Manufactured by
MTT, the
Y2K is a
turbine-powered
motorcycle.
Using a
Rolls Royce gas turbine engine more commonly found in a
helicopter, the
bike doesn't
corner quite as well as you would hope,
but it's
a fair bet that it will out-
accelerate anything else on the road. At the time of writing, the cost of this
bike was $150,000.
Perhaps the most famous owner of the Y2K is Jay Leno, an avid collector of both cars and motorcycles.
A strange-looking beast, the Y2K has quite a long wheelbase to give the rider a chance of keeping the front wheel on the ground. Large
bore exhaust pipes direct the monster's breath towards unsuspecting car drivers behind.
The Y2K's specifications are quite impressive: