When we think of today's motorcycles, most people will automatically picture a V-Twin on a sunny afternoon. We sometimes forget about the hard hitting single cylinders. However, Franz Langer has come up with something that should bring the spotlight back to single cylinders for at least a while.

Mr. Langer is a German Engineer who has always been most interested in the single-cylinder design, rather than the more common V-Twin. While he was working, he filled his garage with 600cc to 700cc motorcycles. After he retired, he began building his own outrageous rides.

The cream-of-the-crop came when he decided he wanted to build the worlds largest single-cylinder engine on a motorcycle. For a long time that benchmark was 1000cc. It then made a jump to 1500cc. To be able to top that, Franz began with an airplane engine, single-cylinder of course, that displaced 1440cc. The next step was to enlarge the engine and use a larger yet lighter cylinder. The final result was a 2000cc monster.

He then mounted his oversized engine onto an old NSU Konsul. Soon after everything was complete, his name was added to the Guinness Book of World Records for building largest single-cylinder engine on a motorcycle. The only downside to the whole design, it's a kickstart. Anyone who weighs less than 150lbs might need some help.

 

does it full a purpose other than being unique?

its got to shake like a bull ride and sound horrible

 

And if people want that, they can always buy a Harley instead.

 

Sure ia an ugly beast!

 

Is there an advantage to this that I'm missing? Is this 2 or 4 cycle?

This must also be the world's largest vibrator.

 

DUDE!!! i would SO FRIKKEN ride that. such a beast.. i love tankly things like that, e****ally with a whoopass name like "The Bison" i soo want one. with a 2500 bore kit

any info on 0-60 or topspeed?

 

why do you guys think it will vibrate so much? my bike is s thumper.. and i have ridden a handfull of other big thumpers and they dont vibrate that much, not nearly like any v-twin.....

You guys see its a KICK START only!!! wouldnt want that to kick back.... any who have tried to kick start a dirt bike and got kicked back know what im talking about..... [:@]

 

its really difficult to balance a single cylinder engine. think about how much a weed wacker vibrates then magnify that 40 times. also due the the mass of the piston i doubt it can rev that high. is basicly a single piston out of a 16 L diesel mack truck engine

 

hell no, ive gotten hit with my 250's and that stung prety bad... id bet that thing will bust ya shin in half

on the other hand it never really happens once you overcome being a noob. i havent done it on any kickstart since the second week i owned the xr

 

thats pretty awesome