I’ve posted up about cool electric motorcycles before, now for a rocket powered pedal cycle courtesy of some insane inventor(s) somewhere in Japan.
Those crazy Japanese and their wacky inventions!
But wait, there’s more! I always try and value add on my posts so here’s the result of a bit of research. Let’s see what other countries have done with respect to the rather niche field of strapping a jet to two wheels.
1920s German rocket bicycles
Digging back into history those clever boffins in Germany were also sticking rockets on bicycles 1920s and 30s.
The trench coat must be a safety outfit for this rocket bike test
It had a bit of a rough landing for the rider when he got to 55 miles per hour (90 km/h for the civilised metric world). But he survived.
Bicycle racing doesn't get much crazier than this!
Make your own?
Seems like there are lots of people who have made rocket bikes.
This page talks of a collection of rocket bikes (and other rocket powered things).
This thing looks like you’re sitting on the saturn booster (from auto anything blog)
Stand well clear while starting up..
Random rocket craziness
Not bicycle related, but hey..
