The motorized picnic table seats eight people and is powered by a 400cc Honda motorcycle motor which could get the table clipping along at 100km/h.

The gears are located on a foot rail and the handle bars sit under the table-top. The wheels are similar to those on a ride-on lawn mower.

“You’ve got a blind spot over one shoulder so you use a mate on the other side to watch your back,” said Brendon Macdonald, who created the vehicle with Ross Steiner.

Mr Macdonald said if there was any public interest, he might patent the invention and turn out a few more.

Via New Zealand Herald. See also the motorized bar stool.