Re: OT - Fwd: WHEN YOU LIKE TRAINS & BIKES
  Tony Galloway

Cheers Greg, I haven’t seen that one before, but steam powered motorcycles go back along way - here’s the steam powered Douglas Self’s webpage with a few choice examples :

http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/steambike/steambike.htm http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/steambike/steambike.htm

Sylvester Roper was an early exponent of the steam powered bicycle, starting in the 1860s. He was famous for dying of a heart attack while riding one :


And here’s another recently built one that’s coal fired as well :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hUMXWNcwx4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hUMXWNcwx4

Tony

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