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Featherburner · 10-29-2010, 08:46 PM

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.

10-29-2010, 08:46 PM	#1
Featherburner Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Arm pit of the world... NJ Posts: 2,677 iTrader: (1)	Bumper cars anyone? 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. __________________ John