Tune-up for dad with a new toy

hmmm....Ben, it sounds like you have located your next project.

------------------- Chris Perdue

LOL...yeah right....who hasn't said that more times than they can remember?

but you will have some nice cars to show for it....i'm jealous....for my wife and I other things seem to have taken priority to my "wants" of nice old cars...we are planning a family and therefore i "thinned the herd"

------------------- Chris Perdue

Guess so. I had one. Got a picture of it someplace with the front half totally mashed in.

Wasn't a Spyder which I seem to recall was a sporty thing. Mine was a fastback kind of thing.

I said that 4-5 cars ago... ;)

Jan

Isetta? Isetta? Boy that name rings a bell. Looking at a picture of one I see that the front door is the front of the car.

No way, I learned to drive in a 62 bug. Then I drove it to college and work for about ten years. The air bags would be good though. Let him learn to drive in something he can't kill others in. He's not likely to smash into a tree at 105MPH in a bus.

Make him read Muir, with any luck, he'll grab the girl take the bus and cruise the world.

Let evolution take it's action on the irresponsible, not a helpless victim.

Also, in our day, one could not buy a 350HP car. They had to be built, and then the suspension was pretty inadequate for 80 MPH. Christ, I know a girl who has a 240HP motorcycle. My first pickup only had about

destination.Steve

With all due respect, could you list some specs of that motorcycle? If it is a drag bike I could understand....

J.

being a teen in the 80's there weren't alot of new cars with those numbers, but plenty of the old american iron that a teen could afford to own did indeed push those numbers.....but still with the inadequate suspension(as you point out) you knew it when you were going fast...

------------------- Chris Perdue

Oop's I was wrong, the Hayabusa with a turbo is capable of 400HP .... Here's snip of this

This motorcycle is a 2002 model with all original parts And is equipped with an NLR K27 Race Turbo kit.

In it's current configuration, the bike is capable of producing 400+ hp and 250 lbs of torque,

And the HP is adjustable from 230 hp to 400+ by means of a four stage GPS Controller.

Since the GPS Controller works off of the bikes Gear Position Sensor, the turbo's boost can be adjusted independently for each specific gear letting you gradually increase HP as you shift up through the gears. This is why it's so controllable.