Comments on: Rocket Bike http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/19/rocket-bike/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:45:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: B http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/19/rocket-bike/#comment-519165 B Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:04:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15794#comment-519165 reminds me of Coop's photos of their belly tank racer at Bonneville: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coop666/sets/72157601480450544/ reminds me of Coop’s photos of their belly tank racer at Bonneville:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coop666/sets/72157601480450544/

]]> By: jessleigh http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/19/rocket-bike/#comment-519045 jessleigh Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:35:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15794#comment-519045 There is a newer version that is enclosed - http://dvice.com/archives/2007/03/motorcycle_rocket_acabion.php There is a newer version that is enclosed - http://dvice.com/archives/2007/03/motorcycle_rocket_acabion.php

]]> By: fsmarch http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/19/rocket-bike/#comment-519005 fsmarch Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:33:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15794#comment-519005 Looks like something out of Buck Rogers! Looks like something out of Buck Rogers!

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/19/rocket-bike/#comment-518806 ted Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:50:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15794#comment-518806 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. 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.

]]> By: avist http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/19/rocket-bike/#comment-518736 avist Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:47:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15794#comment-518736 Reminds me of Wiley Cayote and Road Runner cartoons! How much says he'll drive through a wall? Reminds me of Wiley Cayote and Road Runner cartoons! How much says he’ll drive through a wall?

]]> By: Carl http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/19/rocket-bike/#comment-518723 Carl Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:43:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15794#comment-518723 Hmmm.... reminds me of this: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/25/surplus-plane-tank-converted-into-small-racer/ Hmmm…. reminds me of this: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/25/surplus-plane-tank-converted -into-small-racer/

]]> By: Alannah http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/19/rocket-bike/#comment-518617 Alannah Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:14:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15794#comment-518617 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. 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.

]]> By: chris http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/19/rocket-bike/#comment-518586 chris Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:34:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15794#comment-518586 [this is good] [this is good]

]]> By: amoebaboy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/19/rocket-bike/#comment-518480 amoebaboy Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:22:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15794#comment-518480 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. 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.

]]> By: the man http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/19/rocket-bike/#comment-518463 the man Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:24:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15794#comment-518463 A rumble seat would have been cool, also. A rumble seat would have been cool, also.

]]> By: the man http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/19/rocket-bike/#comment-518462 the man Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:23:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15794#comment-518462 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. 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.

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