Anyone see "Trucks" on spike today? ON topic

Hey, I was watching "trucks" on spike tv today, and they featured a motorcycle made by Honest Charley that was powered by a FORD FLATHEAD! Ive never seen a V8 flattie on a bike before. It sounded great, but they said the gearbox is one speed so theres never any shifting. Anyone else see this or know anything about them?.............Briggs

 

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, but they said the gearbox is one speed so theres never any shifting

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I heard they are $19,000.
High gear only would be a pain in the ass.

 

yeah, i saw that too. they are in fact $19,500. it's said they top out around 90 mph and are happiest at about 60 mph.

go to coker.com or honestcharley.com for more

 

thanks for the help, theres good info here: Flattie Bikes

says the flattie is the V860 model

 

Was a company here in Omaha making a 350 chevy powered bike. Talked to the company owner at Bonneville one year. He had a buddy riding on the back and it was weird, watching them pull away from a dead stop, slipping the clutch until they got up a little speed. Didn't take very long to get up to speed at all....
I wouldn't wanna try to pick one up after dumping it..

 

ive heard of sbc powered bikes too, werent they called Boss Hoss? could be wrong.....................Briggs

 

Yeah, they're called Boss Hoss... Damn those things are ugly..! Pretty popular here in Holland though... But hey, all ugly stuff's populair overhere... haha!!

 

The "estimated" top speed of Bos hOSS'S WAS 180! GUESS NO ONE STEPPED UP TO DOUBT IT- I WAS GONNA BUILD A 2.8 v6 TWO WHEEL MOTORCYCLE ONCE.... REGAINED MY SANITY and gave that one up.....

 

i saw that. thats a neat looking setup. i really like the looks of it. but man, talk about a heavy one! id be scared to drive it just for the fact of tiping it over. it would take some help getting it back up.

trey

 

I pretty much dig this bike... Reminds me a little bit of the Michigan Madman...



Holy shit..! I just recognized it has a kickstarter... Must be a big dude who's crankin' over that smallblock...

 

holy SHIT dutchman, that things AWESOME!!! Ive never seen an engine mounted like that! I wont even start with the kick starter, thanks for the pic!

Briggs

 

I know a guy who has a Boss Hoss. It is ugly. I like motorcycles and have had a couple, but those things are two wheeled death wishes.

 

Boss Hoss doesn't just make small block bikes.....they sell um with 502 big blocks too!