World's smallest motorbike

by Ingeborg Holba

Creator of the world's largest motorbike is also the creator of the world's smallest motorbike

Tom Wiberg, from Sweden, previously entered the Guinness World Records by creating the world's largest motorbike called 'Big Toe', which was powered by a 1975 V12 5.3 litre E type Jaguar engine. The bike, which looked more like a monster truck was later upstaged by the Leonhardt Gunbus 410.

However, not one to back down, Wiberg remained adamant about returning to the pages of the Guinness Book of World Records, and has decided to create the opposite of his previous giant, namely by creating the world's smallest motorbike, appropriately called 'Small Toe'.

Wiberg's successor, Small Toe, is a sight to behold - if you can see it that is - with it's front wheel's dimater measuring in at a 0.62" and rear wheel at 0.86". The tiny machine weighs an astonishing 1.1kg, with a wheelbase of 3.14", a seat height of 2.55", and is powered to a maximum speed of 2km/h thanks to its 0.3hp engine.

Clearly, its size means that you can't ride the bike in the conventional way by sitting on it - which until now we thought was the only way. Nevertheless, Wiberg still managed to ride it thanks to special shoes with metal lugs that slotted into the lower sides of the bike.

"I rode it for a distance of 11 meters and would have continued if there hadn't been a container in the way," Wiberg told the Associated Press at the time.

The bike may be ridable to an extent, but it's certainly not street legal failing to come with lights, direction indicator signals or a road tax licence plate.

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