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The go-faster Grandad: Graham Sykes from Yorkshire has recently set a new land speed record on his steam-powered rocket bike, having clocked a speed in excess of 163mph
1 posted on 07/05/2023 2:58:41 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

And I used to think I was fast.
Since I wasn’t slow,
I guess I was just half fast


2 posted on 07/05/2023 3:41:53 AM PDT by Tupelo (A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
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To: zeestephen
Despite what the article says, it was nowhere near the land speed record for a two-wheeled vehicle. It was the land speed record for a two-wheel steam-powered vehicle. Yawn.

Cockpit camera of Rocky Robinson’s 376mph record-breaking run

3 posted on 07/05/2023 4:13:11 AM PDT by KevinB (Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
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To: zeestephen

How cool! Reminds me of the movie: The World’s Fastest Indian.”


5 posted on 07/05/2023 4:40:18 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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7 posted on 07/05/2023 5:08:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: zeestephen

I’m holding out for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.


8 posted on 07/05/2023 5:09:06 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: zeestephen

Well thats not very steampunk looking at all.(?)


10 posted on 07/05/2023 5:44:48 AM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: zeestephen

British Bikes are back! Can’t wait to get one for my collection.


11 posted on 07/05/2023 6:51:35 AM PDT by ABN 505 (Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
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To: zeestephen

“Steam-powered” & “zero emissions”.

What an incredible oxymoron.


12 posted on 07/05/2023 6:51:40 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: zeestephen

Interesting video if you don’t mind watching a 15 sec commecrial first.


13 posted on 07/05/2023 7:06:16 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (AS )
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To: zeestephen

E J Potter impressed aka Michigan Mad Man


15 posted on 07/05/2023 7:46:36 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: zeestephen

Don’t underestimate the power of a steam engine. The modern aircraft carrier is still steam-powered. It just has a nuclear fire box (and steam pressures up to 1200 psi).

Up until WWII, torpedoes all were steam-powered, and they were far faster than the steam, diesel and electric vessels they were employed against.


17 posted on 07/05/2023 9:32:46 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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18 posted on 07/05/2023 10:40:11 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: zeestephen

Wasn’t that an Anthony Hopkins movie?


19 posted on 07/05/2023 10:48:33 AM PDT by x
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Great story.

I wonder if he'll bring the bike to Bonneville Speed Week at some point?

20 posted on 07/05/2023 11:06:34 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. Never be a slave in a new Socialist America)
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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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