The bike was never built. What you have pictures of is the shell mocked up.The matter of £388,000.00 may have been a problem to build and run this machine. Riding position was prone and no safety equipment was shown in cutaway or even mentioned in press releases.
In publicity material John Ackroyd was named as giving assistance, but in his book 'Jet Blast' he does not mention this machine at all. John had completed the Thrust II programme in 1983.
Power unit would have been similar to or borrowed from Sammy Miller (vanishing point, rocket funny car) - maybe a tad too much thrust using hydrogen peroxide as a mono propellant.
The FIM did not have a Thrust powered two wheeler class in their rules at the time of this project announcement. Of course it woiuld have been the late Don Vesco record speed that would have to be exceeded to become the fastest two wheeler when the attempt was announced in 1986 to be undertaken in 1987.
Nick was based in or near Southampton in late ,86 when the project was being publicised,
Malcolm, Derby
