Motorcycles are about as simple as automatic transportation gets—the minimum amount of wheels and frame to let someone ride on an engine. Of course, all that changes when the engine is a 4.7-litre V8 from Maserati.
Lazareth—a French motorcycle and automobile customizer—has a history of building crazy vehicles, and the LM847 certainly falls into that category. The monster is technically a quad with parallel wheels in front and rear, though it looks like it would lean more like a motorcycle.
The Maserati engine, used in older models of the Quattroporte, produces 470 horsepower and 457 pound-feet of torque, making it hard to imagine anyone riding this thing very far. We can only imagine how fast this thing can get up to speed, and how long the average rider could manage to hold on. For context, Ducati Superbike Panigale R produces only 205 horsepower and can go to 60 mph from a standstill in just three seconds.
Lazareth’s redefinition of the word “superbike” was on display at this year’s Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland