There’s a joke among media types that any time a headline asks a question, the answer is invariably no. This, a video about a Englishman trying to turn a motorcycle into a mobile pizza oven/delivery vehicle, would appear to be a prime example of that principle in action. And yet, somehow it isn’t.
This “Pizza Dough-Moto” that was created by YouTube’s Colin Furze, is a resounding success! Okay, there are likely some crash safety, food safety, regulatory, and common sense issues with it, but it does actually succeed at making pizza that an Italian chef described as good, while moving around town.
To make it, Furze first had to make a pizza oven out of two steel balls, placed one inside the other for insulation. With a gas burner and a big door through which to slide a raw pizza, the ball works shockingly well, and makes a solid-looking pie.
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However, most motorcycles are designed to carry a maximum of around two passengers. A massive steel ball hooked up to an explody gas canister likely wasn’t on the list of items Suzuki’s engineers considered when they made this bike.
And so, Furze decides to extend the motorcycle and places the oven in the middle between the rider’s seat and the chef’s seat. Along with a wooden countertop to allow the latter to form the dough and assemble the pizza, it becomes a surprisingly useful place to make a meal.
With that, Furze’s vision of a delivery vehicle that cooks the meal while it’s on its way to you is complete, and successful. A victory of convenience over safety, the “dough-livery” bike gets fresh pizza to customers, wherever they are, though they do have to provide their own plates.