The link pretty much says it all!



http://www.bosshossdirect.com/New1.htm
http://www.bosshossdirect.com/index.htm

 

I know those bikes are well balanced, but I don't think my 160lbs worth of weight has a chance holding that thing up. I can see my self coming to a stoplight, looking around, and accidentally lean a little off center and boom.....I meant to do that.

 

I wonder how you would mate a 502 chevy BB to our transmission and make the pcm work?
noelvm

 

Can you imagine the torque and the effect on the bike. Look under your hood and blip the throtle and watch how your motor moves... Man... you hit it while riding this thing and I bet it'll nearly turnover!!!

Hmmm... I'd like to see that thing move.

 

A guy in my neighborhood has a 400 HP 350 ci Hoss. Balance doesn't look like as much of a problem as all the torque and HP. Oh yeah, he rigged a turbo up to it about a month ago but I haven't seen him on it yet

 

Truely awesome.
George S. NLOC #542

 

I saw them on one of the car shows a few months back. They said that these bikes have very good street manners. They're supposed to be excelent tourers. They run like a bat out of he11 though. In the article they compare them to pro dragsters in acceleration. At 1100lbs they ought to be fast!

 

I'm actually thinking about adding one of those Boss 502s to my 'unique vehicle' collection...but first I need to pay off the Tundra and the L! I actually test drove the 350 cubic inch version, and it's quite easy to drive. Stopping it though, as mentioned, is the scariest part (the 350 weighs ~1300 pounds wet, and the 502 weighs ~1500 pounds wet!). It doesn't have nearly the same 'kick' as a big bore superbike, since it uses a non-lock up two speed automatic tranny. Actually, when you gun the throttle, the bike doesn't 'torque' to one side, since the power is channeled into the tranny and belt drive system. It will torque the bike in neutral, and you better be careful when you rev it in neutral! It runs open dual exhaust, and if the looks of it won't get attention, the sound of it will! Anyone who likes big engines just has to test drive one of these; trust me, you'll never forget the experience!

Interestingly, back in April, the owner of the Boss Hoss company actually raced one of his stock 502s with a stock ZX-12R Ninja (the 12R is one of the fastest and quickest bikes in the world, with top speeds close to 200 mph and quarter mile times in the high 9s, stock). There has always been a rivalry between sportbikers and cruisers, and sometime somewhere, someone said the Boss would waste any superbike, period. Even the owner of Boss Hoss said that he's never lost to a sportbike.

Well, Ninja (and Hayabusa owners too) don't take comments like that mildly, and so the race was on. The races were held in Dyersburg, Tennessee, the home base for Boss Motorcycles. The Ninja beat the 502 in every race, including standing start drags, roll ons from various speeds, and top end. The Ninja guys said that the Boss folks were really cool, and admitted that they were defeated fair and square.

The 502 produces 500 horsepower and nearly 600 foot pounds of torque! The L is powerful, but imagine all that power on two wheels! Has anyone ever seen, let alone raced, one of these Boss bikes with their L?

Come to think of it, there's only a few American performance vehicles in production with enormous engines (excluding trucks/SUVs), and they are the Viper, and the Boss Hoss! I wonder which one should I get now...

 

A buddy of mine has one. Just hitting the start button will command your attention. Twist the throttle... Hang on!