I'd be willing to bike to work if I had this...

http://www.cnet.com.au/norah-the-jet-bike-horribly-unsafe-terribly-fun-339344566.htm

Looks just stupid and crazy enough for us GRMr's

I'd at least wear a full face helmet. Just because.

t25torx wrote: I'd at least wear a full face helmet. Just because.

Because it will add some hearing protection, that's one reason

I'm sorry. That doesn't look remotely dangerous to me. Dangerous is when you are riding around texting motorists with their heads planted firmly up their butts.

Pilot Induced Oscillation = beaten to death by a hot pipe.

Popular Mechanics magazine ran these ads every month when I was a kid:

I believe it was a pulse jet, basically the same technology as the WWII German V-1 buzz bombs.

Pulse jets are VERY loud. That one is clearly missing a fuel tank also (normally run on propane).

That said, at some point I am planning on trying to mount a Chinese style (straight style, rather then the trombone style shown) on a motorcycle frame and see if I can get to run off of gas (starting with propane though).

The one shown in the ad above is a vane style (the most complex) which is the same style used on the V1.

aircooled wrote: That one is clearly missing a fuel tank also (normally run on propane).

The tube you see in the lower left goes to the propane tank in the van being driven alongside him. Just to complete the picture...

In reply to 1988RedT2:

And you're also riding around like an shiny happy person.

If I was making a jet bike, I doubt I'd use a Raleigh Twenty folding bike as the chassis. 20 inch wheels, darty steering, and brakes that are questionable at cruising speed - seriously?

bastomatic wrote: If I was making a jet bike, I doubt I'd use a Raleigh Twenty folding bike as the chassis. 20 inch wheels, darty steering, and brakes that are questionable at cruising speed - seriously?

This was my thought. The jet didn't scare me nearly as much as the bike it was attached to.

Grizz wrote: In reply to 1988RedT2: And you're also riding around like an shiny happy person.

Because he's riding a bike or because he isn't driving and texting?

it would be faster if the air intake and exhaust weren't both pointing in the same direction...