Project Idea - Trike ( I must be feckin' mad)

"Lozzo" said to Donegal Paul wibbled like a little girl....

<mental note>don't fucking weld them bars!</mn>

 

Grimly Curmudgeon wibbled like a little girl....

Dennis from D+G motorcycles has now fitted a 5.7 litre V8 Yank lump into
his trike, named Goliath. It looks quite impressive.

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Lozzo
ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS x3.
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ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14, KoBV#3, HYPO#1.
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Platypus wrote

Perhaps not.

 

Another one I saw had only the clutch between engine and axle. NO means
of putting it into neutral...

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Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6? DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#16? FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19

 

I saw what I think was a elderly FZR which had been slightly modified
by some mad Scot - he'd fitted an RS1600 engine in line, inside the
frame. There was only one major frame mod, just under the tank, a
bulge to accommodate the twinchoke downdraught carb.

That had no gearbox, just a hydraulic clutch and a fuckoffandie
enormous rear sprocket. He reckoned it was a right hoot to pull away
from the lights and just wind it on - all the way to 160+ without
changing gear ;-)

It prolly is now, as the fake, empty right-hand can was going to take
a nitrous bottle ...

 

Champ wibbled...

There is if you rip out the back seats, cut all the boot bulkhead and
panels away and then weld in enough strength to be able to stick another
front subframe complete with engine/box in there.

I've seen the photos of the original, and also seen first hand a replica
that some nutter built around 1990. The replica was much better built
than John Cooper's version.

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Lozzo
ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CBCBCB750RSRSRS
BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, two#49, MIB#22, TCP#7, BONY#9,
ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14, KoBV#3.
Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
www.mjkleathers.com

 

Perfect for you then!

 

Ah, right. That explains it

Q. How do you get two engines in a mini?
A. One in the front, one in the back.

 

Or just put two in the back:

http://www.zcars.org.uk/mini/mini_twin_rl.htm

 

Disk brakes are available for Beetles, anything from a cheapo arrangement to
high-tech race specs, (although a lot of people fit all sorts of set-ups,
inc. Porsche). And they did come in a semi-auto version. And they don't need
any water.

I just wonder if anyone ever tried running a Beetle engine backwards? Then
you could have a nice air-cooled, mid-engined setup.

 

Didn't some bloke from Desperate Dan's run a V10(12?) Mercedes trike a few
years ago?

 

Backwards? You don't have to. Just turn the transaxle arse about tit and
rotate the engine relative to it. Cooling might be a fucker, though.

As for the 'nice' part of that setup - not with a VW lump.

An Alfa twincam of some sort. All polished up.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6? DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#16? FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19

 

Current inventory of spare engine dept.:
VW engines: 2
Alpha engines : 0

 

You bugger.

Wandering back from a nice Chinese meal last night, and a
very nice bottle of red, we saw a CG125.[1] And I thought,
blimey the engine block is *tiny*. And I thought, it would
be easy to bolt two CGs together, shift the seat and tank
to the middle, and just use one front end. And, voila,
the Holiest of Holy Trikes.

We could even get AndrewR to bless it.

 

Will, I don't know how to break this too you gently, but the whole
"CG125s are great" thing is a cruel joke.

 

[sniff]

You'll be telling me that the tooth fairy isn't real
next!

 

Do it like the tractor boys and get either 4 decent sized V8s or a couple of
engines from an old Wessex helicopter.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Donegal Paul

You **** right off and leave that to those that may have more need than
you.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, William Grainger

OI! Speciesist ****![1]

It's a fucking hippo, and don't you forget it.

[1] (tm) Monotreme

 

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