Thread: one crazy bike

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Ya right by it now at 50K............

Reminds me of E.J. Potter back in the 1960's...

Just screams death to me ,I dunno

Yeah, no wonder it had a "short career."

Don

I remember the boat version of that bike. It was basically an out board engine strapped to the equivelant of a wake board with a seat on it. Some stuff is just a little too extreme to be usefull! There was a guy who had either a v8 or twin v8 custon built motorcycle back in the 60's or early 70's, that nobody but this guy could even drive. I wish I could remember his name or the bike's name!

Several companies make motorcycles with V8's today, mostly SBC 350's. One I see mostlyis the Boss Hoss. Pretty neat, but pretty ungly too. Certainly not a sharp corner leaner. Certainly wouldn't want to be on board when the tread left the road.

Recently saw a BMW V12 drag bike. Uses the 12 cyl engine from a 750i. No end to the human imagination.

Originally Posted by stovens

... There was a guy who had either a v8 or twin v8 custon built motorcycle back in the 60's or early 70's, that nobody but this guy could even drive. I wish I could remember his name or the bike's name!

It might have been E.J. Potter. He had a string of Chevy V-8 powered drag bikes. All the bikes were named "Widowmaker". I never saw him run, but saw many photos. He would smoke the rear tire for the full quarter mile. If I recall the story correctly, sometime in 1965 or 66, he crashed when the nitro injected 327 wouldn't shut off at the end of the run. He stayed with the bike until it ran off the end of the shutdown lanes and into the dirt. Rather than run into the chain-link fence at the opposite side of the field at 165 mph+, he just rolled off the back of the bike. He lit on his butt, rolled up in a ball and bounced to a stop. He had a skinned ass and some bruises, but walked away. The bike continued on, went through the fence and into the woods. After playing pinball with a few trees, there wasn't much left except the engine. At the end of the story, he said he was going to build one with two Chevies, but I never heard any more about... Anybody know what ever became of him?

I just Googled E.J. Potter. He's still alive and living in michigan. There's some stuff about the "Michigan Madman" on a few sites... The V-8 bikes were just the beginning; what a character!

i know of the bike your talking about, it had 2 v8's was a junkyard hobbled together mess and he only built like 2 of them some big biker guy, they were ont he history channel.