Video says it all:
http://www.youtube.com/v/Ol0q7cCPCZ0 (http://www.youtube.com/v/Ol0q7cCPCZ0)
Jay Leno has one. He tells the story of melting the bumper of a guy that got too close to the back of his bike at a traffic light. Still, 242 mph? Hoorah!
$185K seems steep until you realize, it'll crush a $2M Bugatti Veyron.
Dan
I was at Road Atlanta some years ago for an endurance sports car race, and there was one of these tooling around the infield. I saw it a few times that day. they also had a Chevy S-10 pickup that was there with him. It had the turbine exhaust coming out of the tailgate.
I've seen Jay's on several occasions, you can feel the heat from the exhaust 20' behind it. Last time i saw his it didn't have rearview mirrors, it had cameras feeding to a screen on the dash. I think he still perfers his Brough Superior, but this thing ain't bad...