On 30/7/06, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >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
Amazing machine. Actually power-to-weight is about the same as F1 car, depending. Ask for a ride :-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
