Allen Millyard

Allen Millyard from Thatcham, Berkshire, England, is an engineer and custom motorcycle builder for over 25 years, having created specials including winning best in show at Salon Privee for the world's smallest V-Twin, a Honda SS50-based V-twin, to one of the world's largest, his Flying Millyard. Another large capacity bike he hand-made is the Millyard Viper, built around an eight-litre V10 engine from a Dodge Viper. He has built several Kawasaki specials, both two and four strokes and some of those bikes are now on display at the Barber Museum, located in Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, US.

In recent years Millyard has become more widely known via his TV appearances with Henry Cole. Together they claimed a world speed-record, ratified by Guinness World Records at 183.50 mph (295.31 km/h), achieved with the pair riding "tandem" on the road-legal Viper, beating by two mph the previous record held by an American couple for over 10 years. The record was set using the 9,800 ft (3,000 m) long runway at Elvington Airfield, North Yorkshire, England, on 25 May 2023.

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