I was so amazed upon seeing this, I thought I should share.
I watched a TV program called Beyond 2000, a show which talks about the latest technology from toilet seats to rocket fuel.
This particular show was about a guy in England who has worked for Ferrari, Masserati, and also been involved in F1 Racing.
He decided to build his own racing machine, with the added feature of being street legal... and... this is were it gets interesting.
He used the body design of an old open wheel racing car with the single seat fuselage.(Similar to the Chrysler Corporations Prowler, except smaller)
He then added a 1000cc 4 cyl. motorcycle engine and tranny from a japanese racing bike, mounted behind the driver.
The gear shift is a simple extension, from what used to be the foot lever, to the cockpit, and fits into the right hand... click it forward with the thumb, 5 gears up, and backwards with the index finger, to gear down.
The body shell is made of fibre glass, and itself weighs about 20 lbs, with the entire vehicle tipping the scale at 320 kgs, or approx. 700 lbs.
0 to 60 in less than 4 seconds !!!
With a power to weight ratio so high, that it has smoked a Ferrari Testerosa, and Porche 911 off the line.
Top speed...240 km/h or 149 mph !!!
Its handling characteristics are similar to F1 design, which enables it to hold the road like it has glue on the tires.
You can drive this puppy get some ice cream, for a cool $60,000.00 US....Pretty good bang for the buck....
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...wouldn't it be great if they made it in a 4 wheel drive?!?!?! I couldn't wait to go on our next trail ride!!! Where's that 6X6??!!?!?

 

Does this machine sound like a work of art and an engineering triumph? Yes and no. It rates on the excitement scale due to its concept "art" factor, but low on the performance "engineering" side of the equation. Top speed of 149? That has been standard for years on street bikes. The latest and fastest, the Suzuki GSX-R 1300 'Huyabusa' can do 217 MPH top speed, while running the quarter in 9.60 seconds and 145 MPH. Now consider price. $14,000.00 tops for the Suzuki, yet you would pay $60,000.00 for a concept machine? I understand your thoughts, but the performance really is lacking. Did you know you can buy a Dodge Viper for that price, and do more than beat them Ferraris and Porsches off the line?!?

RoostKing

 

217 mph!??? Where did you get that speed from? The Hayabusa is a fast bike, but no way will it ever do 217. It will however hit 189 to 194 mph depending on conditions. If you got the info out of mags, they have no clue what they are talking about. I have seen them run at the track, and this depends on rider skill, 9.80's at 146mph. That is getting it! I have a 96 GSXR750 and have had it running 10.70's at 132mph, that was stock, and I jetted it and put a pipe on it, but was never able to get it back to run again. I don't think it would do much better than maybe 10.40's.

 

Hyabusa will do the quarter in 9.4 at 144 mph. Top speed of 197-199 and 0-180 in a little under 15 seconds. Price tag is $10999.00 and the times and speeds are before any modifications. Sounds like you need some more mods for that 750. Sink $8000 in it and call me in the morning.

 

the fastest prodution motorcycle is the suzuki GSX1300R at 186 mph second is the Honda CBR1100XX at 181MPH acording to the y2k THE TOP 10 OF EVERYTHING. I heard of a drag bike doing a quarter mile in 4.2 Sec. that would get your hart pumping

 

First of all, this is a production car, not a motorbike, so why are you even comparing it ?

Secondly, if you are in the mood to compare, why don't you come up with a vehicle that has equal specifications, engine size, and weight.

 

ok guys hers what it is. the hyubusa tops out full bore at 198.6 mph on a radar run. thats its total top end fully wouind out. this year kawasaki got a new bike that goes 207 mph. thats the fastest common production bike right now.

 

Ok,
I was quoting some T.V. show I saw the other day. I dont know the exact speed, and frankly 190+ is more believable. But I think my point was recieved by all. As far as a prodution car "quad", Is it production or a prototype? Again, i appreciate the concept of this machine, but for much cheaper, you can dust it. Not to mention I think that most or all 750cc sport bikes, and some cruisers could do that.
I did also metion the Dodge Viper, chich would also beat this car, for less cash.

RoostKing...

 

10.70 on a stock GSXR is not a bad run at all. That's completely stock with maybe 1500 miles on it at the time. The hardest part is keeping the front wheel down without frying the clutch. $8000 dollars would be way too much to have to put on it to beat the hayabusa. Five grand would add a turbo and beat the Hayabusa in the 1/4. If I were to put a slick on the back, a wheelie bar, piped and jetted thats it, maybe a total of $1200 bucks it could maybe go 10's to 10.20's. A little head work and it would run nines, a little juice, a little faster. Well, under $8000. Now that you recall Roostking, I think I saw that same show you were talking a bout where one rider said he saw 217 on the speedo. I think he was on drugs ;->
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