This behemoth is called the Lean Mean Green Machine, and just about the only green thing about this oversized big-wheel copy is its color -- it's powered by a Harley Davidson Evolution V-twin engine, for instance, and not burning the energy of a child hopped up on sugar.
But that doesn't stop it being all kinds of awesome.
The hulking 450-pound monster puts out 60 horsepower, can reach 50mph and run for 400 miles on a full 8.5 gallon tank. The front wheel measures 45-inches in diameter (1.14 meters) and steering is done with two levers, just like the original kids toy.
You change gears with foot pedals, the brakes are on those levers, and the giant front wheel is driven by a chain inside the fairing. It's one of the most terrifying vehicles I have ever seen, and I want to ride it.
In fact, the only thing I don't like about it is the paint-job. It looks too much like a toy. If I was going to drop the $75,000 that this trike costs, I'd demand it at least have the front wheel repainted to look like a buzz-saw.
But just about the funniest thing is how amazingly well it makes the burly chaps in the photograph look like tiny children. The Machine looks so tiny, shiny and toy-like that the men looked like they have photoshopped into the picture.
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Lean Mean Green Machine [Hammacher Schlemmer via the Giz]
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