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Viper-powered Tomahawk to be offered for sale
Edmunds Inside line ^ | 9/11/06

Posted on 09/11/2006 12:48:01 PM PDT by martin_fierro

Viper-powered Tomahawk to be offered for sale

Remember the Tomahawk, which debuted a few years ago on the auto show circuit? Maybe a better question would be: How could you forget it?

There had been some speculation that it might actually see limited production, and apparently the-powers-that-be at DaimlerChrysler have given the green light. The 500 hp V-10 Frankencycle will be marketed as the Chrysler (not Dodge) Tomahawk, and will cost a cool $250,000, give or take a few pennies...

Don't forget to check out the video on this site. I found it interesting in that they didn't show it banked over going through some twisties.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: hooligans; tomahawk; wretchedexcess
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Pretty, but $250K? Gimmeabreak.

1 posted on 09/11/2006 12:48:02 PM PDT by martin_fierro
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To: martin_fierro

I'll run right out. /sarcasm


2 posted on 09/11/2006 12:49:04 PM PDT by bmwcyle (Only stupid people would vote for McCain, Warner, Hagle, Snowe, Graham, or any RINO)
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3 posted on 09/11/2006 12:49:29 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

Target audience being the 3 people who thought 'Tron' was cool? Well, a niche is a niche, I guess.


4 posted on 09/11/2006 12:51:11 PM PDT by whatexit
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To: martin_fierro
" I found it interesting in that they didn't show it banked over going through some twisties."

Yeah, or banked over hitting a patch of sand or cinders going about 150mph........

5 posted on 09/11/2006 12:52:15 PM PDT by traditional1
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To: SFC Chromey

You just *know* some bozo is gonna show up at Alice's on one of these.


6 posted on 09/11/2006 12:55:51 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

Too much cycle for me. Maybe 30 years ago, when I was *indestructable*, but at 56, I'll pass.


7 posted on 09/11/2006 12:56:03 PM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage. Try it!)
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To: martin_fierro

Laying on top of a V-10 engine has got to get very hot.


8 posted on 09/11/2006 12:59:08 PM PDT by Spruce (Keep your mitts off my wallet)
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To: martin_fierro

might be fun to ride once or twice.. maybe have one in a showroom, but that's about it.


9 posted on 09/11/2006 1:00:36 PM PDT by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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To: martin_fierro

"The Kamikaze XS. 5,000 ccs. Hold on tight, 'cause this bike has everything . . . except brakes!"

"Kamikaze XS. Because we Japanese still haven't forgotten World War II, YANKEE DOG!"


10 posted on 09/11/2006 1:01:04 PM PDT by BeHoldAPaleHorse ( ~()):~)>)
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To: whatexit
You'll never see one one the road.

It will be a trophy in the garage of an insanely rich guy that doesn't even have a motorcycle license but has $250,000 burning a whole in his pocket.
11 posted on 09/11/2006 1:01:36 PM PDT by HOTTIEBOY (I'm your huckleberry)
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To: martin_fierro
Pretty, but $250K? Gimmeabreak.

What are the odds that Jay Leno will pony up?

12 posted on 09/11/2006 1:10:34 PM PDT by pt17
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To: pt17

True dat. The guy's richer'n Croesus.


13 posted on 09/11/2006 1:12:00 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro
WoW! That's an awesome looking machine, but I wouldn't pay that much for it.
14 posted on 09/11/2006 1:13:09 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (ISLAM IS A CULT OF DEATH AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH!)
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To: pt17

Leno was my first thought when I saw the tag.

Doesnt he have a gas turbine bike?


15 posted on 09/11/2006 1:15:39 PM PDT by Toby06
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To: martin_fierro

I love bikes but that overpolished thing looks like a cross between Dr. Dolittle's Pushmi-Pullyu and R2D2.


16 posted on 09/11/2006 1:20:20 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: pt17

I did hear Jay comment once, while buying an old Dusenberg for restoration, that he was the president of the "More Money than Brains" club...


17 posted on 09/11/2006 1:21:53 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: martin_fierro

It ain't a motorcycle anyway; it has four wheels. *sigh*

PS it's useless as teats on a boar!!

Probably make a passable coffee table. >:-}


18 posted on 09/11/2006 1:26:34 PM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: martin_fierro
How many of those 'cheap' big block chevy bikes could you get for the price of one of these? 3 or 4 IIRC.

Waste of a perfectly good viper engine. I know a '57 fiat 600 that would be pefect for it.

19 posted on 09/11/2006 1:28:14 PM PDT by Dinsdale
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This isn't a motorcycle, it's just a very skinny 4wheeler.

Now, if you want to see a real motorcycle, going 200 mph, you need to see Anthony Hopkins' movie, "The World's Fastest Indian", then, Bob's your uncle, you saw what a real motorcycle rider can do.



World's Fastest Indian

20 posted on 09/11/2006 1:40:24 PM PDT by Sensei Ern (Nothing says security like the smell of gunpowder.)
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