400mph Dodge Tomahawk

**Sniper** · 18th March 2005, 08:27

Hey Guys, Im sorry if this has been posted before. I have done a search and came up with nothing so tell me what you think of this.

The Tomahawk is a Viper V-10 based motorcycle, a 500 horsepower engine with four wheels beneath it. The engine breathes through twin throttle bodies mounted right up front. (That's what the two round things above the front tires are).

Chrysler sold nine replicas through Neiman Marcus, for up to $555,000 each. The motorcycles cannot be legally driven on public roads. A Chrysler spokesman told Reuters they were meant as rolling sculptures - but they can probably still be driven on private roads (the rolling-sculpture comment may be designed to avoid legal liability).

The Tomahawk concept is an awesome-sounding machine; we have not driven it, as you may expect, but did see it started up and revved. Clouds of blue smoke vied for attention with the throaty rumble of the mighty V-10, and hitting the gas visibly opened the twin throttle body blades up front where the headlight would normally be. Though deeper and more rumbling than most motorcycles, it did not seem to be louder overall - just deeper and less shrill.

Rumors had the Tomahawk selling for under $200,000, most likely at a loss or breakeven price, for publicity purposes - but still fully drivable. Wolfgang Bernhard, Chrysler's first mate at introduction time, was said to be enthusiastic about that project, so much so that hundreds were projected to be built at under $200,000 each. They reportedly cost Chrysler over $100,000 to build (the work is outsourced).

The Dodge Tomahawk can reach 60 miles an hour in about 2.5 seconds, and has a theoretical top speed of nearly 400 mph. Each pair of wheels is separated by a few inches and each wheel has an independent suspension. Bernhard said four wheels were necessary to handle the power from the engine.

The Tomahawk remains on display at auto shows - though well out of reach of the general public, elevated on a special display.

**James Deuce** · 18th March 2005, 08:45

Not Again!

**SpankMe** · 18th March 2005, 08:47

How hard did you search? I just entered "Tomahawk" into the the search and got this old thread.

**ManDownUnder** · 18th March 2005, 09:24

Originally Posted by SpankMe

It does look ugly doesn't it. But with four wheels can you really call it a bike?

ugly? UGLY???

FUGLY!

Good lord! I've seen it before and I'd stopped having nightmares about the stupid bloody thing. Really useful unless you want to turn...

leaning may be a MAJOR issue... put it on rails and it'd be more useful...

**PSYCHO** · 18th March 2005, 09:52

400mph?? don't make me laugh!

It may be geared for 400mph, but there is no way on earth that thing would get that sort of speed. The aerodynamics would kill it. Even the bonneville guys with their big horse full faired turbo bikes are "only" around the 240mph mark i think.

How stupid do they think we are making comments like that? :spudwhat:

**Rainbow Wizard** · 18th March 2005, 19:26

Originally Posted by parsley

God only knows how much they're going to charge for it.

But it's really just a publicity stunt. Apparently on cornering the wheels ramp up and down on opposite sides so that the bike can actually lean over.

**avgas** · 18th March 2005, 19:48

but with speed x 10,000 if i had on for the day.
i would have a bruised ass cos my butt cheeks would be slapping so hard
function before form
dodge should stick to trucks and cool motors

**inlinefour** · 18th March 2005, 21:19

I reckon I could beat it in a race from NP to Awakino and back on my CB400. Thats not a bike, its a joke...

**Timber020** · 18th March 2005, 21:34

[QUOTE=SpankMe]<.

But "why" would a company, famous for its innovative car and truck designs, go down this particular path?

They said Dodge and innovative in the same article. Americans were very innovative when it came to building cars, then came the second world war.

**Waylander** · 18th March 2005, 23:55

Just so you know it's not only non-americans that think this thing is ugly. It corners like a bus and accelerates like a bat out of hell so only good for the salt flats as stated before. I don't like it but then I think if the engine is bigger than the bike then what's the point:spudwhat: and personally I would rather not be laying ontop of the engine like that, just imagine if it blew a cylynder head or somethin. The only peaple who would buy it are peaple like Sir Richard Branson and such that have so much money they can afford to buy something and never use it. As for Dodge they used to make good cars but since they stopped making the charger I havn't really botherd with them.

EDIT) oh and you can't really wheelie that thing the wheel base is too long with too much wieght, And would you really try it? Maybe if you had a death wish.

Oh and they built it to top off the market for the fastest road bike but I think a few other peaple have beaten them out. I know for a fact that Arlen Ness has built himself a bike with an the jet turbine engine out of a helicopter.

**Jackrat** · 19th March 2005, 08:00

Originally Posted by PSYCHO

400mph?? don't make me laugh!

It may be geared for 400mph, but there is no way on earth that thing would get that sort of speed. The aerodynamics would kill it. Even the bonneville guys with their big horse full faired turbo bikes are "only" around the 240mph mark i think.

How stupid do they think we are making comments like that? :spudwhat:

He said it had a (theoretical) top speed.
But there's always somebody that's stupid enough to take it serious.
So who are YOU calling WE!!