Ferrari motorcycle

[Wired1]

Picture says it all really, a Ferrari 308 motor with a couple of wheels bolted fore and aft, a seat and some handle bars. Why? if you have to ask...

[Magua]

What a monstrosity. Though I'd like to see someone try and ride it...

[Biff]

Why?
Fugly to boot.

[T.W.R]

Ha weird beast indeed:gob: , but if you've ever had the chance to own a Laverda you've had the real deal of owning a 2wheeled Ferrari:first::blip:

[SARGE]

Picture says it all really, a Ferrari 308 motor with a couple of wheels bolted fore and aft, a seat and some handle bars. Why? if you have to ask...



already do one ..


its called an MV Agusta F4

[R6_kid]

eh feck, i prefer the 'lets develop an engine for this bike' rather than 'hey look at this engine, lets put a bike around it'

[Darryboy]

Did anyone see the 4L BMW V8 custom in TwoWheels?

Much better done than this.

Althought it was mounted long so when the journo missed second the torque almost tipped the bike over when the revs shot up.

[ZeroIndex]

eh feck, i prefer the 'lets develop an engine for this bike' rather than 'hey look at this engine, lets put a bike around it'
doesn't that sound like a .. um.. Dodgy Tomahawk :D

[texmo]

the 308 is a good solid motor. wonder if it would hold up in a crash.

[WRT]

That is quite possibly the ugliest bike I've ever seen. Bet it sounds nice tho.

[Wired1]

Doesn't corner too well but fuck it goes fast...

[Jonty]

Here is another - little more practical

[Darkman]

man, that is one Ugly bike....!!!!

[Paul in NZ]

from some tepid pommie sports rag or other...

The only Ferrari motorcycle ever built - the Ferrari 900cc four-cylinder dohc motorcycle, built by Kay Engineering with full written sanction from the Ferrari company, as a tribute to Enzo Ferrari. Five years in the making, this unique one-off engineering masterpiece is totally unused. Engine casings are all cast magnesium, with cam-covers featuring the unmistakable prancing horse symbol cast into the end caps. The bodywork is made entirely of hand-beaten aluminium finished in Ferrari racing red. This machine will be displayed on the Phil Cotton’s Motorcycles stand - and offered for sale at a non-negotiable price of £250,000.

Kay engineering built limited runs of replica Gilera 4 cylinder race bikes for HUGE amounts of dosh as well as restoring originals. Honda have contracted them to build a replica of one of the racing 6 cylinder racers of the 60's which they will do, once they have firm orders for a few other copies... egad - place yours today!

having said that. Impressive bits of kit!!!!

[Finn]

Funny you should mention Ferrari and motorbikes. In the mid 1990’s MV Agusta re-entered the motorcycle market under guidance of Cagiva. Designer for Cagiva, Tamburini (once part owner of Bimota) designed a beautiful new MV Agusta on a 749cc engine (which had been designed with the help of Ferrari). The new F4 750 was a stunner and handling, styling and great speed made it very desirable.

You heard it here first.

[slob]

Funny you should mention Ferrari and motorbikes. In the mid 1990’s MV Agusta re-entered the motorcycle market under guidance of Cagiva. Designer for Cagiva, Tamburini (once part owner of Bimota) designed a beautiful new MV Agusta on a 749cc engine (which had been designed with the help of Ferrari). The new F4 750 was a stunner and handling, styling and great speed made it very desirable.

You heard it here first.

Yep, Tamburini is the 'Ta' in Bimota. Also, weren't the engines for the Ducati MotoGP Desmoseidici developed by Ferrari too?

[Lou Girardin]

Funny you should mention Ferrari and motorbikes. In the mid 1990’s MV Agusta re-entered the motorcycle market under guidance of Cagiva. Designer for Cagiva, Tamburini (once part owner of Bimota) designed a beautiful new MV Agusta on a 749cc engine (which had been designed with the help of Ferrari). The new F4 750 was a stunner and handling, styling and great speed made it very desirable.

