Personal Velocity

September, 2003

Personal VelocityPrice: $185,000[Top Speed: 250 mph Price-To-Speed Ratio: $740/mph]History: In 1998 MTT decided to put an engine from a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter into a two-wheeled frame. Jay Leno heard about the bike on Speedvision, called the company and said, "I belong to the more-money-than-brains club. Send me one."Hidden Maintenance Cost: Negligible. Turbines are designed to operate at full throttle for thousands of hours. Flat out, the Y2K sucks in 52.63 cubic feet of air per s...