Aptera = 3 Wheel Car. Now, 4 Wheel Motorcycles!

I think it is only right that Uncle Sam found a way to qualify the
Aptera for Federal high mileage vehicle funds by legaly defining it as a
"enclosed three-wheeled cars that can average at least 75 mpg (or
equivalent, for plug-in models) and are designed to carry at least two
adults."

All well and good. But did you you know that there are now four-wheel
motorcycles being developed in Europe?

There's the $65K, 167 HP BMW k1200 powered GG Quadster (Michael
Jordan owns two.):



However, it doesn't even hold a candle to the $285K, 500HP, BMW V-
12 powered Wazuma Bio V-12:

OK, Uncle Sam concedes a 3-wheel car. I wonder how likely it is that
there will ever be a legally/regulatory recognized 4-wheel motorcycle.
Especially since the Ariel Atom allegedly is street legal in the USofA:

Links:
Three-Wheelers Will be Eligible for DOE Funds
The GG Quadster - a four-wheeled, 167-horsepower quad bike for the road
Faster and Faster: Lazareth Wazuma: 500bhp BMW V12-powered quad
Welcome to Ariel Atom

 

Oops! In the 4-wheeled motor cycle offerings, I failed to include the
American made, $555K, 500 HP, V-10 Viper powered Tomahawk:



Fully operational, but not street legal.

"Donald Poindexter, Jr., noted that the Tomahawk isn’t really a
motorcycle, at least not by American standards: the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration proclaims that a motorcycle can have no
more that 3 wheels on the ground during normal operation. 'For the
Tomahawk to have been sold in the U.S. for road use, it would have
had to pass all of the automobile safety standards. Had the engineers
replaced one of the tire pairs (either front or back) with a single tire
(for a total of three), it would have been a motorcycle, although I
think the lights might have been in violation of the regulations.' "

And some interesting historical precedent for the Tomahawk, the 1935
Plymouth 6 cylinder flathead powered world record attempt bike:

Plymouth motorcycle

And as a 2-wheled wonderment, the 2009 motorcycle world land speed
record setter at 367 MPH (two-way average), the BUB Seven
Streamliner:

Links:

Allpar.com : Dodge Tomahawk motorcycle introduction
BUB 7 Streamliner - Two-Wheels, No Wings - Flyin' To A New Record