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VegasBD
01-07-2003, 09:50 AM
Maybe with this one...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm....w9.html (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030106/161/2ziw9.html)
kc0000
01-07-2003, 10:27 AM
Jay Leno - Y2K
Now think about it. This engine was designed to lift a 10,000-pound Bell Ranger helicopter. Now it's in a 460-pound bike. It only makes about 10 hp at idle and takeoff is no special thrill. The bike really pulls hard from about 50 or 60 mph, because turbines have to spool up. Then it's like the hand of God pushing you in the back. When you leave the line you've got maybe 40 hp. You go 10 more feet and you've got 70 hp. Then you've got 100, then 150, then as much as you dare. This thing will do a quarter-mile in 9 seconds.
kevnmcd
01-07-2003, 10:38 AM
I don't think hp is an issue with a motorcycle pulling a boat. The issue would be trying to stop it! http://www.lasvegashotboats.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/crazy.gif
VegasBD
01-07-2003, 11:02 AM
how bout this bad boy....now thats a truck.
STV_Keith
01-07-2003, 11:46 AM
Yeah, those Y2K's are awesome. Nothing like that feeling of spinning that turbine up. I think the startup is the best though....BBBBBBBBBBBBBBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ....click, click, click, click, booooooooooooooommmmmmmm, and so on. Sounds just like a Jet Ranger lighting up.
I got to ride the first one on the dyno in Daytona years ago...really neat.
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