Different Kind Of Motorbike

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Kevlarr

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Cool thing about steam power is the HP rating is at 0 RPM, the uncool thing about steam power is having to stoke up a fire and get a head of steam before you go out for a ride, oh say about an hour's work.

Mercedes was actually testing a steam power assist system on a car a few years ago but I never heard where it went. They took a diesel, put a heat exchanger on the exhaust to build up steam and it would get the car going from a stop then the diesel would kick in. It had a small 2 cylinder steam engine that was rated at around 100 HP.
 

diceman2004

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steam power is very high because the steam itself is hard to compress . that thing needs a little radio flyer wagon behind it with some underpaid kid shoveling coal into the furnace
 

Comrade Alfonzo

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the scary part is that looks like the 1973 schwinn suburban I'm addin a Gasbike 66cc to. the tire blew out at 90psi, even though it was rated to 90psi. just chillin in the driveway, I was gettin ready to fire it up for the first time and kablamo. drop the rear down to 60 and gotta geta new front tube :(