Bigtoe

{{Short description|Tall Swedish custom motorcycle}}

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Bigtoe is a motorcycle that once held the Guinness World Record in the category of Tallest Rideable Motorcycle,{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=53084 |title=Tallest Rideable Motorcycle|work=Guinness World Records (on Internet Archive)|access-date=2009-05-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060316213135/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=53084 |archive-date = 2006-03-16}} bearing a maximum height of 7.5 feet (2.3 metres) and a top speed of 62 mph.{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60719612.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025133456/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60719612.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2012|title=A mean machine!|date=24 November 1998|work=Birmingham Evening Mail|access-date=2009-05-18}} It weighs 3,600 pounds.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/13/AR2007011301159_pf.html|title=Showoffs Rev Their Engines|last=Haynes|first=V. Dion|date=14 January 2007|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2009-05-18}} Tom Wiberg, from Sweden, built it in 1998 with a Jaguar V12 engine.

The title has passed to Dream Big, a bike built by Greg Dunham in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/travel_and_transport/bikes_and_motorbikes/tallest_rideable_motorcycle.aspx|title=Tallest Rideable Motorcycle|year=2009|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=2009-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601194550/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/travel_and_transport/bikes_and_motorbikes/tallest_rideable_motorcycle.aspx|archive-date=1 June 2009|url-status=dead}} Wiberg also holds the record for the smallest rideable motorcycle, with Smalltoe.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2003-11-05-tiny-bike_x.htm|title=Size matters to Swedish motorcycle builder|last=Grandell|first=Tommy|date=5 November 2003|work=The Associated Press|access-date=2009-05-18}}

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