The Tomahawk: 8 liter 500 hp motorcycle (1 Viewer)

Dennis Nicholls · Jan 6, 2003

OK you wussie guys, including Philip Hamm and Jack Briggs, are you man enough to do 300 MPH on the new Dodge Tomahawk?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...w_highlights_1

Chuck C · Jan 6, 2003

You'd have to wear a few bullet proof vests or else hit an insect and die!

Philip_G · Jan 6, 2003

that isn't a motorcycle, I count 4 wheels
also, there's a boss hoss that's 500hp and got its ass handed to it by a hayabusa or ZX12R (can't 'member) this will be slower I assume because of the weight, until the top end rush, motorcycles are painfully non-aerodynamic, I'm no physicist but I'm not sure 300 mph is possible. very few have even gone 200.

Drue Elrick · Jan 6, 2003

Why do I get the impression that that thing should be able to transform like those Robotech cycles...

Travis Kolesar · Jan 6, 2003

Now that'd be a motorcycle I'd be willing to buy.

Jeff_Krueger · Jan 6, 2003

How about this Turbine powered bike, though its top speed is only estimated at 250mph maybe you could get bigger turbine in order to go faster.
Anything on two wheels that goes that fast should not be called a motorcycle, it should be called a DEATH CATAPULT

Brett_H · Jan 7, 2003

Somebody's compensating for something...

-Brett.

Josh Lowe · Jan 7, 2003

also, there's a boss hoss that's 500hp and got its ass handed to it by a hayabusa or ZX12R (can't 'member) this will be slower I assume because of the weight, until the top end rush, motorcycles are painfully non-aerodynamic, I'm no physicist but I'm not sure 300 mph is possible. very few have even gone 200.

The Tomahawk allegedly goes from 0-60 in 2.5 seconds with a top speed of nearly 300mph. Sorry, but not even a turbo Hayabusa has a prayer against that.

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Philip_G · Jan 7, 2003

I think the key word there is allegedly. Has it been tested? no.
oh, and the stock hayabusa can do 0-60 in 2.6. Most of it depends on the rider. But the facts are clear, a ZX12 stomped a 500hp v8 bike not once, but several times.

I still don't believe that bike can do 300, the Y2K can do something like 250. And it's fully faired, and much more aerodynamic

Philip Hamm · Jan 7, 2003

That "Tomahawk" has four wheels from the picture. It's an interesting vehicle but no motorcycle.
It absolutely can't do 300 mph, at least with a rider aboard, unless they do some serious fairing and aerodynamic work.
I love that turbine powered bike, it is so funny. I'm surprised it's not made by Kawasaki Heavy Industries since they have a very large gas turbine development arm.
Philip, it must be cool to be a motircyclist in "grand forks". Are those "grand forks" Ölins by any chance? Showa? Kabaya?
One of the mags tested my '95 GPZ1100 ("detuned" ZX-11 motor) at 2.3 sec for 0-60 off the showroom floor

. I can tell you it hauls serious ass up to about 120, then falls off. (60-100 roll-on is almost scary - but not in ZX11/12/Hayabusa/CBR-XX territory)

Philip_G · Jan 7, 2003

Philip, it must be cool to be a motircyclist in "grand forks". Are those "grand forks" Ölins by any chance? Showa? Kabaya?

showa 43mm forks, compression, rebound, and preload adjustable, and a sachs rear (also 3 way)
To upgrade to ohlins I would need a mille R forks and triples. It's been done before, but the showas are sprung pretty heavily and work fine for me. It's an easy, but expensie swap.
the sachs is off a standard mille, the sachs they put on the falco is a pile of crap, well unless you weigh less than 150lbs.
I'm not sure what the deal is with the ohlins wannabe gold, the previous falcos had black forks, I had not noticed that until just now.
the top end decay sucks, if motorcycles weren't so DAMN un aerodynamic...
if you consider no trees, wind, flat, straight roads, a 7 month winter, and a 3.5 hour drive to the nearest track (BIR) cool, then cool it is

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Zen Butler · May 29, 2004

Do you need more bike than this?

Steve_Tk · May 29, 2004

I'm not man enough.

Garrett Lundy · May 29, 2004

Considering that the Dodge Tomahawk isn't capable of moving in any direction but a straight line without falling over, it shoudlr eally be considered a drag-bike, or a salt-flats speedster.

And in both cases its horribly underpowered and far too heavy.

It is nothing more than a styling concept that was never meant to work.

david stark · May 29, 2004

I just had a look at it on dodges website and the 0-60 and top speed figures are estimated.

Mark Sherman · May 29, 2004

A buddy of mine who's an EMT calls guys on motorcycles doing over 120mph "JOB SECURITY"

Jack Briggs · May 29, 2004

Well, the concept of "ridability" is an issue here. This would not be a machine to do the sacred twisties of Mullholland Highway or the Angeles Crest Highway or legendary Highway 33 (the SoCal canyon carver's mecca).
It's a concept machine, and in that sense it's interesting. Interesting also to see a four-wheel OEM's take on the two-wheeled sport (and their's has four wheels!).
Gimme a CBR/YZ-F/GSX-R/ZXR-prefixed bike any day!

Garrett Lundy · May 29, 2004

A quick check of motorcycle speed records quickly dismisses the "400mph" claim.
Especially since the only bike capable of going 300 mph has 1500 horsepower.
500 gets you into the low-9 second quarter mile times. Not exactly hot shit.

Zen Butler · May 29, 2004

No not at all, and notice I only posted the 700 GSX-R, because that's about all I could handle.

I not even close to man enough for this one.
I love the look of the Hayabusa

Zen Butler · May 29, 2004

http://www.virtualcardesigning.com/ninja1200g.jpe
The Ninja 1200 gets you about the same amount of horsies as the GSX-R 1300

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