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New world's fastest motorcycle

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Dreamweaver, Sep 24, 2009.

  1. zman
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    400hp in a package the size of a 1 liter V-Twin.hunh? they don't even know that they have a V4... lmao...
     
  2. rooman
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    What they are saying is that they have a V4 that is the same size as a 1 liter V-Twin. Look at the pix--that is a tight little package.

    Roo
     
  3. moparmonkey
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    Awesome news. I see these guys on the local news now and again, they're mostly out of Grass Valley, CA. The "motorcycle" is awesome, had the pleasure of seeing BUB 7 at a motorcycle show in the Bay Area a couple years ago. That was back when the record was 350.884 mph, looks like they've upped the ante quite a bit this time around. The V4 is incredible, for a bunch of guys that started in a garage out of Grass Valley to custom design a 3000 cc V4 out of thin air, make their own castings, and pull over 500 hp out of it is just incredible.


    Truly a beautiful machine, a real work of art. Good on them! :cool:
     
  4. TatMatt
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  5. zman
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    that's what I was thinking... let alone the 2 strokes...
     
  6. Truckedup
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    That's quite the machine and a great run.
    Being I'm a Triumph guy I gotta throw this one in.This is the fastest true motorcycle,not a streamliner but a bike the rider sits on and controls like a regular cycle.Powered by two turbocharged old school Triumph triple engines pushrod engines.various records,the fastest at 256 mph.
     

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  7. TatMatt
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    Actually, every motorcycle company around today made a V-twin at one time or another. Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Ducati even Aprilia. Some made liter bikes, some didn't.
     
  8. TatMatt
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    Not really, if you want to talk about top speed. J. Amo ran a 272mph pass at Bonneville this month on a blown 1000cc Kawasaki. Couldn't back it up, blew the motor at about 280. I didn't see the Triumph's 256mph record listed for Bonneville. What year was that done?
     
  9. zman
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    BMW?

    Laverda, MV Augusta, KTM, Husqvarna...
     
  10. TatMatt
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    That looks like a Mabry bike. Their fastest record is 238.740
     
  11. TatMatt
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