http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/07/09/gunbus-410-cubic-inch-v-twin-motorcycle-completed/
LOL just saw this thing, and the only thing I can say is, I want one. U could prob roll over anyone in a small car that jumped out in front of u. Which is the primary reason I have very little desire to ride a bike in Gainesville.
Wow...
I need to see a video of someone actually riding it.
Fat chicks love it.
(insert joke about compensating for X here)
59 pictures in the gallery on the manufacturer's website.
not 1 of it running, let alone being ridden
http://www.leonhardtweb.de/en/gunbus/design.htm
I'd have to say...I'd be afraid to ride it. 1400lbs? I thought my TL1000S was heavy at around 500 or so.
Xceler8x wrote: I'd have to say...I'd be afraid to ride it. 1400lbs? I thought my TL1000S was heavy at around 500 or so.
heh I learned to ride on my old mans wing, first time I dumped it I thought I would never get it back up. it's all about leverage.
Not sure we need a bike even bigger and heavier than a Harley. I'm more partial to some of the other links on the site, like this:
Or this:
Ohhh Yahhh....
aircooled wrote: Or this:
yeah that one got me thinking....already looking for a grassroots reed valve source. maybe my old cb200 just needs a helping hand.
Pulse jet?
Yup, worlds simplest engine, I think, one moving part in the whole thing.....only problem is it takes a BIG one to move anything with real enthusiasm, that and just like any jet engine they take time to build thrust. There's a guy in New Zeland that has built them and put em on rc aircraft, those things scream. He also has a few other projects that the governments have taken notice of . There is also a version that doesn't use the reed valve but it's even bigger.
When I was a kid, they ran ads in the back of comic books for plans to build a pulse jet for your bicycle.
stuart in mn wrote: When I was a kid, they ran ads in the back of comic books for plans to build a pulse jet for your bicycle.
Wow, I can only imagine the lawsuits that would come out of something like that today. Especially if u have ever seen video of how red hot those get when they're running.
Spinout007 wrote: Wow, I can only imagine the lawsuits that would come out of something like that today. Especially if u have ever seen video of how red hot those get when they're running.
Of course, they did all kinds of things back then that wouldn't fly today... A popular Christmas gift for kids was a Gilbert chemistry set that contained all kinds of dangerous chemicals, as well as a piece of uranium. 
"Kits from the 1920s to the 60s might include radioactive uranium, deadly sodium cyanide, or pure magnesium foil that burns at 4,000°F, with manuals that told how to mix up gunpowder or melt sand red-hot to blow your own glass test tubes. The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments debuted in 1960, packed with risky experiments. Its 19th-century predecessor, The Boy’s Own Book, had 20-plus pages of chemistry and fireworks recipes."
My brother and I had one of those chemistry sets, and somehow we survived to adulthood without blowing our fingers off or growing extra heads. 
Grtechguy said:59 pictures in the gallery on the manufacturer's website.
not 1 of it running, let alone being ridden
http://www.leonhardtweb.de/en/gunbus/design.htm
With giant exposed chains right next to your feet or legs, I can't imagine why anyone might be hesitant to ride it...
That's not a motorcycle, it's an art project.
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