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Sheer madness. 10/18/2006

Roy sent me a series of pictures in the mail today. Another motorcycle. Although not as weird as Mega Kwak, still weird enough.

This is a jet turbine powered motorcycle. It has a Rolls Royce Viper Mk. 202 turbojet installed. Pumping out some 5000 horsepower.

The engine resides in a frame built by MAD Engineering. Hand built, naturally. Please note proper use of the comma in the previous sentence. This is, of course, in case Rkaru misses the comma again, and happens to think this is an environmentally friendly vehicle. Which it isn’t, in any way, shape or form.

The frame is suspended using Yamaha FJ 1200 components, front and rear, with a 3.4 meter wheelbase. Yes, you read that right. This bike is longer than a matchbox on wheels.

The engine is rated for 2,450 lbs thrust, or about 3,800 horsepower, with a further 1,200 ponies on tap when the afterburner kicks in. It gulps down 32,000 cubic feet per minute of air when it’s running, and let’s not talk about the fuel consumption. Even if it does burn JP-4.

You can find more pictures and stuff about the bike, and the guy who built it, here. Work is currently stopped by the owner, due to other commitments. But most of all, I would really want a bike like this, if only for what I can do to tailgaters…

All pictures from www.madv8bike.com.

Comments»

1. spiller - 10/18/2006

man.. the seat looks thin.. i definitely don’t want my birdie get burn by the jet turbine. :P

2. thesnark - 10/18/2006

Spiller : You’ve obviously never ridden a Ducati 916 in rush hour traffic.

3. intensecure - 10/18/2006

Yeah, but how does it corner? ;)

4. intensecure - 10/18/2006

Actually, looking at it again, probably as about as well as an H2 Kwak, or a Suzuki kettle.

5. ShaolinTiger - 10/18/2006

That.

Is.

Insane.

6. cmos - 10/19/2006

And here I was thinking the Y2K was insane…

7. buaya69 - 10/19/2006

the Y2k will melt those plasticky bumpers, but this??? cuwabunga!

8. KY - 10/19/2006

how many seconds before the fuel run out?

9. thesnark - 10/19/2006

KY : Enough for a quarter mile run.

10. Riding Sun - 10/20/2006

Jet turbine-powered motorcycle

Via Hunting the Snark, here’s a motorcycle powered by a Rolls Royce Viper Mk. 202 turbojet:

11. C.K. - 12/13/2006

Will it burn my aXX hXXX if ride wihout waring fire suite???

12. skovoski - 4/2/2007

this is bullshit.. i think no 1 will dream this bike to ride with