You heard it here first.

Nice cut and paste from your owners manual.

[Finn]

Nice cut and paste from your owners manual.

At least it doesn't look like this...

[Lou Girardin]

At least it doesn't look like this...

That's straight out of my manual.
Translated it means, "aren't you glad you didn't drop $30 odd grand on a bike just so Sarge won't hit you?"

[Bend-it]

Nahh! I'm asian, I know these things... it says, "When stupid white man bring in for translation, tell him bike fast, bike good, he stupid, pay five hundred dollar. Thank you bery much, bye bye."

[Finn]

Yep, Tamburini is the 'Ta' in Bimota. Also, weren't the engines for the Ducati MotoGP Desmoseidici developed by Ferrari too?

And Dover put the "Bi" into Bimota.

[Lou Girardin]

And he put the 'crash' into Gixxer.

[The_Dover]

Fuck off you homo's or I'll cry to the mods

[Jamezo]

...are you listening Gaylander?

[Lou Girardin]

Fuck off you homo's or I'll cry to the mods

Don't call me a homo or I'll cry louder to the mods.
Or I'll tell Finn.

[HenryDorsetCase]

back to the topic at hand............


I think the bike is cool.

Id have to get a Davida helmet and a stick on Magnum PI 'tache as well as some chest hair though.

I like pointless stuff like this, and the beemer engined thing, and the V12 Kawasaki, and the 48cylinder Kawasaki two stroke.... its cool that people have a vision and the skills to make it real. I dont see it as any different or any less rideable than some of the more bizarro choppers that people build. I like those too.

[Finn]

Fuck off you homo's or I'll cry to the mods

That's being a bit faggy isn't it?

[HenryDorsetCase]

..I tried..... :)

[UrbanMyth]

hmm wonder how it sounds..

[Wolf]

Picture says it all really, a Ferrari 308 motor with a couple of wheels bolted fore and aft, a seat and some handle bars. Why? if you have to ask...
You'd think, if you were going to go to the effort of building a bike around something like a Ferrari engine you'd at least make some effort in making it look nice with smoth curves on the tank, fairings etc. If I were a Ferrari designer I'd have a word to the local Capo about sending da boyz around to sort out the schmuck that built that ugly monstrosity.

The red bike with the Ferrari badge on page one didn't look much better.

[Finn]

You'd think, if you were going to go to the effort of building a bike around something like a Ferrari engine you'd at least make some effort in making it look nice with smoth curves on the tank, fairings etc. If I were a Ferrari designer I'd have a word to the local Capo about sending da boyz around to sort out the schmuck that built that ugly monstrosity.

The red bike with the Ferrari badge on page one didn't look much better.

Well it did come from the Ferarri 308 which is a bit of a wedge.

[Wired1]

Yeah it looks like an air conditioning unit.

[u4ea]

FUGLY........comes to mind!!!bet sounds ok though.....one would hope....looks like it would corner like crap tho......

[The Pastor]

why are the mirrors and front mud gaurd red? Ran out of red paint for the rest of the bike? Can someone PLEASE tell me what is that HUGE box on the end? Some kind of ram air? was he just taking the piss?

[Sniper]

Fuck off you homo's or I'll cry to the mods

Dont make me vote for Fragile Femme. :nya:

[9cents]

doesn't that sound like a .. um.. Dodgy Tomahawk :D

Doesn't that look like a Tronhawk.
Inspired me to do a quick photoshop edit.

[onearmedbandit]

One wonders what sort of gearbox setup he is using. Looks like a conventional shifter. I actually like the idea, sure the finished product ain't much to look at or probably ride, but you have to admire his determination.

[Edbear]

IMHO it is another example, as if we need any more, that no matter how desirable the car, 'car into bike' just doesn't go! See my thread about the BMW V8.:yawn: