More Powerful MTT 420RR Turbine Bike On The Cards

Published August 15, 2017
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Marine Turbine Technologies, responsible for the Y2K bike, are making a more-powerful 420PS turbine bike

Remember the Y2K? Yes, the bike powered by a Rolls Royce Allison Model 250-C18 gas turbine engine used primarily in helicopters and small planes. The Y2K ran on diesel and made 320PS at a stratospheric 52,000rpm and a monstrous 678Nm of torque from as low as 2000rpm. It even clocked 365kmph, making it the fastest production motorcycle of its time.

17 years later, the next generation of turbine-powered bikes are more powerful and promise to break the land speed record yet again. Its Rolls Royce Allison Model 250-C20 Gas Turbine motor makes 420PS at 52,000rpm and a tarmac-shredding 813Nm of torque 2000rpm onwards. It can run on either diesel or kerosene.

Transmission is a two-speed automatic including a reverse gear. All that power is driven to the rear wheels via a chain drive. MTT believes that a chain-drive can safely harness all that power because unlike a conventional engine, a turbine engine does not produce power impulses that can wreck a chain.

The new turbine engine isn't the only update on the bike. It also gets a larger 34-litre fuel tank so that you cover a few more kilometers on the dragstrip before you run out of diesel or kerosene. It has a carbon fiber fairing, a tubular aluminum frame which has compartments to store transmission fluids and a 6-litre reserve fuel tank, a rear-mounted camera, LCD color display on the dash, SmartStart computerized ignition.

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The new 420RR model will also feature new Ohlins suspension, GPR steering damper and BST carbon wheels that should make it handle better though I doubt you will go corner carving with one, given its 1727mm long wheelbase. Straight line speed is the name of the game here. And did I mention eardrum shattering levels of engine noise?