This is a pretty fun read.
"You had to be a little nuts to strap a rocket to your bike back in the 1920s. Or 1970s. Or even today, come to think of it. But behind every crazy idea is a man just bold enough to reach for glory â€" that, or a rich kid with too much time on his hands and a buddy standing next to him saying "Dude, I dare you.""
http://jalopnik.com/5541903/the-history-of-the-rocket+powered-motorcycle (http://jalopnik.com/5541903/the-history-of-the-rocket+powered-motorcycle)
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Quote from: DucatiTorrey on May 24, 2010, 10:49:33 AM
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Right... like that little piece of wood is going to hold up the rocket bike/missile. [laugh]
Squid ;D
I'm thinking Heli Bars, tall shield and some soft side luggage... voila, rocket powered sport tourer!
But... isn't that just a jet bike with an afterburner?
"just"... like that makes it normal.
So what is the proper nomenclature here?
If you strap any sort of motor to a two-wheeled conveyance, it's technically a motorcycle, so there would be no such thing as a rocket powered bicyle.
Or is it a motorcycle only if one or more of the wheels are directly driven? Then two wheels with a rocket attached is a rocket powered bicycle.
Discuss.
The Human Fly story is great!
If you strap rockets to your legs, which crank the paddles, it'd be a rocket bicycle.