Suzuki Hayabusa with a vapor engine hopes to reach 200 km/h!

Bruno Gomes

May 7, 2018

This vapor powered Suzuki Hayabusa will try to break a world speed record

This is something we don’t see that often! Isle of Man racer Chris Wedgwood has built a Suzuki Hayabusa equipped with a vapor engine, and he hopes to beat the World Record of maximum speed on a motorcycle with this type of engine.

This special custom built Hayabusa uses a vapor turbine that uses kerosene as fuel, and is capable of producing a maximum pressure of 2000 psi at over 500ºC!

Chris hopes that this turbine engine manages to get the Hayabusa over the current speed record of 132,6 km/h obtained by American Bill Barnes back in 2004. According to Chris Wedgwood, his bike will be able to reach 200 km/h, and on a first test run he already reached 120,4 km/h.