Riding a motorcycle on water – video – update

Some videos you may have seen of motorcycles appearing to be ridden on water are actually passing through very shallow water, with the tyres rarely leaving the ground. When filmed from the side, there is no way to tell how shallow the water is.

In this video, the motorcycle has a planing surface fitted to provide lift at speed on the water, but it does not appear to have any flotation device. It also uses a paddle rear tyre to create thrust to drive the motorcycle over the surface.

Video is 43 minutes long.



Since posting this item, I recalled that the Mythbusters did something on riding a motorcycle on water. The video is much shorter, but as I recall, & the video appears to show, no hydrofoil used & the tires are conventional knobbies. Check at the 1:30 mark.



Formula Offroad in Iceland. Looks like paddle tyres in use.



Quad bike

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