Hi Ken, Yes, it has functional wheely bars. They restrict it to about a 6 inch lift on the front wheel and are adjusted to keep it all going straight with the wheel up. Of course it can easily smoke the rear tires with the front wheel up. I'm trying to talk him into letting me do some pics of that, but as I said, he's afraid of publicity, which would disqualify him from the Ridley. Paul On Jul 30, 2006, at 8:53 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
> Hope he's got some stout wheelie bars! > I recall reading about a guy who was turning out V8 powered trikes, > but I > don't recall them having that kind of power. > > A great "grab" shot. > > Kenneth Waller > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 7:30 PM > Subject: PESO: Department of the truly insane > > >> The Woodward Dream Cruise -- Detroit's annual automotive extravaganza >> -- is now just weeks away, and the metal is turning up on the avenue. >> I've seen some unusual machines out there, but this one is >> probably the >> most totally insane. It's a three-wheel motorcycle with an 8 liter >> supercharged Chevrolet engine. The engine is aluminum and the >> supercharger is OVERDRIVEN. It was dynoed and develops 777 horsepower >> AT THE REAR WHEELS! Now I've heard a lot of supercharged engines >> running through straight pipes in my time, and many of them were >> popping and banging messes. But this one is right there. Every >> cylinder >> fires with a mini explosion. Every mini explosion hurts your ears. >> This >> trike weighs about 1200 pounds soaking wet. Its power to weight ratio >> is far better than a formula one car. Anyone want to go for a ride? I >> saw a young lady on the back seat. Perhaps she should be >> subjected to >> a testosterone test. This is not a great shot. It was taken late at >> night at ISO 1600, f1.7 @ 1/30th with the FA 50/1.4. The owner won't >> allow the bike to be photographed, because he would be disqualifed >> from >> a competition for specialty vehicles called the Ridley, if it >> appears >> in a magazine. So I can't sell the pic. (He probably would be >> miffed to >> learn I got this much of a shot.) But it's here: >> >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4746085&size=lg >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
