The HOMEMADE H-16 Engine, 2396cc, 400+ hp and it's made by Grandpa... The Genius George "The Greek"

[@william-131]

A 100% mechanical genius. It’s so easy to add fuel injection to his creations to make them work but even for a 2020 H16 he opts for Webers. Amazing!

[@kenwise4596]

Carburation is becoming a lost art for sure. I started my bike career in 1990 when carbs were the norm and got to see everything switch to fi over the years so I was in a good place to learn both. Only time I used Webers on a bike was on a GL1000 and they were a serious downgrade from the stock carbs but I am sure they have their advantages for what he is doing.

[@Baribrotzer]

One of Allen Millyard's several brothers-from-other-mothers. Pete Aardema is one. Le Dan in Vietnam is another. Dieter Hartmann-Wirthwein, who built a V8 out of a Ducati twin, is, too. So is the Czech guy who built the Bistella. And there's got to be an Australian somewhere in the family. EDIT of EDIT: There is: Pat Maloney, an Australian, designed and built a V8 from Yamaha parts. (kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHOWd5uwgs1kpZY) He plans a limited production run.

[@neeturajjena6936]

hahahahahahaha correct

[@russtaylor2122]

There is: John Britten. Yet another genius builder...

[@Baribrotzer]

@@russtaylor2122 He was actually from NZ, and he built only one cycle rather than several. But there was Burt Munro, who came from OZ, and rebuilt Indian cycles - he cast his own pistons and OHV hemi heads in his garden shed, and was working on a DOHC conversion when he shuffled off the mortal coil.

[@ats-3693]

​@@BaribrotzerBurt Munro was from New Zealand, born and passed away in Invercargill.

[@Baribrotzer]

@@ats-3693 Ah, I did not know that.

[@ManiacRacing]

A master craftsman with a serious need for speed! Best kind of crazy!

[@Ralph2]

Your video has filled an inexplicable void in my motorcycle knowledge, thank you. The engine to frame ratio in that last shot is incredible!

[@Cobra427Veight]

Wow , what an amazing guy , much respect for him .

[@johnpartridge7623]

Andreas, you have my respect for being barmy & building outstanding Bikes 👍

[@ducedevlstear2471]

The BRM H-16 was in first place used by the BRM team themselves, Team Lotus used it too but in a lesser extent.

[@keithmartland6463]

To think they want to get rid of engines like this, to have us have Electric cars, vans. bikes etc, what a boring World it will be!

[@bytheauthor7145]

I have to disagree with you man. Electric motors and vehicles can just be as cool with innovation. It’s just not as loud and has a different power curve lol

[@briandut]

@@bytheauthor7145NEVER-EVER! Electric Toys are for Women!

[@straightchad8059]

A motorcycle engineering genius no doubt , but the motorcycles themselves are CRAZY Frankenstein !

[@karlvanboxel561]

Yeah they certainly r great vision and all that re the engines but how he packages them is hmm rather subjective one would have to say not apatch on millyards efforts in yThat regards buthats off to the man

[@pelayoda]

For many he is the first Rider to ridewith his knee down.

[@sparty94]

very cool. if you get the motorcycle bug amazing things can happen.

[@fivedotsdave9723]

@4:50 Can you imagine riding this bike on a damp day with your knee close to that distributor....

[@flinch622]

180 hp in 1978? Freakin amazing.

[@EmilKto-cb2df]

Zapomniałeś o motocyklu Münich Mammut z lat 2000-2001. Był całkowicie zaprojektowany i zbudowany w Polsce dla firmy z Niemiec. Posiadał silnik 2000cm3 16v turbo o mocy 260km i miał 380Nm momentu obrotowego

[@jeffstratton8838]

I swear I would race that at the island,I don't think it would make the classic rules but if it's ridable I will send her around there for free

[@clivewiddall3430]

Imagine if he and Alan Millyard put there heads together

[@kevinjones3900]

H 16 pre dates that lotus the earliest one i know of is the ww2 aero engine called the Napier sabre.

[@robertnicholson7733]

The Napier Sabre was a H24, it had two predecessors, the Rapier air cooled H16 and the Dagger air cooled H24 and later the Rolls-Royce Eagle 22 which was a H24. These were not the first H engines. The engine in the Lotus was designed and built by BRM and was a bit of a disaster, it was big and heavy with too much weight up top and was completely outclassed by the just released Cosworth. There was an H-engine motorcycle before this one, the Brough Superior Golden Dream was an H4, only a few prototypes were built before WWII intervened, Brough MotorCycles did not survive WWII.

[@kevinjones3900]

@robertnicholson7733 nice info didn't know rolls made one or brough.

