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{{Short description|Tall Swedish custom motorcycle}}
{{about|the motorcycle|the body part|toe}}
'''Bigtoe''' is a [[motorcycle]] that once held the [[Guinness World Record]] in the category of ''Tallest Rideable Motorcycle'',<ref>{{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}}</ref> bearing a maximum [[height]] of 7.5 feet (2.3 metres) and a top [[speed]] of 62&nbsp;mph.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It weighs 3,600 pounds.<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Tom Wiberg]], from [[Sweden]], built it in 1998 with a [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] [[V12 engine|V12]] engine.
The title has passed to Dream Big, a bike built by Greg Dunham in 2005.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Wiberg also holds the record for the smallest rideable motorcycle, with Smalltoe.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of motorcycles by type of engine]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060813061212/http://biphome.spray.se/bigtoe/ BigToe homepage]
* [http://www.dreamgate.ne.jp/nsr/pics/bigtoe.html Big Toe]
[[Category:Custom motorcycles]]
[[Category:Individual motorcycles]]
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