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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 ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: freeperhooligans; motorcycle; record; speed
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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
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posted on
07/05/2023 3:41:53 AM PDT
by
Tupelo
(A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
To: zeestephen
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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)
To: KevinB
Re: "Yawn"
You forgot to read the post.
Fastest acceleration in 1/8th mile.
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posted on
07/05/2023 4:28:46 AM PDT
by
zeestephen
(Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
To: zeestephen
How cool! Reminds me of the movie: The World’s Fastest Indian.”
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posted on
07/05/2023 4:40:18 AM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: KevinB
Fun video! I liked that it was composed from different angles.
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posted on
07/05/2023 4:46:13 AM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: zeestephen; martin_fierro
Motorcycle Hooligan Ping!...................
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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.....................)
To: zeestephen
I’m holding out for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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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.)
To: mewzilla
The novel upon which the film was based was written by Ian Fleming of the James Bond series fame.
To: zeestephen
Well thats not very steampunk looking at all.(?)
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posted on
07/05/2023 5:44:48 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
To: zeestephen
British Bikes are back! Can’t wait to get one for my collection.
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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)
To: zeestephen
“Steam-powered” & “zero emissions”.
What an incredible oxymoron.
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posted on
07/05/2023 6:51:40 AM PDT
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: zeestephen
Interesting video if you don’t mind watching a 15 sec commecrial first.
To: BradyLS
Reminds me of the movie THE SWINGING MAIDEN from 1962.
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posted on
07/05/2023 7:09:02 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
To: zeestephen
E J Potter impressed aka Michigan Mad Man
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posted on
07/05/2023 7:46:36 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
(....)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
A little before my time. But now I have an introduction to English “road locomotives!”
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posted on
07/05/2023 8:10:56 AM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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.
To: zeestephen; 230FMJ; 4woodenboats; 6AL-4V; 68 grunt; absolootezer0; AdamSelene235; AJMaXx; ...
To: zeestephen
Wasn’t that an Anthony Hopkins movie?
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posted on
07/05/2023 10:48:33 AM PDT
by
x
To: zeestephen
Great story.
I wonder if he'll bring the bike to Bonneville Speed Week at some point?
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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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