Tim Pickens’ Rocket Bike.

By Alex in Auto & Transportation on Feb 9, 2006 at 2:01 am

What do you get if you strap a rocket to a bike?

Pickens, president of rocket-design firm Orion Propulsion, created his first rocket bike with fellow speed enthusiast Glenn May by bolting a 35-pound-thrust rocket engine to Pickens’s bike — enough power for a gentle push down the road.

That project didn’t kill anyone, so Pickens got himself another bike and stepped it up, attaching a 200-pound-thrust engine capable of blasting him from 0 to 60 miles an hour in five seconds — fast enough to beat a Porsche in a drag race.

Link | CNN News Article


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