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Steam powered motorcycle?
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dorminWS
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Steam powered motorcycle?
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Re: Steam powered motorcycle?
That thar's some real performance!
I've seen whistling teakettles with more get up and go!
I've seen whistling teakettles with more get up and go!
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dorminWS
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Re: Steam powered motorcycle?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ironbear wrote:That thar's some real performance!
I've seen whistling teakettles with more get up and go!
You got something against teakettles?
Reckon they laughed at ole Henry Ford, too..............
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Re: Steam powered motorcycle?
There are some steam punk kids just losing it right now!
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Just to prove it could be done.
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Re: Steam powered motorcycle?
I didn't think anything could be less impressive than obumma , but I was wrong !
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Its been done. This is just am incompetent implementation. The 1867 Roper steam velocipede probably stomped this piece, and the 1884 version supposedly did 40 mph!Greybeard wrote:Just to prove it could be done.
Steam vehicles significantly outperformed internal combustion vehicles into the 1900's. A Stanley Steamer set a world speed record of 127 mph in 1906!!! It stood as a speed record until 1910!
My grandfather said, "Always use your head!".
I told him, "I want to pound nails!"
He said, "Best use a hammer instead."
I told him, "I want to pound nails!"
He said, "Best use a hammer instead."
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Re: Steam powered motorcycle?
This is probably a first attempt at a steam engine, and probably built to specifications designed by a guy who had never actually designed a steam engine before.
Given that, I am impressed that it moved under it's own steam. It may also be a minor miracle that it didn't blow up.
I wonder if they plan on figuring out how to improve upon the design; we may have to revert back to steam, one day.
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Given that, I am impressed that it moved under it's own steam. It may also be a minor miracle that it didn't blow up.
I wonder if they plan on figuring out how to improve upon the design; we may have to revert back to steam, one day.
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Re: Steam powered motorcycle?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ironbear wrote:Its been done. This is just am incompetent implementation. The 1867 Roper steam velocipede probably stomped this piece, and the 1884 version supposedly did 40 mph!Greybeard wrote:Just to prove it could be done.
Steam vehicles significantly outperformed internal combustion vehicles into the 1900's. A Stanley Steamer set a world speed record of 127 mph in 1906!!! It stood as a speed record until 1910!
Yup. I used to know a lot of old railroad engineers and firemen who started out on steam engines. Every one of them SWORE that the diesel locomotive had never been built that would pull as much as one of those biggest steam engines.
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