502 big block in a WHAT??
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Re: 502 big block in a WHAT?? (Corvette0096)
The Boss Hoss ZZ502 is an awesome bike! I have had my ZZ4 V8 Boss Hoss for 3 years now, and love every minute of it. Thursday, I will pick up my new Boss Hoss...which is equipped with a ZZ4 with the 385HP cam kit, as well as fuel injection, and a two speed auto tranny with reverse. Believe me...if you ever get the chance to ride a Boss Hoss, do it...but be prepared to buy, because they are VERY addicting, fun, and handle absolutely superbly!(believe it or not) The adrenalin flows freely when you have a Chevy V8 between your legs, and you have the satisfaction of knowing that nothing out there on the street can even come close to touching you (unless you want them to)... 
I am excited on the delivery of my new Boss...can you tell? 
I will post some pics as soon as I can pick it up and stop riding long enough to take a picture..if I can get the semi-permanent grin off my face...
I am excited on the delivery of my new Boss...can you tell? I will post some pics as soon as I can pick it up and stop riding long enough to take a picture..if I can get the semi-permanent grin off my face...
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Re: 502 big block in a WHAT?? (BrianCunningham)
I bet on paper the power to weight ratio on one of those things is right around the Turbo Hayabusa level... 
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Re: 502 big block in a WHAT?? (Red 90 L98 Coupe)
How's the turning on those things? I've seen them inperson, they've got a car tire onthe back just to keep traction. It's a 245 or 285 or something like that, Cant' imagine it corners all that well with it.
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Re: 502 big block in a WHAT?? (BrianCunningham)
The V6 and V8 bikers are a unique bunch... and until rather recently always a custom one-off bike.
I have seen them for... awhile let's say...
They can scoot like the dickens... and wheelspin is entirely up to the driver... what I have seen (not bosshoss) over time is every one that owned them loved em...
I guess if I stayed on two wheels I would have ended up straddling one too.
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Re: 502 big block in a WHAT?? (BrianCunningham)
handles good? compared to what? i really just can't picture those kind of machines doing anything but going straight. Seems like a lotta pomp and circumstance, and a really really heavy bike.
gimmie a high-winding *** crotch rocket- that's my take.
gimmie a high-winding *** crotch rocket- that's my take.
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Re: 502 big block in a WHAT?? (vvv90)
I saw one last week at a car show in MN. He had his 502 bored and stroked to 615ci. And he had nitrous. He said the engine dynoed at 1000h/p. I think he was telling the truth. It scares me. Gimme my 5 point harness.
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Re: 502 big block in a WHAT?? (BrianCunningham)
They are built here in Dyersburg. I still remember the first one, the pipes set off the shock sensor in my alarm system (it is currently on display in the Boss Hoss office). They really do ride good and there is even a 63 Corvette trike version.
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Re: 502 big block in a WHAT?? (dburgjohn)
A machine like that will only be driven by old men..... young guy "like me" who actualy decide to drive one will kill themselves.
Holy crap!
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Holy crap!
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Re: 502 big block in a WHAT?? (TheStef)
Here is a pic of the new Boss Hoss I picked up on Wednesday afternoon. No, they don't handle like a crotch rocket, but they handle extremely well, believe it or not. I ride the "Tail Of The Dragon" (Deal's Gap), here in east Tennessee all the time on mine. My new bike is a 385HP big cam ZZ4 with fuel injection. It is a 2 speed automatic with reverse, and is quite nimble believe it or not:
