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Make your bike sound like a motorcycle!!!!

Make your bike sound like a motorcycle!!!!
Man up your possibly new way to save gas money or just try to be more noticed by cars or pedestrians, whatever it is you can did this to any bike with spokes and with stuff you see about everyday.
WATCH THE VIDEO TO LISTEN TO THE BIKE!!
 
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Step 1Get your stuff!

Get your stuff!
you will need:

Scissors
Playing card
Mask tape or Blue painters tape (not pictured)
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23 comments
Dec 12, 2011. 2:33 AMdkingsbury says:
this is cool I saw something like this on Vat19.com
http://www.vat19.com/dvds/turbospoke-bicycle-exhaust-system.cfm
Nov 19, 2011. 3:12 PMcenglish4 says:
cool, but all u really have to do is run over a can with ur back tire, make sure its stuck, then drive and that works fine too
Jan 12, 2009. 2:55 PMkdw2060 says:
as kids, we always used laundry-clips to attach the cards in stead of tape
Apr 26, 2011. 8:44 AMmark429 says:
that's how we did it back in the 80's ;-)
Apr 23, 2011. 7:28 AM1990cujo says:
i tried this when i was young never worked
Apr 3, 2011. 2:11 PMmelraeart says:
i used to do this when i was a kid all the time. hahaha good memories!
Aug 12, 2010. 1:49 AMK1TK4T 117 says:
i accidently did this yesterday, i got a leaf stuck in my tires and because it was a dry 1 it sounded just like a bike! im gona do uit properly 2day
Mar 18, 2010. 10:40 AMthe_burrito_master says:
I do this all the time but I use duct tape and cut up milk jugs way more sound from one of those.
Nov 3, 2009. 10:24 AMHADJISTYLLIS says:
 It sounds like Harley-Davidson!
Jan 29, 2010. 4:31 PMcambigfoot says:
true!
Jun 21, 2009. 11:56 AMelgin99 says:
I am a kid and I love doing this but my cards keep falling off! I tried using water bottles. They fall out so I tied them and now my bike looks like crap! I NEED HELP!
May 8, 2009. 9:33 AMsharlston says:
you could also use a zip tie
Nov 6, 2008. 3:03 PMarapahochris says:
Nice to see an old idea come back, as kids in the early 1960s we used to all do this. Still a fun idea and maybe now a good safety device to warn pedestrians!
Sep 20, 2008. 2:33 PMMister E says:
Yo! Try using a square piece of plastic cut from one of those thin green flower pots. RrrrrRRRRrrr! Caveat: might do a number on your spokes after a while.
Aug 21, 2008. 9:33 PMBright Shadow says:
sounds nice, though I'm aiming for something lower pitched
Aug 24, 2008. 7:05 PMBright Shadow says:
*nods* I see what you mean...
Aug 3, 2008. 5:26 PMharley_rly says:
it would be pretty cool to try adding multiple cards and maybe have some them double stacked so theres two cards on some of them
Jul 23, 2008. 3:25 PMtacopsp says:
freaking cool , im going to do that

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