I just ... showing me complete ignorance walked off 🙁He deserves a GONG from Buckingham Palace for contribution to British Engineering
That's pretty cool! Surprised it did not go faster though. Did 192mph on a stock motor zx10r at a similar official event. Just had exhaust, tune and gearing.
If you were listening he had a bad crankshaft position sensor, so he had bad misfire and only half a motor.
I was only using around 1/4 throttle and the engine had a faulty crank sensor and was not running at full power 🙈
@@AllenMillyard Can't wait to see what it can do once it is running 100%!
Did he actually say the bike has more horsepower than a Bugatti veyron?
🙄
All of Allen's bikes look like they were factory made, The Flying Millyard look like it was made in the FIAT factory alongside the Beast of Turin.
And the Viper bike looks like it was made by Dodge as a marketing exercise, with help from Lotus and Laverda.
Allen and Henry did decide to go for the two up record, and they did break the record!
Says a lot when dodge made a dozen bikes with these engines ,and unlike allens bike, they not only looked horrible they were completely unrideable (and $500.000)
Ok but there are 4 cylinder bikes that'll go over 200mph.
But not with a single gear and made by a nuclear engineer in a shed
@@fourutubez7294, I don't know what your point is...that a guy had an idea to assemble some parts to see how fast it'll go? Lot's of people do that sort of thing.
@@vpraczynski9013 Go watch his channel and see how he does these thing s, it's well past parts assembly. Seriously it's well worth it , you won't compare it to off the shelf bikes again. And yes I should have said that first time :) ua-cam.com/users/AllenMillyard
What an absolute genius, his creations are just amazing.
0:54 what I could find it says this has 500hp where as Bugatti Veyron has ~1000hp. I think 1000 > 500, but cool bike regardless.
Millyard a BAD ASS, a real mechanic(not a clown as american"chopper gods"....)
Well crafted, but why? Makes no sense. Power you can't use is not engineering. It's cartoonish, truth be told, I LOVE IT pure decadence!
Sometimes the best craftsmen are teetering on the edge of genius, while at the same time being humble and reserved. Just a genuine guy, pursuing a passion, without the jewellery, tattoos or bandanas, like the in your face pretenders in other countries.
Nice to see Pip again, I remember him advising us about our teams new air shifter , at the pod, many moons ago
Japanese one litre sports bikes that are reliable and rideable were doing well above those speeds IF you chose to go there 10 years ago ,im amazed a bike like that has any business on public roads ,respect for creating it but why on earth would you want to ride it ,i thought only Americans were into jammin huge car motors into bike frames ,i havent the brains to build it but i wouldnt want to either
Well done Allan. If your lookin for Bollocks... maybe Guy Martin could be interested?
I thought Henry had grown his hair back, until I saw this was from 2016
He is a genius that hasn't yet probably been discovered yet. He should be more well known.
So intriguing how it has the same power plant as the Dodge Tomahawk but looks absolutely nothing like it at all
My viper v10 is a motorcycle with two wheels
That's what's so intriguing about it, Dodge had 2 wheels on each rim
When someone says why? you say, why not?
When someone says why?
Allen says yes!
Did you hear the bike? No because of the Fing music. . I just realised it’s a music video