Comments | clever_title: Lord, bless this rocket bike and all those who ride the rocket bike.

clever_title

Lord, bless this rocket bike and all those who ride the rocket bike.

Jun 24, 2009 22:05

From OregonLiveCabinetmaker Bob Maddox, who has been tinkering with pulse jet engines for 10 years now, recently decided to bolt twin engines to Electra cruiser. Now, he's selling the bicycles, with their engines and polished-metal casing reminiscent of a 1950's sci-fi movie, on eBay for $8,500 a pop. It generates abour 100 lb of thrust, good ( Read more... )

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mizerychick June 25 2009, 14:13:19 UTC

No rocket biking!

grayflannelsuit June 25 2009, 19:51:57 UTC

So how is this not just a watered down motorcycle???

Also, I had Rocket Ranger for the C64. It was ridiculously hard. The burly Nazi kept beating the crap out of me.

clever_title June 25 2009, 23:42:08 UTC

I think it doesn't count as a motorcycle because the engine isn't connected to the wheels.

And your copy of RR was the one I played. They had that clever fuel wheel so you couldn't copy the game.

But hooray, Cinemaware has released it for download
http://www.cinemaware.com/clsgame_rr.asp