Never mind an electric bike. Can I haz one of these?
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Stupid stuff: Jet Bike
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Posted 12 years ago #
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I bet you'd get very courteous passes when cycling that - particularly with the "after-burners" lit...
<grin>
Robert
Posted 12 years ago # -
I think your passes of cars will be as courteous as you decide to make them.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Where's his knee pads?
Posted 12 years ago # -
Getting a 20 in a couple of weeks. I decided a Dynohub was more useful than a pulse jet as one of the two options might get me pulled in by traffic cops.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Very cool project, but also very slow.. :-/
Posted 12 years ago # -
Wasn't wearing a fluorescent vest. What a chump.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Or a lid, or a numberplate on what looked at one point very like a quiet bit of public road...
Posted 12 years ago # -
Do pulse-jet bikes have to pay road t....sorry, vehicle excise duty?
Posted 12 years ago # -
@allebong - based on the emissions, probably! But a small price to pay for the safety bubble afforded by a fireball...
Robert
Posted 12 years ago # -
I tried that back in my younger days with an old shopper and about 2 dozen firework rockets*.
Wasn't quite as successful - but probably louder!
* - don't try this at home kids - back in the early 80s things were a lot safer!
Posted 12 years ago #
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