My god... there's more lipstick than pig. It's become bacon Chapstick.

Depends whether you're trying to shoehorn it in, or will widen/lengthen the chassis to suit. I met one guy locally that built a chassis, then decided to use a Mustang 302 as a donor, and then chopped his frame apart and added 4" in width. Not the recommended way to do things, I'm sure, but it worked.

Ideally I'd be using a Honda ST1300 or Yamaha FJR1300, but budget tells me I'll likely be going with a Kawasaki ZG1000 Concours. Can't argue with 997ccs, 10500 rpm, and a 20-year production run worth of potential donors and parts. Colour me skeptical, but there's probably a reason no tilting vehicles ever make it…

I hope you check out locostusa.com - there's lots of excellent information and even better people on there. Truly a wealth of info for building anything yourself, but most especially if it's a 7 clone.

The website is nortonshrike.com, Dave's the guy who built it, and has been great about answering e-mails regarding his vehicle. He built it in the 1970's, killed the first motorcycle donor after 78000 miles, rebuilt it (after a 15 year rest) with a BMW, and it's going strong. Oh, and it hit a deer - the vehicle…

This won out over building a Locost-style 7, although so far all I've done is order plans. Still, the fact that I can start with a working vehicle (the motorcycle) and add on to it (only one axle to design suspension for) should give me the best shot at completion.

Oh, spelling counts? I thought this was a Gawker site...

Awww, raspberries. (Coincidently, what the i8 sounds like.)

He had worked so hard. SO HARD. But it paid off, and now he was living the dream. He looked across to her, with a very content (and every so slightly smug) smile on his face. She returned the smile with a look that promised much more than her demure body position suggested.

Wow. If the R500 had even just removed its headlights to improve its Cd, that fight would have been over a LOT sooner. WOW.

Were I not located on the wrong end of the continent (and strapped for cash) I'd do this in a heartbeat next year. Awesome! I want to see someone do it in a Honda Civic Wagon.

EVERYONE wants a ride on the Weinermobile.

Ahem. Easier to package too.

Best #AOTD list in a very long time! Bravo!!

To hell with the Soundracer V8, I'll take this instead!!

I was wondering about the tires too. First set was obviously a set of custom-cut wide rears, but those got swapped out pretty quickly for what look like off-the-rack winter tires. I'm wondering if the custom tread cuts weren't enough to make up for the compound differences.

Easy: Bigger is better. "No replacement for displacement" falls under that too. Small, light, moderately-powered vehicles can be just as fun (if not more) and just as fast.

My guess is more, only because they'll be sold off to benefit a charity.

I go to make that joke with my kids, but each and every time I hold back, knowing that they'll just look at me blankly and say "...what?!?". I guess I just need to sit my kids down in front of YouTube and educate them.

*waits patiently for the 288 guitars to start coming up on eBay to raise money for charity*