Updated our pictures to digital I came across these taken in Vegas in 2004. Can't remember for the life of me what it is. I do remember something about Royals-Royce turbine and a load of power. Any ideas? Buggin me to death.
When I lived in Phoenix there was a guy that would show up in Tempe for rides on one of those....
It had absolutley nothing from a stand still and you certainly didn't want to be on the exhaust side of him at a light unless you wanted the plastic to melt off of your bike....
Pretty cool as far as "Cool Factor" goes though....
Tha company is Marine Turbine Technologies and they put thos suplus turbines in lots of things like air boats and pickups....
That's the bike you always see Jay Leno riding on T.V. He said one time a guy in a car kept edging up on him at a light, to check out his bike, and the exhaust melted the guys whole bumper. Then he laughed as he told the camera that he just pulled off !!
There is no thrust associated with that engine. It is a turbo shaft engine. The rotating turbine section turns an internal shaft which in turn spins a gearbox. The gearbox is most likely connected to the sprocket in some fashion. So, there is no thrust to affect anything at all. And you can run them on Kerosene as well, which is much cheaper then Jet A.
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