Don’t you just love a motorcycle with a multiple-engine and multiple-cylinder? It’s not often you stumble upon a vehicle with more than one engine, be it a car or a power-generating aircraft. But sometimes, you just might. Behold the Guinness World Record-holding motorcycle; the Tinker Toy, featuring a total of 48 cylinders from 16 Kawasaki bikes and a whopping 4.2-liter mill. This motorcycle is so absurd that it results in having 49 cylinders because of its supercharger that works as a starting engine for all other engines. If you are a fan like me right now, you are in for a treat. On April 21, it is set to be auctioned off at Bonhams “The Spring Stafford Sale – The International Classic MotorCycle Show” in the United Kingdom. Unfortunately, it could also bring bad news as it is estimated to be sold for somewhere between $51,000 and $76,000. Needless to say, these are steep prices. Consequently, if you’re not one of our affluent readers, you might have to wait until April to buy a lottery ticket, rob a bank, or sell what you’ve got to afford it. It’s worth noting that one of these options is illegal, so don’t act like you’ve seen someone wearing a Mercedes-Benz suit.
So, what are we talking about? Yes, all the details about this motorcycle are mind-blowing. It sports 1,300 horsepower, requiring a whopping two supercharged engines to fire up.s, and its creator, the Kawasaki lover Simon Whitelock, has been building fuel-powered motorcycles for many years. Bonhams Simon Whitelock The Tinker Toy is a passion project, but not Whitelock’s only motorcycle masterpiece. Simon Whitelock was a builder and an owner at the Hertfordshire Superbike Center, and in this video above, Whitelock says that his love affair with Kawasakis began back in 1985 when he attended the Kawasaki Triples Club Rally in the UK. As the name suggests, this was a meeting of the owners of the Kawasaki triples. Iconic Kawasaki triples, including the S1 Mach I and H2 Mach IV, all three of them, and are cherished by their owners worldwide. Kawasaki triples club holds meets today!
Whitelock claims to have been to every meet since 1985 and nowadays, will be seen with a masterpiece. This led Whitelock, a fan of the Kawasaki triples, to want to build Kawasakis as if they had come from the factory as an inline. His progression from choosing Kawasaki triples began with an inline-four triple, and then gradually rotated right around the circle. As Whitelock explains, building an inline-four triple evolved into combining three 1.5-cylinder engines into a “triple-triple” 9-cylinder Kawasaki. His game involves tinkering, to say the least. His motorcycle balances top, middle, and back cylinders!
Screenshot – Mapangidwe otsatira a Simon Whitelock Whitelock, who engineered The Tinker Toy, which was finalized in the late 1990s, was a Kawasaki “triple-seven” motorcycle. He utilized sleeves from a 250cc Kawasaki S1 Mach I and bored it out to five times that size.
Rick Brett, who bought Whitelock’s triple-seven, says he needs five single-cylinder S1 Mach I engines to build a 250cc engine with eight and a clutch. The two single-cylinder engines are at each end, with the five single-cylinder engines in the middle. The two single-cylinder engines at the end are the end bearings of the 500cc engine and the clutch. The engine works with a throttle butterfly and fuel tanks located on an angle. It finally fired up and was shipped to the United States, being the optimal example of Whitelock’s craft. Return to Whitelock’s show. Discussing it, his replica 577 is fascinating. Also, he made Kawasaki KH250 a top-tier bike. The Tinker Toy will stand as Whitelock’s magnum opus.
Bonhams Whitelock boasts that the 48-cylinder Kawasaki took around five years to build, with roughly 85 percent of the work being completed in the last 12 months. He is at the forefront, not built for the sake of spectacle or power, but to challenge the Guinness World Record. The motorcycle will also stand up to the challenges Whitelock can throw at it. Considering his thoughts, Whitelock says the ultimate goal would be 120 mph or 130 mph at most. Therefore, it’s not solely about sheer size; it’s substantial.
What’s in a Name of Tinker’s Toy? A B-17 Flying Fortress name doppelganger. When putting together Tinker Toy, Whitelock started with engines from the Kawasaki KH250. The KH250, which started production in 1976, was the twin to the S1 Mach I.
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The 48-cylinder motorcycle has two 249cc powerplant engines that are similar to the S1 Mach I, but with reduced power from 32 HP to 27 HP. Whitelock says his choice of the KH250 came as the restoration of other models was difficult due to the availability of KH250 engines. This is crucial because at the end, he would need to obtain 16 of them from no less than five banks to create Tinker Toy. Despite the Downton Abbey vibes, the KH250 was very effective, especially since the goal was not speed, especially at the time of its release in the 1960s and 1970s when motorcycle riders were more concerned with glamour and muscle performance. Its counterpart at that time produced by Honda was the Honda CB750 Four. These were motorcycles with 500cc engines and large motors, which often released more power than usual cars and trucks could handle. However, motorcycle makers did not flinch at just playing old tickets like flash and show-off, the homemade ideas could endure the ride of a motorcycle. Many of our enthusiasts can exhibit the “killer instinct” of a Yamaha RD 350.
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The S1 Mach I, that little monster of a bike with a piston engine, was slightly slower in gaining speed. Some daredevils swear they reach 100 mph on the S1 Mach I, but most ride it at around 90 mph! Indeed, there are 250s that can do this easily today, but it was a motorcycle in the 1970s! Although the S1 Mach was one of those countries, we have a hard time seeing a group of three Kawasaki’s coming off. Fortunately, the KH250 we have today is very good, especially because speed was not the goal.
Bonhams From the beginning, we can compare details, which are arranged to provide sufficient airflow for each cylinder and transmission of 24-to-1 on each aspect of the turning engine. You can imagine this making up the twin 48-cylinder motorcycle. And let’s not forget about the clever cooling system. Whitelock set a stream of water so that the big engine could be constantly cooled by air, while the water loop helped compose the cooling for the fuel-injected engine once it starts running. As it is with its twin-forty-eight-cylinder motorcycle, The Tinker Toy also operates with motorcycle parts and we continue to work on the set from a part from Ford Mondeo. The dust cover also reveals, indicating BMW in this era.
Bonhams Crossing over, we’ll observe rear-end Hagon Products aluminum and custom fabricated rear suspension from Honda Gold Wing. All front controls, from the brakes to the levers, also hearken back to the Gold Wing. The back of the motorcycle and the rear-end suspension are hallmarks. So, how are you feeling about the 48-cylinder Kawasaki? It seems unlikely that the powertrain will be able to handle this, so Whitelock found a 125cc scooter engine to fit in behind. All that the scooter engine does is provide the 4.2-liter displacement. If you want to see Whitelock build Tinker Toy, his YouTube channel features a slew of processes that went into building the multi-cylinder engine. It’s huge, it’s radical, and it’s revolutionary.
Bonhams Apologies, as Whitelock doesn’t know the actual power output of his creation, but he claims it’s around 1,300 horsepower. He further said that the motorcycle is a monster in terms of output. On the end note, Whitelock ended up with oil leaks which were common. At the conclusion of his show, Tinker Toy was stored in a museum that had not been opened in many years. Whitelock says it’s not for sale but relatable to the fact that things are changing. As previously stated, Tinker Toy is scheduled to be auctioned at Bonhams “The Spring Stafford Sale – The International Classic MotorCycle Show” in the United Kingdom on April 21. Until now, Bonhams has no estimate for the motorcycle’s auction, but only that it’s coming, and that the current events are not well understood.