[@robertnicholson7733]

@@kevinjones3900 😁 From my list of H-engines. Some built in low numbers, some maybe not at all - just 'engineering exercises'. Argus As 412 an air-cooled H-24 with a 120 mm bore and 130 mm stroke to give 35.3 L, about 1,000 hp (745 kW) at 2,700 rpm Argus As 413 possibly some parts including cylinder blocks were from Junkers Jumo 213s possibly 70 litres - 4000hp Argus As 14 possibly air cooled H24 probably not built Argus As 403 possibly air cooled H24 probably not built Argus As 404 possibly liquid cooled H24 probably not built arsenal 24h reputedly some parts including cylinder blocks were from Junkers Jumo 213s as per As 413 Clerget Transatlantique Continental XH-2860 Fairey Monarch Fairey Prince Hispano-Suiza-24y-type-90 Jalbert-Loire 16-HJ Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz Dz720 Lycoming XH-2470 Menasco XH-4070 Napier Dagger Napier E112 (enlarged Dagger) Napier Rapier Napier Sabre Packard 1A-3000 Packard 2A-5000 Pratt & Whitney XH-2240 Pratt & Whitney XH-2600 Pratt & Whitney XH-3130 Pratt & Whitney XH-3730 Ranger XH-1850 Reggiane H-24 Rolls-Royce Eagle 22 Samara P-065 Studebaker XH-9350 Wright XH-4240

[@kevinjones3900]

@@robertnicholson7733 wow I only knew of one incredible research.

[@cosmicraysshotsintothelight]

No computers???! UNREAL!

[@2004DodgeViper]

is the script made by ai or am i just stupid

[@richardspalding3622]

Thanks for your video i usad to ride a Velocite Venom in the 60.s he is an amazing man

[@johnmignano7872]

He is really far out!

[@RogueBro]

Q:At what RPM would you want your bike to idle? A. YES

[@CBD-LIFE]

That is a Boxer Engine, not a H

[@kmoecub]

It is in fact an H.

[@daigriffiths399]

@@kmoecub Yup. Go look at the Napier Sabre. That is also an H.

[@robertnicholson7733]

The BRM H16 (both versions) was not a success, it was too heavy, too big and top heavy. It was completely outclassed by the then just released Cosworth V8.

[@mikaelt3241]

This Engine goes on air. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnyYnIt5mdhlgJIsi=NFH_rXLE2CnFkv60

[@canadapainter658]

??? WHY NOT JUST BUILT A 2 STROKE 1000cc bike. It can make close to 400HP...

[@Jeweltocool]

I don’t think 2 strokes can be made that big

[@mikecrane2782]

In my experiences, that would mean a normally aspirated 8 cylinder engine, using commercially available kart racing cylinders to achieve 400 rwhp, whereas a V4 1000 would be nearer 300 using reworked motocross cylinders. V4s are easy to achieve as a two stroke, not sure an 8 cylinder could be, especially using rotary valve

[@cosmicraysshotsintothelight]

@@Jeweltocool He did not say how many cylinders. Could be many considering less valvetrain volume needed. A hundred little Cox engines hooked together... Yeah, that's the ticket. Wait... maybe it would take a thousand. There has to be little Cox engine V-8s out there in the RC world. 400HP might be a stretch though. So, you don't think they can be 'made that big' as in a single bore or such? I think the intake scavenging would differ a bit, but could still be done with multiple intake ports with flap valves. It would be loud too. Maybe do 2 or 4 smaller bores. 4 Suzuki 250cc '76ish dirt bike engines in parallel. That would scream.. Those bikes sure did. Not sure about the desired hp thing though. Might actually 'race' faster than a four stroke.

[@murmenaattori6]

Because that's boring.

[@mickmason-p3e]

@@Jeweltocool What ?? LMAO......

Cool engineering, but what's the point?

[@arnaldorentes5371]

The passion for the challenge, it gives pleasure to some precious people.

[@Beartore]

0:10 Absolute trash engine balance 😂

[@gren509]

The 1st bike is clever with lots of innovation - the rest are over-engineered JUNK !

[@mickymondo7463]

So how many bikes have you designed and built, being as you suggest the rest are junk? They may not be the most aesthetically graceful of machines, but here is no doubting the ingenuity that he builds with and the power figures. Whilst he may not have the finish of someone like Allen Millyard on his bikes there is no getting away from the technical mastery that go into his builds. So lets see your builds then.

[@cosmicraysshotsintothelight]

Back in 1970 I took my bunk bed ladder out in the garage and drilled a hole in the center of the top cross bar, and mounted a 2X4 and two lawn mower wheels on it with a rope for steering. On the back of the now horizontal ladder, was a fixed alignment 2X4 and I fixed an axle to it and a pulley to mount the rear wheels onto , which I locked onto the axle. I put a car battery in the back, and mounted up a reverse attached old '50s era car generator to operate it as a motor. I was playing with it in the garage when I found I could run it as a motor, which is when I got the go-cart idea. It worked... little did I know. I was only ten years old. Mine was under-engineered JUNK! Then we spent a year or so riding a "Big Wheel" down the hill and doing spin-outs at the bottom. No engine needed.

[@datadavis]

@@cosmicraysshotsintothelight sorry man, but noone cares.

[@Team-fabulous]

Laughable... It says he had a MotoGP career.... MotoGP started in 2002 so that's Impossible...

[@jennifermcglue4560]

😂

[@devatsdb7]

Came here for the engine..doesnt really know the guy, doesnt really matter.