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Originally posted by billege
The spray is just for looks, as far as I know.
That was a really cool video. I don't think it's fake. My motorcycle makes like 60hp, and it'd might take the Trans Am (published 0-60 my bike model 3.2sec; can I do that? heck no, I suck). That goped may only make 20 hp @ 23,000 rpm, but please remember it's power to weight and traction that matter. The Trans Am is not a light car, really. The goped with a kid on it might come in at, assuming that skinny kid is 80lbs, give the goped 40lbs, we're only at 120lbs. Say it is ONLY 20hp and that's 6lbs/hp. The Trans Am is about 3500-3800lbs w/gas and driver. How heavy is the driver? Let's say 3500lbs and 425hp, heck 450hp, now we get 7.78lbs/hp. The goped has the advantage. I'll also bet that my guessing 20hp for the goped is low.
What I will guess is that the goped has a lower top speed, so it'll eventually lose. But I'd give it a fair run to the 1/8 mi.
I just don't think it's fake. It's all about power to weight.
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I don't know about go peds, but if the video were in fact real the whole production would be shown because it would be so amazing that nobody including myself would beleive it otherwise.
Can you imagine going over 50mph on those little tires, it would speed wobble so badly you would get tossed into another dimension before you made an eigth of a mile