{"id":31808,"date":"2026-02-25T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=31808"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:22:45","slug":"quantos-pistones-the-tens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/quantos-pistones-the-tens\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQuantos Pistones? (The Tens)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>By Joe Berk<\/h6>\n<p>Imagine my surprise:\u00a0 I thought there would be but one 10-cylinder motorcycle.\u00a0 I thought this would be a quick blog.\u00a0 There&#8217;s the Dodge Viper-powered Tomahawk that was newsworthy maybe 10 years ago.\u00a0 But wait, there&#8217;s more (as my hero Billy Mays used to say).\u00a0 I found two more poking around on the Internet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Dodge V10 Motorcycles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You may remember a Dodge Viper powered V-10 motorcycle a couple of decades ago.\u00a0 It was a weird one with two wheels upfront and two wheels in back.\u00a0 \u00a0Between that feature and the weight, the handling must have been atrocious.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31845\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Viper-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Viper-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Viper-600-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I thought Dodge had just built one as a showpiece, but according to online references they actually built and sold nine of the things (at a price of $550,000).\u00a0 The Dodge boys called it the Tomahawk.\u00a0 It has a theoretical top speed of 450 mph.\u00a0 Take a look:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe title=\"Viper V10 Tomahawk Motorcycle! #trending #automobile #motorcycle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DtXRk0h3NSI\" width=\"339\" height=\"602\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Allen Millyard, a builder who created a number of mega-cylinder motorcycles and who has been featured in a few of our previous <em>\u00bfQuantos Pistones?<\/em> blogs, also built a Dodge V-10 motorcycle. It is more conventional (if a 10-cylinder can be called conventional) wheel layout, with one at the front and one at the rear.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31846\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Millyard-Viper-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Millyard-Viper-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Millyard-Viper-600-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a YouTube about the Millyard V-10.\u00a0 It&#8217;s cool, as it shows a 172-mph, two-up run.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Millyard Viper V10 safety checks, and two up land speed attempt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EewFKfhItSA\" width=\"957\" height=\"538\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bistella<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bistella is an unusual 10-cylinder, 500cc, supercharged two-stroke , Jawa-based motorcycle designed by Czech engineer Marek Foltis.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a weird one, and I guess Foltis is living proof that if you have the talent, nothing is impossible.\u00a0 The bike used the cylinders and pistons from ten 50cc Jawas.\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0 Just wow.\u00a0 Take a listen:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Bistella 500 - 10cylinder radial Twin-Star 2stroke custom motocycle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zCoBtMT7_Ds\" width=\"957\" height=\"538\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You might be wondering:\u00a0 Is there more to come in our <em>\u00bfQuantos Pistones?\u00a0<\/em>series?\u00a0 Yep, there is.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Missed any of the earlier <em>\u00bfQuantos Pistones?<\/em> blogs?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2026\/01\/04\/quantos-pistones-the-eights\/\">\u00bfQuantos Pistones? (The Eights)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/quantos-pistones-the-sevens\/\">\u00bfQuantos Pistones? (The Sevens)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/quantos-pistones-the-sixes\/\">\u00bfQuantos Pistones? (The Sixes)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/quantos-pistones-the-fives\/\">\u00bfQuantos Pistones? (The Fives)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/10\/15\/quantos-pistones-the-fours\/\">\u00bfQuantos Pistones? (The Fours)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/09\/06\/quantos-pistones-the-triples\/\">\u00bfQuantos Pistones? (The Triples)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/quantos-pistones-the-twins\/\">\u00bfQuantos Pistones? 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