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Old 10-29-2010, 08:46 PM   #1
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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.







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Old 10-29-2010, 11:09 PM   #2
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Wow those are creative, would i own one no, but i i do like the idea.
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Old 10-29-2010, 11:24 PM   #3
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they might do 160 but please put a govenor. anything over 60 starts becoming reckless. i wonder how much they sell for
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Old 10-29-2010, 11:53 PM   #4
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they look cool but not doin 160, thats tough enough on a bike nevermind a brick
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Old 10-29-2010, 11:56 PM   #5
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little to fast for that kind of machine, but cool stuff
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Old 10-30-2010, 09:41 AM   #6
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They're cool and nostalgic prob pull a crowd at car shows
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Old 10-30-2010, 02:24 PM   #7
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160, lulz no
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Old 10-30-2010, 04:41 PM   #8
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i don't feel like searching for a better video so heres one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFTaj...eature=related
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Old 10-30-2010, 04:46 PM   #9
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insane but id have to drive one lol
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Old 10-30-2010, 08:52 PM   #10
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i would so rock one to work every day lol
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Old 10-30-2010, 09:40 PM   #11
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LOL @ 160.

but there RWD right? just imagine how much fun they must be !
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Old 10-30-2010, 11:26 PM   #12
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LOL @ 160.

but there RWD right? just imagine how much fun they must be !
just look at them do they look fwd

im wondering how or all things those are legal to drive on the road in california
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Old 10-31-2010, 09:18 AM   #13
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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.
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Old 10-31-2010, 02:54 PM   #14
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Pretty cool, but i wouldnt take it over 50 mph
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Old 10-31-2010, 03:05 PM   #15
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cool stuff
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