carguy123
carguy123 Dork
8/26/09 12:21 p.m.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1119137831?bctid=35220236001

So power to weight ratio is about 1/1?

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
8/26/09 12:34 p.m.

There was a reason the tomahawk never made it past a prototype

jikelly
jikelly Reader
8/26/09 2:39 p.m.

That's crazy

Dr. Hess
Dr. Hess SuperDork
8/26/09 2:44 p.m.

Crazier than: ?

It says 647 HP on the side.

jwdmotorsports
jwdmotorsports HalfDork
8/26/09 2:58 p.m.

Holy Crap

carguy123
carguy123 Dork
8/26/09 3:09 p.m.

I'm thinking this was Grassroots (or was it redneck?) in it's beginning and then someone went toooooo far

EricM
EricM HalfDork
8/26/09 3:12 p.m.

triving position makes it look like you are humping the bike. Some may want to do just that but the vibratioin on long trips would lead to numbness and I am not intereted in numbness THERE.

jpod999
jpod999 Reader
8/26/09 3:23 p.m.

See how the thing threw him to the side when it started up? Damn.

z31maniac
z31maniac Dork
8/26/09 5:14 p.m.

Example of doing something just because you can.

The whole point of motorcycles (to me anyway) is agility and acceleration, that bike would fulfill only one of those.

Appleseed
Appleseed HalfDork
8/26/09 5:30 p.m.
z31maniac wrote: The whole point of motorcycles (to me anyway) is agility and acceleration, that bike would fulfill only one of those.

Most cruisers fulfill neither.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn SuperDork
8/26/09 6:12 p.m.

Andy Millyard, the guy who built that thing, has a pretty impressive resume of motorcycle specials. He started out cutting and pasting Kawasaki triples into 4, 5 and 6 cylinder engines, and then built a V8 using two Kawasaki Z-1 engines and I believe a V-12 out of two KZ1300 engines. He even built a V-twin Honda minitrail.

Feedyurhed
Feedyurhed Reader
8/26/09 6:46 p.m.
jpod999 wrote: See how the thing threw him to the side when it started up? Damn.

Ya I noticed that too. Yikes.

96DXCivic
96DXCivic Reader
8/26/09 7:13 p.m.
neon4891 wrote: There was a reason the tomahawk never made it past a prototype

The Tomahawk isn't a motorbike. It has four wheels and weights 1500 lbs.

Lesley
Lesley SuperDork
8/26/09 7:38 p.m.

How would you control it, having to stretch like that to reach the handgrips? I'm just comparing it to riding a horse, I'd feel like I had the saddle on its rump. Not a confident position. Sounded great when it fired up.

You'll need to log in to post.

Our Preferred Partners
pXMPHmvLawRWspqpRHe1MKYRSzu0B8sm8ZgmOGiyd3Hb5wm32DWGkyg69fBwuwiR