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Australia, at the MMS - Melbourne Motor Show, at the beginning of 2008: Standing at about 3 m tall, this unbelievably large motorbike is powered by a scary Detroit Diesel motor hooked to a 6-speed Allison automatic transmission and Eaton differentials. Designed and built by Ray Baumann, it's a total of 9 m in length that took up three years of work, from the project to its execution. With a ridiculous ease, it can crush a car, as if it were a kid's toy.
Baumann's career is an unusual one, as he went from being a train conductor to a stuntman. His shows were breathtaking, with accidents, capsizes, jumps, skill demostrations and loads of courage, simply amazing. But according to him, after so many years of breaking many records and also many bones, it was time to do something that would stop him from destroying himself. The idea was to destroy other things.
So, the next time you visit an automobile show or a fair of this kind, keep an eye for this fearless driver and, just as a precaution, park in the allowed areas only.
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