Car-engined bike or bike-engined car?

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  • #10735
    GSXR1000
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    Which tickles your fancy most?

    I really like the idea of a high-power, high-rpm, low-torque engine in a lightweight car like a Rover Mini or Smart. The Hyabusa with a turbo being the way to go !

    I never did though, see the point of the opposite, a bloody great car engine in a bike, but it does happen.
    (Imp-engined bikes, Reliant-engined Quasar, Munch Mammoth, etc.)

    #35579
    sid
    Participant

    i could see myself building a road going quad or sand buggy using a big bike engine but same as you why squeeze a V8 into a bike??? theres a lot better uses for a nice small block engine

    life sucks get used to it

    #35580
    GSXR1000
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    Talking of Dune Buggies, I was at a place called Glamis last year, (look it up, it’s well worth it) and was tootling around on my Yamaha 350 LC-engined quad-bike, looking enviously at all the monster stuff on ‘Competition Hill’ and along comes a truck.
    Then off comes a Dune Buggy with 1000, yes 1000 bhp. OMFG.

    Absolutley ridiculous, with huge ‘paddle’ tyres for insane levels of grip in the sand.

    That thing flew up the 1-in-3 hill like it was descending Everest.

    #35581
    sid
    Participant

    did you build the LC quad?

    life sucks get used to it

    #35582
    GSXR1000
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    No, it was a factory quad, ready to ride.

    #35583
    GSXR1000
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    It was called a Banshee.

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