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Force of Nature - Steam Rocket Bike

Steam Rocket Bike

Steam Rocket Bike

'Force of Nature' is a steam powered 'Rocket' motorcycle built for drag racing, record breaking, exhibitions and events. It uses the latent energy of super-heated pressurised water released through De laval nozzles, where it turns to steam and creates the thrust to propel the bike forwards.

The design brief was to create a Rocket bike like no other: Build quality to rival THE BEST, as well as unique green credentials. No proprietary motorcycle parts were to be used unless they were deemed un-improvable! The idea was to build a steam powered Rocket bike with a potential speed of 200+mph, which had never been achieved before.

Chief designer and engineer Graham Sykes has been involved in straight-line motorsport since 1979. Graham has worked on many prestigious projects including six years as race engineer for Vauxhall's championship winning British and European Touring Car Team, engineer and key team member for the 'Firestorm' jet powered dragster and is currently part of the engineering team working on '52 Express', a world land speed record motorcycle. 

Graham Sykes Steam Rocket Bike

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Fastest bike ever to the 1/8th mile

11th of November was a memorable day for Team "Force of Nature" as we hired Elvington to attempt a shot at beating the fastest bike ever to the 1/8 mile. With Phil Wood taking the riding duties as I have damaged my shoulder riding ther bike previously, he didn't dissapoint! We ran a 3.284 second 1/8th beating the record of 3.3671 by 0.083 of a second.  We are really pleased as we ran out of fuel after only 1.9 seconds (310 ft) and coasted through the 1/4th mile trap to a 6.165 seconds showing that the 6.1G acceleration is there, and we need to work on the ...more

Fastest bike ever to the 1/8th mile

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