At the 1998 Classic Mechanics Show, Allen Millyard cut up two Kawasaki S1B engines by hand and constructed a 415cc five cylinder engine which he later demonstrated.
What a fantastic piece of engineering, 9 1/2 hours from start to finish and all by hand to make a 5 cylinder engine from 2 three cylinder engines and it starts right up with 4 prods of the kickstarter.......WOW Allen is a total genius and a nice person, to boot! I could watch this over and over again and again, there’s nothing like a 5 cylinder Kawasaki two stroke to waken the senses and enjoy the aroma of two stroke in the air. Hell Yeah Man!!! Freaking amazing.
I'm telling you, he is Steve Austins son! (From the 6 Million Dollar Man) I watched him knock out Arnold Schwartzenaggar's son on the playground! He sees things on the back of his eyeballs that keep the hacksaw aligned and cutting on target.
For those not aware, Sir Allen Millyard recently received the right to append KBE to his name, as he was made Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order Of Brilliant Engineers. During the ceremony, he was struck gently on both shoulders with a torque wrench.
Introducing the secret weapon of mechanical engineering to the public: The Hacksaw. Years before the invention of the next level: The Barbecue. All coming from, ehem, the garden shed. This is incredible and I admire everything I have got to know so far, a lot. He could go big anywhere, MIT, Oxford University, Kawasaki development, a company of his own. But most important, he has been a Superdad as well!
That video explains manhood. Guys standing around an running engine that fullfills no other purpose than running. If u don't get it...there is no way to explain it.
He rebuilds these engines so he can own something common yet unique .... I love his understanding of how to balance his created multi cylinder bikes.... he proved that the T500 wasn’t just two cylinders of a Kawasaki 750 .
Absolutely I agree with you. Allen millyard is a freaking genius. I think I mentioned it to another post or comment I've never seen anybody hacksaw a piece of metal or aluminum that precisely a guy why does my hacksaw blade always turn left or right? I really like his projects.
The snag with all Japanese triples was overheating the middle pot. The 250 and 350 were ok if not souped up but the 500 and above were either ladders like Suzuki 550 or prone to blowing up like the big Kawasakis. The air cooling fins look stunning but they don’t cool effectively across the whole bank.
Totally practical and reliable too... unlike that useless 48 cylinder thing (interesting project but entirely useless). All of Allen's bikes are better than standard in every regard ..
Completely hand built, on the spot!? Very impressive! Love the exhaust note. Reminds me of my old Hodaka 175 Combat Wombat. lol I put a 10" sprocket on it and that thing could climb a pine tree! Amazing low end on those two-strokes! That bike met its demise on a jump-gone-wrong. I hurt some, but the frame and crank case were toast.
10 confused milenials thumbed this down. They didnt understand what a hacksaw is. A prime example of this is the clown whos launched a tirade of abuse in the replies below. He thinks this comment is directed at Allen!
He still uses a hacksaw to this day....that`s his workout, have you seen his biceps. Only occasionally uses a 1mm slitting disc in a hand-grinder because that`s for today`s limp-wristed weak souls.
@@larsschothorst5888 oh, its the ok boomer reply.... did you enjoy looking at Allens boomer skills then? Or were you trying to understand what a hacksaw does?
Suzuki water cooled their 750 triple to avoid the middle cylinder overheating. They went massively OTT on the engineering but it was reliable. Kawasaki just put bigger carb jets in the middle pot so got a reputation for horrible fuel consumption. I would love to see Allen’s five with water cooling. Edit- Or maybe put a fan in front of each middle cylinder to push cooling air through.
Amazing work, I cannot believe how he just uses a hacksaw and a hand file to cut them up....I guess the crankshaft holds the crankcase pieces relative to each other then he just welds the gaps up. How many 5 cylinder models has he made?
