Turbine Superbike!!

dansuresh · Scooby Slapper Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Karma :

Hi

Just thought i would show you people the future of biking!
Have a look at this site!

https://www.marineturbine.com/motorsports.asp

Its a tubine superbike, apparently road legal too!

Crazy people!

Dan

Silver · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Oct 2004 Karma :

Jay Leno owns one apparently.

CAPONE · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Karma :

i saw it in that filw torqe,, nice bike shite film....
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Black Knight · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Karma :

Looks very nice! Wouldn't kick it outta bed if it farted!

I would have thought a tuned Hayabusa would do 227mph though...
Heard of a few people adding superchargers, NOS etc.
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foxbat · Nova Slayer Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Karma :

Been out a while. Uses a modified helicopter engine from a Bell Jet Ranger and sounds amazing.
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beast rider · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Karma :

sorry to say but that bike has been around for years as it's called the y2k so you can probably guess when it was first produced.

dotti · Scooby Slapper Joined: 18 Dec 2004 Karma :

Not a bad bike, but somewhat out of my price range Sad

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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Could be fun, but not sure if I fancy something with such a poor throttle response. Imagine riding a bike where when you shut the throttle it takes a few seconds to have any effect.

All the best

Keith
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gavking · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Karma :

Where do the 33bhp restrictors fit though?
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J.K.R · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Karma :

Is it just me or does it look ever so slightly like a whale?
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jimster · Spanner Monkey Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Karma :

Ha ha - look at the exhaust!! You could fit a football into it Laughing

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jimster · Spanner Monkey Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Karma :

Pah, that turbine bike only has 320HP! If you want REAL power, go for the Boss Hoss Big Block 502 V8. 8 litres and 502bhp! And I thought the 1.8litre Honda Goldwing I sat on a couple of weeks ago was big. Laughing

https://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20629-1557277,00.html

Only £40k as well! Bargain! (ahem)

Turbo Busa · Nova Slayer Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Karma :

Not that POS again, they make huge speed claims on their website, but have ignored every invitation from turbo Busas owners to race or proove the speed claims they make Laughing

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jimster · Spanner Monkey Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Karma :

Does it matter how fast it goes???

I say again: 500bhp!! This thing could tow a tank Laughing

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mchaggis · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 May 2004 Karma :

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NSR125-Kid-UK · Attention Whore Joined: 03 May 2003 Karma :

£41,999 for a boss hoss? Where's that price come from? importing the engines or what?

They can pull their head out of their collective arses - the rocket 3's about a quarter of that price, and the engine's only just under half the size. Where's the price come from?! Mad

Oh well

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BigBoss · Nova Slayer Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Karma :

Claud 14.7 to 1 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 May 2004 Karma :

Haha what's Jay Leno had out of his one? Question

Gazdaman · I did a trackday!!! Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Karma :

Blip the throttle in traffic and the car behind you catches fire.

Sounds like fun, there's a vid of one somewhere, not sure I'd have one. And I thought the TZR250 was impractical. Rolling Eyes

Gaz

KevTM · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Karma :

it wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't so fugly. why make it road legal though? pointless.

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biggerjohn · Spanner Monkey Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Karma :

They has this bike on "Bikes Aloud" a while back and it sounded awesome and out on the road it was apparently a well behaved bike (if strangely different) and just brutal on the track.

So what happens if some one that knows how to build bikes has a go at the turbine approach and places it on the race track I would love to see how it would fair?