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Hank
04-15-2010, 06:51 PM
Not affiliated, but interesting nonetheless.

http://www.scorpionmotorsports.com/wp-content/gallery/featured-images-for-homepage/hh-rear-side-scorpian-1-580_300.jpg

http://www.scorpionmotorsports.com/wp-content/gallery/pics/anais_scorpion_0415_hires.jpg

[/URL][url]http://www.scorpionmotorsports.com (http://www.scorpionmotorsports.com)

Kawasaki ZX6R power (126HP).
Total weight 752 lb.
0-60 = 3.5 sec.
Lateral = 1.5g.

$30k (price listed on another website).

7evin
04-15-2010, 07:44 PM
Dam that thing is pretty cool ...
I sure would like to steal the fenders off of it... :D

I bet you could buy it for 15,000 minus the wing.....

BMW RACER
04-15-2010, 08:18 PM
That's not a wing!

That's the front bumper ;)

WestTexasS2K
04-15-2010, 09:54 PM
I saw one of those the other day that was still new that a dealer was selling for 13k. I think it was on ebay. They were originally 35k if I remember correctly.

jlumba81
04-16-2010, 01:31 AM
Seems odd to have a large front wing but nothing to balance out the rear. Must be tail happy when on a track.

pierats
04-16-2010, 10:30 AM
I'd love to have one that is street legal! That would cut down my commute. ;)

EDIT - I just looked at their website and it IS Street legal! Awesome. 3-wheeled vehicles are allowed in the HOV lane here in CA.

I agree that it is odd to have a huge front wing but nothing in the rear.

V-Robb
04-16-2010, 10:58 AM
I actually hate any trike/3 wheeler... Why? Well, as a motorcyclist for 100k miles I can see the appeal of this type of vehicle - open like a bike but easier to ride. The problem I have with these kinds of vehicles is that they have all the disadvantages of both cars and bikes: Open to the weather like a bike, but wide like a car so you can't split lanes. Here in SoCal that's gold...!

Just my opinion, I could be wrong...:D

MightyMike
04-16-2010, 04:36 PM
I think it looks cool. I'd imagine you would have to be careful driving it around as it sits so low - kind of like our Sevens.

BMW RACER
04-16-2010, 04:52 PM
"Open to the weather like a bike, but wide like a car so you can't split lanes"

Sounds like a Seven :cheers:

Mondo
04-16-2010, 10:43 PM
I like having 2 seats so someone else can enjoy the ride too

Hank
04-17-2010, 07:50 AM
I like having 2 seats so someone else can enjoy the ride too

I can't bring most of my friends in the Megabusa, because the seats won't take a male pant size above a 34 waist. :blush:

Mondo
04-17-2010, 08:33 PM
Too be honest, the passenger seat in the S2K has pretty much the same limitation - driver can be a fat tub of lard though;)

7evin
04-18-2010, 02:05 PM
I raffled off a ride in Mojo at one of the trade shows we went to.
One of the fellows that won was about 5' 2" and about 250 lbs.
I was thinking "oh no" I did not want to embarrass him.
He had a little trouble getting over the sides but amazingly I squeezed him into that
little seat and buckled him in.

He said that it was one of the exhilarating experiences of his entire life.

Getting him out was a completely different challenge.

Hank
04-18-2010, 04:25 PM
I emailed Scorpion Motorsports and they came back with a price...

*GULP*

just the front wing...

$3200.

:eek:

7evin
04-22-2010, 09:58 AM
That will make you look at speed bumps in a whole new way <:}