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- jeadly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22The article (and everything else I've read about this) says 180mph to 280mph in 10 seconds. Not 0-280.
- Lord_oftheTrons, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24I am sure that the chance of survival is .0000001% in one of those suckers. I don't care about the article claiming about the safety features. That sucker isn't even a match for a midsize car, let alone all the SUVs out there. The article title should be "0-280mph in 10 sec. - The Jet Coffin"
- mcbesq, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21No. This is useful transportation. It will transport morons out of the gene pool.
- klamathvx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Also the next step in the evolution of the Darwin Awards
- TheGalacticFork, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9This thread is worthless without videos!
:p
Looks cool, but I really can't see a useful application for it, yet -- well, maybe if you're looking to get across those salt flats really quickly and don't want to get in an aircraft. - Cojawfee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8How is this a jet motorcycle. Last time I checked, anything called "Jet ***" had a jet engine in it. This just has an electric motor and a traditional internal combustion engine.
- superpatty, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6misreported it's 180-280 in 10 secs not 0-280
- jmoorse, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10Of course, we could always let them loose in Florida, where there is no helmet law...
- longofest, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5That looks one heck of a lot like a Motorcycle... yeah...
Although if you are going 280mph, I guess you don't want to have the wind in your face anymore. - TridenTBoy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3So the thing goes 280mph and gets 62mpg? Well if it didn't look like *****, I'd probably get it.
- Dolec, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I posted this article to prove to a friend a couple of simple digg theories:
If you want diggs, submit a story with an almost truthful title.
Post something trivial.
The title must express something extraordinary.
The title or the description should never be a blatant lie, only a misinterpretation.
What this creates:
Controversy = comments
Readers who try to correct the post, look silly since the post is trivial.
Most importantly, it creates diggs.
Welcome to 21st century reporting! - mcbesq, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5File under "0 to fractured skull in under 10 seconds"
- davidemm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Well, if everyone owned smaller cars then no one would need a tank to protect themselves.
Soon something will come out the size of an M1-Abrams and then SUVs will not be safe anymore either so everyone will need to get a new "safe" car. - TheHim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Acabion GTBO 70 stats:
490 Nm at 6.900 rpm
700 HP at 9.300 rpm
0-450km/h -> 19sec
vmax: 600km/h
:O - petiejoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1sensationalistic headlines are nothing new- "Real" newspapers have been using them for forever. Yes, I caught the difference between a "Jet Powered" bike and a normal internal combustion (I'd certainly hope I would, considering I work for one of the largest manufacturers of gas turbine aka jet engines in the world), but this thing--assuming it's real-- is still way cool and deserves a digg.
- ChrisGranger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Completely absurd. Only a handful of people on Earth have the skills and reaction times necessary to drive this thing at its performance extremes. I personally can't think of too many roads in my fair country that would support 280mph (at half-throttle?!) either, even if they were completely empty of other vehicles, which of course they rarely are.
What does this have to do with efficiency again? Redesign it with the goal of a useful top speed (90-100mph maybe) and extremely high fuel economy and I'll be impressed.
Models on the maker's website have top speeds listed as > 600km/h (about 370mph). Where exactly are you going to use this, besides the Bonneville Salt Flats? Could these even be street legal anywhere? - Schmitty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1SUV's are no safer than a mid-sized sedan with the same safety features. That's pure myth. Quite honestly, I feel safer in my little coupe behind the wheel than in something like a Suburban. It also helps to zoom in and out of traffic. Something not possible for the size-ego-challenged that just HAVE to have an Excursion to one-up the Smith's.
- M3Parker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1agree with most of the posts... "WHY??"
- fartingmenace42, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4"we know it can go from 180-280 mph in 10 seconds" not 0-280 in 10 sec. no digg
- DigeratiPrime, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1persons posting to digg need to read the articles they submit.
persons that RTFA and find the digg wrong or misleading should report the digg as inaccurate.
[edit] shoot, clicked the wrong reply button. - osbjmg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1180-280 in 10 seconds, not 0-280
I knew you messed something up bud, jets aren't terribly good at accelerating from the stop. - Krellan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3This seems a lot like the super-motorcycle seen a few years ago:
http://marineturbine.com/motorsports.asp
http://web.archive.org/web/20010602195628/http://www.marineturbine.com/y2kinnov.htm
Anyone remember seeing this? Nice looking, too. - Enhyven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The point of a motercycle going this fast in a speed regulated world is?
