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The go-fast Grandad: Yorkshire "nutty inventor," 59, breaks land speed record by hitting 163mph on steam powered rocket bike built in his Shed
This Is Money ^ | 28 June 2023 | Rob Hull

Posted on 07/05/2023 2:58:41 AM PDT by zeestephen

Graham Sykes from Bedale has set a new 1/8th-mile record on his motorcycle...It uses "steam-based science" to achieve incredible speeds with zero emissions...See the blisteringly fast bike accelerate to 163.8mph at an airfield in the UK...[Includes "steam" video!]

(Excerpt) Read more at thisismoney.co.uk ...


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To: zeestephen

1/8th of a mile is 660 feet....zoom!


21 posted on 07/05/2023 2:58:29 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: zeestephen

I want to see Richard Hammond of Top Gear fame ride that bike... CRASH....!

He has a tendency to crash everything he drives.


22 posted on 07/05/2023 3:00:26 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: x

Nutty Professor?

Jerry Lewis (1963) and Eddie Murphy (1996, 2000).

Anthony Hopkins would have been fun choice, though.


23 posted on 07/05/2023 5:48:51 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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