Black Pearl, A Custom Motorcycle Powered by a Steam Engine

Black Pearl Steam Engine Motorcycle
photo by Marc Quinlivan

Back in 2014 Netherlands-based custom motorcycle shop Revatu Customs unveiled Black Pearl, a motorcycle powered by a functioning steam engine. The bike may look fierce but it is by no means a speed demon–it tops out at about 5 MPH.

Black Pearl Steam Engine Motorcycle
photo via Revatu Customs

Black Pearl Steam Engine Motorcycle
photo via Revatu Customs

Black Pearl Steam Engine Motorcycle
photo via Revatu Customs

Black Pearl Steam Engine Motorcycle
photo via Revatu Customs

via reddit, The Awesomer

E.D.W. Lynch
E.D.W. Lynch

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