`
Testing 21.02.20 melbourne 17.18 Sept finishing line Melbourne Side shot Steam Rocket Bike Steam Rocket Bike Records Meeting Force of Nature Elvington John Bearby Melbourne testing 21.02.20 Melbourne Steve McDonald Melbourne Records Meeting

Force of Nature - Steam Rocket Bike

Steam Rocket Bike

Steam Rocket Bike

'Force of Nature' is a steam powered 'Rocket' motorcycle built for drag racing, record breaking, exhibitions and events. It uses the latent energy of super-heated pressurised water released through De laval nozzles, where it turns to steam and creates the thrust to propel the bike forwards.

The design brief was to create a Rocket bike like no other: Build quality to rival THE BEST, as well as unique green credentials. No proprietary motorcycle parts were to be used unless they were deemed un-improvable! The idea was to build a steam powered Rocket bike with a potential speed of 200+mph, which had never been achieved before.

Chief designer and engineer Graham Sykes has been involved in straight-line motorsport since 1979. Graham has worked on many prestigious projects including six years as race engineer for Vauxhall's championship winning British and European Touring Car Team, engineer and key team member for the 'Firestorm' jet powered dragster and is currently part of the engineering team working on '52 Express', a world land speed record motorcycle. 

Graham Sykes Steam Rocket Bike

Latest News

New larger Vessel and upgrades for 2026

New Vessel and bike updates for 2026 We are currently in the process of building the new 2026 set up which will increase the power and duration of the rocket motor from 32 ISP to around 40 ISP. Also the new Pressure Vessel is 30% larger so we can carry more water to give a total thrust duration of 3 plus seconds . The goals we have set are initially to try and run over 200mph and run sub 5.5 seconds 1/4 mile, and our ultimate aim is to run a standing 2 second 1/8th and a 4 second 1/4 mile in the same run.  Something that no bike has ever done before. We ...more

New larger Vessel and upgrades for 2026

Our Sponsors