PGM - Aussie built 2.0L V8 superbike

The worlds most powerful production bike


http://pgmv8.com.au/






SPEC's
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ENGINE
Configuration:	90 degree V8
Capacity:	1996cc
Bore/stroke:	77 x 54mm
Compression ratio:	13:1
Cylinder Head:	DOHC, five valves per cylinder
Cooling:	Liquid
Fuelling:	8 x 45mm Mikuni Drive-By-Wire throttle bodies
Engine Management:	Motec M130 ECU and software.
Power:	334HP@ 12,800rpm (At the countershaft sprocket)
Torque:	214Nm @ 9,500rpm (At the countershaft sprocket)
Exhaust:	2 x 4-2-1 titanium
TRANSMISSION
Type:	Six speed sequential gearbox
Clutch:	Wet, multi plate
Final Drive:	Chain (17/45)
CHASSIS
Rake:	25.5 degrees
Trail:	107mm
Material:	Front - Chrome-moly tube trellis
	Rear - CNC machined Aluminium
SUSPENSION
Front:	Ohlins FGRT301 48mm USD forks... fully adjustable
Rear:	Ohlins TTX Mk2 shock, with custom link
WHEELS/TYRES
Front:	17.0 x 3.50 Marchesini 10 spoke, forged aluminium 120/70ZR-17 Michelin Pilot Power 3
Rear:	17.0 x 6.00 Marchesini 10 spoke, forged aluminium 190/50ZR-17 Michelin Pilot Power 3
BRAKES
Front:	Brembo GP4 Nickel plated calipers on 320mm discs
Rear:	Brembo P4-34 Nickel plated caliper on 220mm disc
DIMENSIONS
Weight:	242kgs wet with fuel, water and lubricants
Weight bias	51/49 front to rear static
Seat height:	840mm
Wheelbase:	1540mm
Fuel capacity:	16.5litres
PERFORMANCE
Top speed:	How brave are you?

I forgot to mention the price tag ................................


$180,000

I guess my Bandit wont be getting joined by one of these in the shed any time too soon!!

The motor is 2 Yamaha R1's joined at the crank.

You could buy 2 R1's for around 50 grand.

I'm not sure if that fact has anything to do with anything at all ........ so there you go

Must be mad!!!

Not bad to keep at only 242kgs

I think that radiator would slow you down by around 100 kph.

I agree with you, Hammy. 
The rad totally lets down the bike. 
I understand the need for surface area / cooling coefficient, but it looks like he couldn't be arsed after all the effort to get the two donks together.  
Perhaps something along the lines of Buells in frame liquids may have helped get away with a smaller rad. 
He has done an awesome job in keeping the weight down so low. 
Having said all of that, I'd love to take it for a spin.

Keeping your eye on the oil level looks interesting   . It would be fun to take it for a spin though 

While I'm sure its engineering art its an example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should".

QuoteBosco   "I'd love to take it for a spin"

Alan Cathcart did. The lucky bastard did a road test on it for AMCN.



Apparently it sounds like this :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIm3_HDv8YE

2wheelsagain wrote:While I'm sure its engineering art its an example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should".

I really like that 2WA.

I'm so disappointed after watching the video.  
It sounds just like any other litre bike out there.  
A V8! 
I was expecting a lumpy cam Windsor bom bom bom bom idle and shredding rear tyre with every twist of the throttle.  
It looks totally tame. I wonder if it's full of traction control gizmos? 

I would be very annoyed to spend all that coin and still have to explain to people that it's a V8. 
I would want car alarms going off as you ride past. Neighborhood windows shattering when you start it up in the morning. People  diving for cover as you tootle down the street to the shops.

Bosco15 wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:While I'm sure its engineering art its an example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should".

I would want car alarms going off as you ride past. Neighborhood windows shattering when you start it up in the morning. People  diving for cover as you tootle down the street to the shops.

What. Just like a $4000 Firestorm does?  

2wheelsagain wrote:

Bosco15 wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:While I'm sure its engineering art its an example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should".

I would want car alarms going off as you ride past. Neighborhood windows shattering when you start it up in the morning. People  diving for cover as you tootle down the street to the shops.

What. Just like a $4000 Firestorm does?  

Is that caused by the fuel tanker that goes with you?

Re-Cycled wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:

Bosco15 wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:While I'm sure its engineering art its an example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should".

I would want car alarms going off as you ride past. Neighborhood windows shattering when you start it up in the morning. People  diving for cover as you tootle down the street to the shops.

What. Just like a $4000 Firestorm does?  

Is that caused by the fuel tanker that goes with you?

Ouch!

Re-Cycled wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:

Bosco15 wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:While I'm sure its engineering art its an example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should".

I would want car alarms going off as you ride past. Neighborhood windows shattering when you start it up in the morning. People  diving for cover as you tootle down the street to the shops.

What. Just like a $4000 Firestorm does?  

Is that caused by the fuel tanker that goes with you?

No its caused by young women ripping their knickers off and throwing themselves at me when I ride past. You don't get that on a Strom
Actually I can get 20km/lt out of it but its much more fun when I'm getting 15km/lt

2wheelsagain wrote:

Re-Cycled wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:

Bosco15 wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:While I'm sure its engineering art its an example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should".

I would want car alarms going off as you ride past. Neighborhood windows shattering when you start it up in the morning. People  diving for cover as you tootle down the street to the shops.

What. Just like a $4000 Firestorm does?  

Is that caused by the fuel tanker that goes with you?

No its caused by young women ripping their knickers off and throwing themselves at me when I ride past. You don't get that on a Strom
Actually I can get 20km/lt out of it but its much more fun when I'm getting 15km/lt

  
 


If you kept enough of them  you could make yourself a bike cover    ( waste not , want not )

paul wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:

Re-Cycled wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:

Bosco15 wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:While I'm sure its engineering art its an example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should".

I would want car alarms going off as you ride past. Neighborhood windows shattering when you start it up in the morning. People  diving for cover as you tootle down the street to the shops.

What. Just like a $4000 Firestorm does?  

Is that caused by the fuel tanker that goes with you?

No its caused by young women ripping their knickers off and throwing themselves at me when I ride past. You don't get that on a Strom
Actually I can get 20km/lt out of it but its much more fun when I'm getting 15km/lt

  
 


If you kept enough of them  you could make yourself a bike cover    ( waste not , want not )

Actually that's quite good, about what I get no matter how I ride the 'Strom.

No young women, but the occasional pensioner will.

Paul: He uses his own pre Biggest Loser undies for bike covers.

paul wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:

Re-Cycled wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:

Bosco15 wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:While I'm sure its engineering art its an example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should".

I would want car alarms going off as you ride past. Neighborhood windows shattering when you start it up in the morning. People  diving for cover as you tootle down the street to the shops.

What. Just like a $4000 Firestorm does?  

Is that caused by the fuel tanker that goes with you?

No its caused by young women ripping their knickers off and throwing themselves at me when I ride past. You don't get that on a Strom
Actually I can get 20km/lt out of it but its much more fun when I'm getting 15km/lt

  
 


If you kept enough of them  you could make yourself a bike cover    ( waste not , want not )

And every one of them tells a story