In the world of ICE (internal combustion engines) and E motorcycles (electric engines) there was a small space left for compressed-air-powered ones. Dean Bensread, design student at Australia’s RMIT decided to “pursue” this idea by producing a full scale prototype motorcycle propelled by the air from scuba diving tanks – meet the O2 Pursuit. Basic idea is bizarrely simple – take one Yamaha WR250R bike, strip all the engine and electric parts, make some room for the scuba diving tank, mount the DiPietro air engine and off you go.
But there’s an immediate question of “why haven’t somebody try this already”?
