Dodge Tomahawk Motorcycle: world’s fastest bike

Let’s face it, whizzing by morning commuters as they put into their coffee is an American rite of passage only motorcyclists enjoy. And with a crotch rocket strapped between their legs to shave a little extra time off their journey? Even better.

The Tomahawk is a Viper V-10 based motorcycle, a 500 horsepower engine with four wheels beneath it. The engine breathes through twin throttle bodies mounted right up front (the two round things above the front tires are). While the Tomahawk has the same number of tires as a car, it keeps the motorcycle form factor otherwise.

Who wouldn’t want to test out a bike that can go from 0 to 60 mph in just 2.3 seconds, right?! But since you can’t legally drive it on regular roads, it would be wise to try and find somewhere with lots of open road that cops don’t frequent ’cause we can just imagine the ticket you’d get while testing out its limits.

It has a theoretical top speed of nearly 400 mph. Each pair of wheels is separated by a few inches and each wheel has an independent suspension. Bernhard said four wheels were necessary to handle the power from the engine.

Wolfgang Bernhard, Chrysler’s first mate at the time, was said to be enthusiastic about that project, so much so that hundreds were projected to be built at under $200,000 each (probably below breakeven). They reportedly cost Chrysler over $100,000 to build (the work is outsourced), not including engineering costs.