Bad motor scooter!!!

Here we have a radi[c]al custom motorcycle, built by Jesse James, over at West Coast Choppers.

This little beauty came to my attention in the September issue of American Motorcyclist Magazine, which is published by the American Motorcyclist Association.

It's an elegant design, built for show, basically impractical for actual use on the highways and byways.

As a co-worker of mine pointed out, the axial torque this baby developed would tend to lay it over on its side the moment you opened the throttle.

Also, the ground clearance is virtually nonexistent.

To adapt the engine for use in a motorcycle required some fairly complex modifications.

Of course, if a radial engine was mounted 90º out from the West Coast Choppers design, it would solve the torque problem:

(Although that drive belt looks dangerous)

Of course, none of those are any more insane than putting a Chevy 350 cubic inch V8 engine in a motorcycle, like the "Boss Hoss"...