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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 02:01 AM
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Went and seen this at the local HD dealer today . It was here on display for 2 days , not sure where it goes from here .

What a ride that must have been . LINK
 
Old Oct 19, 2006 | 02:03 AM
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Your link is not working.
 
Old Oct 19, 2006 | 02:05 AM
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FIxed it , wish I could find a better site about this .
 
Old Oct 19, 2006 | 02:33 AM
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FIxed it , wish I could find a better site about this .
How bout their home page.

http://bub.com/
 
Old Oct 19, 2006 | 02:39 AM
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I don't consider that a Motorcycle................[:@]


 
Old Oct 19, 2006 | 07:26 AM
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Why invest "several million dollars" in a new engine? Couldn't they just turbo charge a Hayabusa engine to get 500hp?
 
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Why invest "several million dollars" in a new engine? Couldn't they just turbo charge a Hayabusa engine to get 500hp?

The "Ack Attack" is powered by two turbo-charged 1300cc Hayabysa engines that generate 900 horsepower and it was not as fast as the BUB in competition for the world speed record.



 
Old Oct 19, 2006 | 09:52 AM
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That's no motorcycle it's some kinda silly rocket looking thing. Check out the movie "The worlds fastest Indian" if you want to see a fast motorcycle.
 
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That's no motorcycle it's some kinda silly rocket looking thing. Check out the movie "The worlds fastest Indian" if you want to see a fast motorcycle.
That looks like a great movie. Its on my list
 
Old Oct 19, 2006 | 04:04 PM
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Why invest "several million dollars" in a new engine? Couldn't they just turbo charge a Hayabusa engine to get 500hp?

The "Ack Attack" is powered by two turbo-charged 1300cc Hayabysa engines that generate 900 horsepower and it was not as fast as the BUB in competition for the world speed record.



Well, that was hardly the Hayabusa-engines fault. 900hp is of course much better than 500hp so obviously the BUB must have had way better aerodynamics than the Ack Attack. I just can't see the point in developing a new engine for the purpose. There are many cheap, light and reliable engines out there. Maybe they had some good reason...
 



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