How do you crack the motorbike land speed record? Just put a jet engine on two wheels

Richard Brown's British Jet Reaction aims to be the first jet-powered bike to beat the motorcycle land speed record. Even the long, bullet-like Ack Attack Streamliner - the current record holder, which hit 376mph in 2010, is powered by two Suzuki bike engines. Jet engines are just too heavy, and too dangerous for most riders. Brown - who narrowly missed beating the record in 1999 on a custom rocket bike - hopes Jet Reaction can hit 450mph to claim the record. The bike will begin testing in January, a team member told Mail Online today. The Jet Reaction 'bike' is a customised jet engine on two wheels, which could hit speeds of 450mph in its first tests this year. The jet bike will begin testing this month Richard Brown, of the UK's Jet Reaction, has created a jet engine from scratch - a 930kilowatt helicopter engine retooled to create thrust, with an afterburner spraying fuel into the exhaust to generate even more thrust It's common for cars and boats to attempt speed records using huge jet engines. But every motorbike that has attempted to crack the land speed record so far has used a conventional engine. Jet engines are just far too heavy to fit into a two-wheeled frame. RichardBrown, of the UK's Jet Reaction, has created a jet engine from scratch -  a 930kilowatt helicopter engine retooled to create thrust, with an afterburner spraying fuel into the exhaust to generate even more thrust. Brown hopes the vehicle will hit 450mph - and aims to start testing in the UK next March.