300 mph Motorbike

[dangerous]

Are they mad or what

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030107/80/dhzjs.html

[bikerkeith]

Has anybody ridden it and lived to tell the tale? I think not. A Boss Hog would be scary but at least it only has one wheel at each end. This would would be utterly unstable at the first bend, or even when you open the throttle.
Madness, complete madness.

[danhay]

It looks from the enlarged piccy like you could lean it into corners, cos the suspension is independant. Not sure if your body weight would be enough to overcome it's natural tendency to lean out on corners though!
Would look good on the drive though

[mel]

There's always a time and a place my dear Mungo

[cotty]

Yep mad

With no fairing you would have to fight against the wind pressure all the way up to 300mph. I think it would rip you off at over 200mph

[apache]

yeah, but doesn't it look fantastic....I bet it sounds amazing too. As far as fairings go I believe that the 'Busa's fairing is as much use as tits on a fish.....and that can do 200mph, also the rider is lying 'drag' style on this thing

>> Edited by apache on Tuesday 7th January 14:28

[Graham.J]

That's insane, wouldn't mind a go though, I would if it had a fairing, the power to weight must be completely insane. Bet it sounds awesome, Straight through pipes

[MEMSDesign]

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=57&t=25722

[Johnny Freon]

Actually the 'busa looks as odd as it does because it spent a fair bit of time in the wind tunnel refining its aerodynamics. So I'd say the fairing is a bit more useful than that.

What I'm wondering about with this contraption is how it can lean properly. There must be a linkage that allows one wheel to go up, forcing the other to go down, without activating the suspension. Thing might actually work then.

J