Mobile tea-urn
Fri, 28 Oct 2011
This steam powered motorcycle (not a bicycle, 'cos it don't have no pedals), could be perfect for you if you like a brew at short notice on your Sunday ride.
Built in 1894, it's about to be auctioned and is expected to reach a world record price (for a kettle). It uses a coal furnace to super-heat water into steam which is fed into a small engine. This was the ZX-10R of the 19th century; it reached a dizzying 40mph. No matter how hard I look, I can't find any tea-making facilities on my ZX-10R. Damn you, Kawasaki...
By Ben Cope
See also: French Moto Website Anticipates Versys 1000 at EICMA 2011, Million Dollar Man: Ryan Villopoto Wins Monster Energy Cup, What We Ain’t Getting: 2012 Kawasaki ER-6n.