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January 08, 2006
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Reminds me of an article I read like 45 years ago, about a guy who rigged a V-engine on a racing bike...
Posted by: Poop Dogg | January 08, 2006 at 09:29 AM
Must'ave eaten some mean bean burrito
Posted by: Nerfy Jen | January 08, 2006 at 09:30 AM
From the placement of the rocket on the bike, it looks like a variation of the butt rocket. I hope that the bolts he uses are tight and strong, cause it that baby ever gets loose, it will be a butt rocket.
Posted by: ArcticAl | January 08, 2006 at 09:38 AM
Did this one have a rocket too?
Posted by: Poop Dogg | January 08, 2006 at 09:40 AM
This is GREAT! Combining rocket science and the Darwin Awards all on one website!
Posted by: Goog L | January 08, 2006 at 09:43 AM
Yeah, Poop ... it's been done many times ... first one I recall sounds like the one you cited ... a small-block V-8 on a motorsickle ... other times I recall ads for "jet powered" bikes, claiming 0-80 in 4.0 seconds ...
The Need for Speed seems to be genetic in us guys, eh?
Roofing-Tar Fuel Speed Demons wbagnfaBIKERband ...
Posted by: U.O | January 08, 2006 at 10:46 AM
- Warning! Off Thread Topic-
Oh, please... All you regulars who were on the Waving Willy thread a few days ago. Go back and read my latest post there. It's too good to get lost in the mists of archival history. (Not because of anything witty I said... Just new evidence that has come to the attention of the court.)
Thank you, and we now return you to the current thread. Which I have absolutely no comment on. Except that a JATO unit would give him a lot more oomph.
Posted by: Ken | January 08, 2006 at 10:51 AM
Ken - couldn't you just post it here for us as opposed to the thousands of people who read this blog trudging all the way back there??
just askin'.....
Posted by: Eleanor | January 08, 2006 at 10:56 AM
secret test
Posted by: | January 08, 2006 at 10:58 AM
"a 2,000-pound-thrust rocket strapped into the bed"
Sounds like a good time to me. Where do I sign up?
Posted by: punky brewster | January 08, 2006 at 11:02 AM
Behind every man with a rocket idea, there's a woman rolling her eyes saying "sheesh" (and checking the life insurance payments)
Posted by: slyeyes | January 08, 2006 at 11:06 AM
Eleanor,
I think it would be out of context, meaningless, and confusing. Much like my life... :)
Posted by: Ken | January 08, 2006 at 11:35 AM
if it explodes, who'll beat the tar out of him?
Posted by: insomniac | January 08, 2006 at 12:01 PM
Speaking of guys we need....I just noticed that Walter's name has been added to "Your Blogging Staff". Go, Walter!
Posted by: southerngirl | January 08, 2006 at 02:25 PM
*sigh*
Oh, all right, Ken *sigh*, if I must *sigh*....
Posted by: Eleanor | January 08, 2006 at 02:33 PM
Wow! I haven't made a woman sigh like that in many moons. Such bittersweet memories.
(Unfortunately, it was often delivered in exactly that sentence context.)
Posted by: Ken | January 08, 2006 at 02:55 PM
Psst...Eleanor....Calculus thread...
Posted by: southerngirl | January 08, 2006 at 03:33 PM
Thanks, s'girl, I couldn't find it -
*zips out*
Posted by: Eleanor | January 08, 2006 at 06:28 PM
Psst...southerngirl and Eleanor...Orwell thread. Pass it on.
Posted by: Stupendous Man | January 08, 2006 at 06:45 PM
pssst, everyone...I read it (cute!) but I don't remember where it was, but it was a poem about a willy, if that's the one???
Posted by: Eleanor | January 08, 2006 at 07:11 PM
Psst...Eleanor... I meant I had a present for you on the Calculus thread....(Ken's comment is on the Orwell thread.)
Psst..StupeMan...are we still hangin' out in the vacuum?
Posted by: southerngirl | January 08, 2006 at 07:45 PM
Psst..s'girl...I think I'm double parked in the Twilight Zone.
Posted by: Stupendous Man | January 09, 2006 at 11:35 PM