Bumper cars anyone?

[Featherburner]

I saw this on another forum and thought it was pretty neat. I don't know how true the info is. I have my doubts about the top speed...

What do you do with old Bumper Cars?
These little beasties are street legal. They run on either Kawasaki or Honda motorcycle engines and co-opt vintage bumper car bodies.

There are seven of these little monsters floating around California , and they're all the creation of one man, Tom Wright , a builder in the outskirts of San Diego who figured the leftovers of the Long Beach Pike amusement park needed a more dignified end than the trash heap. They were originally powered by Harley motors but they rattled like hell and Tom replaces them with Honda or Kawasaki 750's and a couple have been measured as capable of 160 MPH , which is terrifyingly fast in machines with such a short wheelbase.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u3/jdhawk93/bump1.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u3/jdhawk93/bump2.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u3/jdhawk93/bump3.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u3/jdhawk93/bump4.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u3/jdhawk93/bump5.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u3/jdhawk93/bump6.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u3/jdhawk93/bump7.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u3/jdhawk93/bump8.jpg

[DaSkinnyGuy]

Wow those are creative, would i own one no, but i i do like the idea.

[redsoxsstink]

they might do 160 but please put a govenor. anything over 60 starts becoming reckless. i wonder how much they sell for

[LTb1ow]

they look cool but not doin 160, thats tough enough on a bike nevermind a brick

[BigRocsFirebird]

little to fast for that kind of machine, but cool stuff

[FoodStampsz]

They're cool and nostalgic prob pull a crowd at car shows

[sweetbmxrider]

160, lulz no

[BigRocsFirebird]

i don't feel like searching for a better video so heres one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFTaj_jb4K0&feature=related

[89firebird]

insane but id have to drive one lol

[emolineaux]

i would so rock one to work every day lol

[LS1ow]

LOL @ 160.

but there RWD right? just imagine how much fun they must be !

[redsoxsstink]

LOL @ 160.

but there RWD right? just imagine how much fun they must be !

just look at them do they look fwd:rofl:

im wondering how or all things those are legal to drive on the road in california

[V]

One article i read about them stated the DMV issued titles for "special constructed vehicles" to them "by mistake" and it has since been corrected and they no longer have valid Cali plates. (As for the special title, only 500 are given out a year, and they usually go in the first few hours of the day they are made available.)

and the 160mph was done on a dyno.

[T69SS]

Pretty cool, but i wouldnt take it over 50 mph

[siguy]

cool stuff