- JethroSquid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No jet in this bike and it's 180-280mph in 10 seconds, not 0-280!!
Sadly, with many Digg posts, I've now come to expect the title to bear little resemblance to the article itself.
This post being a perfect example.
This is to attract all those suckers who digg an article on reading the title only. - silverstrike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why is he getting modded down? He's absolutely right.
Even Nascar drivers, professionals who devote their lives to driving at high speed, crash frequently and disasterously. And that ignores that Nascar is around 200 mph and consists of cars going in the same direction while only making the same consistent 4 left turns. - dmann, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"OH CRAP! A POTHOLE!!!"
Dead
Didn't Anthony Hopkins drive this in THE WORLDS FASTEST INDIAN? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Those training wheels don't boost my confidence in this vehicle.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1so when can i get this?
- thetron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is old. They had it on TechTV yonks ago
- rabiddogma, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Sounds like an incredibly expensive way to commit suicide.
- jnolan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Top fuel dragsters do 0-330 mph in 4.5 seconds, so no your skin would not peel off."
and in top fuel you are sitting in a cockpit with a full array of restraints, and the aerodynamics are taking a lot of that wind up and over the cockpit. - burningheretic6, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2That looks totally safe...
- cawpin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Top fuel dragsters do 0-330 mph in 4.5 seconds, so no your skin would not peel off.
- fnot, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6...and he never came back
- mxman420, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1OK....this is area of my expertise. I have been a M/C mechanic professionally for over 17 years, and have worked on/fixed my own M/C for 31 years. I am a graduate of MMI and in the top 1% of all graduates. I have also been trained by by the factory BMW, Ducati, and H/D and am considered by them to be one of the top parts and service managers in the country.
All I can say about this, until someone actually gets a production version, is YAWN!!!!!!
You wanna make a one or two off, fine. Put it into production, or furnish the main stream with something that backs up your claim.
Oh....BTW...I have a cold fusion device for sale...only $2 US.
Oh yeah, and did I mention, it gives happy endings? - TheCheeta, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Please mod this down as inaccurate. Then repost it with an accurate title.
If nothing else, please read TFA before you post them... we have a hard enough time around here with people DIGGing before they RTFA... we certainly don't need a bunch of people doing this before they post the damn thing. - jafojsharp, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Digg++ fot the guy that made the comment on that site stating:
"If my Geo (treehugger friendly) could reach 150+mph and happened to crash...I would be dead...the car would compress itself into dark matter"
That made me ROTFLMAO - duckedtapedemon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0sounds like something for a james bond movie, except a bit lacking on style.
- MrFisty, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Great, plus it'll save on expensive doctor's bills. Because if you stack at 280mph, I don't think you'll be visiting intensive care.
- domokunt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2would be terribley unstable in cross winds. and anyway real bike = more fun, trust me ;)
- 2ltkap, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1...What's that on the highway??? it's a piece of chewing gum...eject, eject, eject....
If this thing actually made contact with anything larger than a bee at 280 mph it would crumple together
like it was going through a black hole. Your funeral would consist of prayers over a cup of lumpy hot chocolate looking stuff they strained from the wreckage.
I will end with the quote from Robocop.."I want something that goes really fast and gets really ***** gas mileage" - Cerberus047, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2id buy one and ram it into work so i wont be late!
- mrops, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Thats not a bike, the designer was short of material while designing a plane, figured. eh... who needs wings.
- daemonx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Did you check out the coverage about the ENZO crash in the article...
- edmcguirk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+01 - It doesn't actually exist.
2 - It's not actually possible:
2a - the HP is based on claimed HP for a similar drag race engine
2b - the MPG is not based on actual MPG, it's based on aero drag at speed not MPG of a drag race motor actually cruising at that speed.
It's vaporware. - hellno, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2If they can make it stable and work well then I would definitely get one of those...
- capn_caveman, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6Human reaction times not fast enough for this.
- DalekoProvidek, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2nothing like digging a secondhand story.
no digg. - Dolec, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Welcome to reporting in the 21st century. ;)
- panique, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Hey man! Glad to meet you, ya know, someone else who knows how to read unlike most everyone else out here.
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