Check this VW powered drag machine out...

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/06/27/dragwaye-1300cc-vw-powered-motorcycle-dragster/

Holy moly - lot more guts/nuts that me!

Hope there was some scatter guard over that rear tyre....great link Reub!

what the hell was wrong with those guys back then!

more colour pics if you go through the comments, wicked thing that looks like it would be a handfull to pilot

There is pics and story about that bike in the "How to hotrod VW engines" Book by Bill Fisher.