Rocket Bike

• the man
  April 19th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

  I don’t know where it came from but at first I thought it had a seat on top of the rocket and a rumble seat for the passenger rather than the cutout it actually has.

  A rumble seat would have been cool.

• the man
  April 19th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

  A rumble seat would have been cool, also.

• amoebaboy
  April 19th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

  brilliant i want one !
  looks like the shell was made from a drop tank of some sort, i wonder what kind of bike lurks under there.

• chris
  April 19th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

  [this is good]

• Alannah
  April 19th, 2008 at 9:14 pm

  The only thing my car guy husband knows about it is that it’s a scooter underneath and it started out as a drop tank, not a bomb.

• Carl
  April 20th, 2008 at 12:43 am

  Hmmm…. reminds me of this: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/25/surplus-plane-tank-converted -into-small-racer/

• avist
  April 20th, 2008 at 1:47 am

  Reminds me of Wiley Cayote and Road Runner cartoons! How much says he’ll drive through a wall?

• ted
  April 20th, 2008 at 5:50 am

  The story behind it? Someone wanted a bomb-shaped bike, and built one.

  Unusual, but the neighbours probably roll their eyes every time it passes.

• fsmarch
  April 20th, 2008 at 10:33 am

  Looks like something out of Buck Rogers!

• jessleigh
  April 20th, 2008 at 11:35 am

  There is a newer version that is enclosed - http://dvice.com/archives/2007/03/motorcycle_rocket_acabion.php

• B
  April 20th, 2008 at 6:04 pm

  reminds me of Coop’s photos of their belly tank racer at Bonneville:
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/coop666/sets/72157601480450544/

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