insane motorcycle
 

If you dug into any articles about the detroit Auto Show you may have seen this from Chrystler...if not....take a peek....this is INSANE!

The Detroit auto show has seen a lot of concept cars over the decades, but a four-wheel motorcycle powered by a 500-horsepower V-10 engine is a first. And it may turn out to be more than a concept. DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler arm on Monday unveiled the Dodge Tomahawk -- essentially the 8.3 liter engine from a Dodge Viper mated to a motorcycle frame. Chrysler executives said while the chrome-draped Tomahawk was outlandish, they were seriously considering whether to build a few hundred at a price of at least $250,000 each



Chrysler Group Chief Operating Officer Wolfgang Bernhard motors along the stage aboard the brand-new Dodge Tomahawk V-10, 8.3-liter (505 cubic inch) concept motorcycle at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 6, 2003. The Tomahawk features four-wheel independent suspension, and the superbike's engine, borrowed from the Viper sports car, can propel it at speeds of nearly 400 mph.

a cheaper way to kill one's self is to choke on a pretzel.:D

400mph = 15 mile long grease smear when you wipe out.

what's the current motorbike ground speed record?

One spill on that bike and it's all over. I wouldn't mind owning one though. Nice find Nuke!

I was just reading about that. What happens if you have to turn.

What I was really amaved at was the v-16 engine one of the companies developed. 1000 hp and it still gets 20 miles to the gallon. I think it was chysliar ( sp) or cadilac. Alot of high end cars there.

OK that was funny.

Not nice to post replies like that when people are at work. I' had several people peer around the corner at me because I was laughing so hard.:laugh:

its Caddilac....it may actually build the car....its cost....$200,000 and its called the "Sixteen" imagine that....

that is the first Caddy that I can say DAMN I WANT THAT SHIT!! :eek:

Cadillac will be building this V-16.
20mpg, by use of variable displacement IE cutting off some cylinders when full power isn't needed. I don't know how much more its been developed since the early 1980's but most people will tell you that it was one fuck of a disaster.
I believe that at highway cruising speeds only 4 of 16 cylinders will be functioning.
I've read a few things about it and it seems that both valves will be closed on those 12 cylinders. I don't see how the 4 working cylinders would be able to overcome the friction of 12 not working cylinders as well as overcome the compression of them all as well.

I don't think the bike will ever reach that thoertical top speed with out some major aerodynamic aids which add weight. Which then, makes that top speed more difficult to attain.

I am with you on that one too...not to mention just hanging on to that sucker....but you KNOW it must sound FRICKIN WICKED....and will do one heck of a burn out.

The bike will do 400 without the driver. He gets tossed at 200.

gah i was gonna post this last night but i was too lazy :)

good job Nuke

Is anybody else reminded of Tron?

Yes. I watched it again about a week ago.
Awesome movie... I still think it´s better than 99% of the SciFi movies out there today. Even the graphics are still impressive.



I don´t think you would be able to hold on to the bike if you were doing a burnout.

It would probably take off without you and leave your ass on the starting line.

At least if that happened, it wouldn´t fall on its side and get all scratched.

Yes you could....its a simple matter of locking the front wheel...and believe me....it will brake the rears loose...and just spin and smoke....till the tires blow. I have seen this done before...

there is another bike out there in production now...its called the BOSS HOSS.....its a motorcycle with a 350 GM V-8 in it.....no gearbox....direct drive with only a clutch like assymbly.....they have been around for at least 12 years now.....and they too are pretty awsome....but nowhere as nice looking as that bike.