MOPED ARMY

Just when you think you've seen it all. Well, if anyone has a good terrorist/plutonium hookup I would love to show you guys my flux-capacitor/nuke powered rigid.

Got any pics of the motor? I think I would re-position the tanks or build a stronger cage around them before venturing out around the evil streets of Boston, but I like the idea. I built a pulse jet ped back in the 80s but it put a new meaning to the word dangerous. The flames shot back 30 feet, and once it started accelerating, the incoming forced air negated the throttle and it began to run away. I had to shut the fuel valve to stop it. And then there was the noise issue. 115 db at 20 feet. And that was at idle.

"Bomb-sniffing dogs sniffed my saddlebags... er... bomb-powered moped."

Umm.

bad things can happen off road too...

and then you'll be far away from help..

safety patrol on duty.

looks like fun though!

It looks pretty awesome, is it expensive? Maybe not an every day rider but would really be awesome to putt around your local antique engine show. Looks like a propane fired monotube boiler? I think that's probably the best option for a small bike, light, quick heating and pretty resistant. Plus its clean burning and a lot easier to keep going that coal fired ;) Not sure what you need all that fuel for, unless you intend to run for hours at a time.

I thought it was really cool but only have this one pic. As for the other ideas, I have no idea why to use all that fuel either. I would think less than one tank. i am going to iquire and see if I can get more pics as I would like tosee the rest of the bike as well. I might even go see it as I dont see one in my future but would still like to see how he built it. As far as being expensive, as a home made project, who knows how much material he had laying around and how much he bought. I would think the guy who built it has to be some kind of engineer (no pun intended) to even have thought something like this up. My hat is off to the guy and am going to try and see it and meet the guy. I guess I can never learn enough. I will report back and thanks for the comments, keep them coming!

Eric in Mi.

Just don't park outside of any federal buildings.

Yes size is a big factor, but with the "green movement" people fail to realize how great coal is for this country. I always hear people doggin it like there is so much crap going into the air, when in all actuallity you can do emissions controls just like a car. If you can make a low emissions toyota that runs off of gas you can make a low emissions coal plant just the same. The problem lies in the fact that china, a country with such a demand for power uses coal b/c its cheap. They dont end up putting emissions controls on b/c their country doesnt require it. Hence coal can be dirty if you dont try and clean it up. The air we breathe is the same that they do. If you want to dog on anyone about coal it shouldnt be the United States who takes the blame and is forced by peta or the UN to take action to stop coal plants. Coal is a resource that america has an abundance of... we should become more independant.