{"id":2815,"date":"2013-08-23T02:50:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T02:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2024-04-18T14:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T19:05:41","slug":"the-whitelock-tinker-toy-a-motorcycle-with-48-cylinders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2815","title":{"rendered":"The Whitelock Tinker Toy: A Motorcycle with 48 Cylinders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=111384\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111384\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"111384\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=111384\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Whitelock-Tinker-Toy-48-Cylinder-Motorcycle-03.jpeg?fit=2200%2C1466&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2200,1466\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Whitelock Tinker Toy 48-Cylinder Motorcycle 03\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Whitelock Tinker Toy 48-Cylinder Motorcycle&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Whitelock-Tinker-Toy-48-Cylinder-Motorcycle-03.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Whitelock-Tinker-Toy-48-Cylinder-Motorcycle-03.jpeg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Whitelock Tinker Toy 48-Cylinder Motorcycle\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-111384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Whitelock-Tinker-Toy-48-Cylinder-Motorcycle-03.jpeg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Whitelock-Tinker-Toy-48-Cylinder-Motorcycle-03.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Whitelock-Tinker-Toy-48-Cylinder-Motorcycle-03.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Whitelock-Tinker-Toy-48-Cylinder-Motorcycle-03.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Whitelock-Tinker-Toy-48-Cylinder-Motorcycle-03.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Whitelock-Tinker-Toy-48-Cylinder-Motorcycle-03.jpeg?resize=930%2C620&amp;ssl=1 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You are looking at a motorcycle with a 4.2 L 48-cylinder motor built by Simon Whitelock. Simon achieved this monster engine by using 16 Kawasaki KH250 3-cylinder engines arranged in six banks of eight. It should come as no surprise this holds a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/3000\/vehicle-engine-with-the-most-cylinders\">Guinness World Record<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/6ratfuML9QA?si=QD15yUrGesg4QSbd\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hertfordshiresuperbikes.com\/48cyl.shtml\">Hertfordshire Superbike Center<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@kawapowa\">Kawapowa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are looking at a motorcycle with a 4.2 L 48-cylinder motor built by Simon Whitelock. Simon achieved this monster engine by using 16 Kawasaki KH250 3-cylinder engines arranged in six banks of eight. It should come as no surprise this holds a Guinness World Record. Source: Hertfordshire Superbike Center and Kawapowa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":111384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorcycle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Whitelock-Tinker-Toy-48-Cylinder-Motorcycle-03.jpeg?fit=2200%2C1466&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111376,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=111376","url_meta":{"origin":2815,"position":0},"title":"Tinker Toy 48-Cylinder Motorcycle","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Bonhams will be selling the famous Tinker Toy motorcycle built by Simon Whitelock. 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