This crazy concept motorcycle from 2003 is called the Dodge Tomahawk and it came fitted with a massive 8.3L V10 engine that produced 507PS of power. Only Dodge would do it!
If you like American muscle cars, you definitely must drool over cars like the Hellcat and Demon by Dodge. Dodge is famous for building muscle cars with manic power, none having less than 500bhp and some even touching the 1000bhp mark. While so much still makes some sense in a supercar, well sort of, have you imagined how that much power would feel like on a motorcycle? Well, 17 years ago Dodge perhaps thought of the same question and went ahead to build a motorcycle with a V10 engine. Wait, what?
Yes, that’s exactly what they did. They took a 8.3-liter V10 engine from a Viper supercar with 507PS of power and put it in a motorcycle. Known as the Dodge Tomahawk Concept, this monster of a machine was showcased at the 2003 Detroit Motor Show. But forget about the numbers for a while and just look at this metal sculpture. To even fit an 8.3L V10 engine on a motorcycle, Dodge completely re-imagined how a motorcycle looks like essentially.
If you have taken a close look at this Dodge Tomahawk, you’d notice that it comes with four-wheels – two at each end. You might think it already defies being a motorcycle and even experts differ in their opinion on this. Its certainly not a car though and for more reasons that one, it certainly resembles a motorcycle. Two double-tyre wheels, swingarm at each end and a hub-centered steering are reasons enough for the same. It even leans and counter steers like a regular motorcycle would do. So yes, definitely a motorcycle.
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Essentially it is just an engine on a pair of wheels. The 8.3L V10 engine is encased in an aluminum housing with swingarms at either ends. Add on a handlebar, a pair of foot pegs and a seat and there you have it, the most outrageous kind of motorcycle. This concept was the brainchild of RM Motorsport President Bud Bennett. At that time, Chrysler, the company that owns Dodge, had told Bennett that would invest money into the production of 100 units of these if he was able to 20 serious buyers for the Tomahawk.
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Fortunately or unfortunately, that never happened and only a handful of these were ever. They were sold to collectors as ‘rolling sculptures’ for as much as half a million dollars. Its so outrageous that you probably didn’t notice more usual stuffs like the massive circumferentially-mounted disc brakes, the exquisite control levers or the LED headlights long before they were so mainstream.
