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Bigtoe

This article is about the motorcycle. For the body part, see toe.

Bigtoe is a motorcycle that once held the Guinness World Record in the category of Tallest Rideable Motorcycle,[1] bearing a maximum height of 7.5 feet (2.3 metres) and a top speed of 62 mph.[2] It weighs 3,600 pounds.[3] Tom Wiberg, from Sweden, built it in 1998 with a Jaguar V12 engine.

The title has passed to Dream Big, a bike built by Greg Dunham in 2005.[4] Wiberg also holds the record for the smallest rideable motorcycle, with Smalltoe.[5]

See also

  • List of motorcycles by type of engine

References

  1. ^ "Tallest Rideable Motorcycle". Guinness World Records (on Internet Archive). Archived from the original on 2006-03-16. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  2. ^ "A mean machine!". Birmingham Evening Mail. 24 November 1998. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  3. ^ Haynes, V. Dion (14 January 2007). "Showoffs Rev Their Engines". Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  4. ^ "Tallest Rideable Motorcycle". Guinness World Records. 2009. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  5. ^ Grandell, Tommy (5 November 2003). "Size matters to Swedish motorcycle builder". The Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-05-18.

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