Behold the Black Pearl, a steam-powered (yes, it has a steam engine) motorcycle built by Dutch custom motorcycle shop Revatu Customs.
The badass steampunk bike certainly looks worthy of being piloted by Captain Jack Sparrow, but unlike its namesake, the motorcycle is a tad bit slower: it has a top speed of just 5 miles per hour (8 kph).
From Throttle Extreme:
[Owner Rene van Tuil] was inspired “Train Wreck”, a 2012 fictional design by Colby Higgins, and spent eight months working on an actual real-life version of the steampunk motorcycle ...
Designed to resemble an old locomotive train engine, this retro rider is actually powered by a real steam engine in much the same way steam locomotives turn their massive wheels. The rear wheel of the Revatu Black Pearl is turned by an exposed crankshaft rotated by an eccentric pivot. A bell and real steam horn have been added to keep this bizarre bikes Iron Horse credentials squarely on track.
Photo: Marc Quinlivan