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PAUL FISHER - 5/3/08 at 02:32 PM

Just spotted one of these,road legal,65mph,400 miles on a tank of fuel,delivered to your door for just £3800,I would love to see there faces when you turn up with one of them at the Ariel Atom owners club meet

Also,fit a R1 engine in the back of it,could be fun Rescued attachment little atom.jpg
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nitram38 - 5/3/08 at 02:42 PM

Put an R1 in it and you could also be dead!
Looks a bit flimsy for that much power.
Have you got a link?
I think I have seen it before, somewhere like Poland?


Mr Whippy - 5/3/08 at 02:47 PM

hmmmmm looks very small and lightly built, not quite the same thing. Would be a nice dune buggy.

has a made in China feel

[Edited on 5/3/08 by Mr Whippy]


PAUL FISHER - 5/3/08 at 02:48 PM

Here you go http://www.fastbuggies.co.uk/


woodster - 5/3/08 at 03:11 PM

on the 650 buggie it says its restricted too 30hp to be road legal ...... does that mean you could unrestrict it how much more power would you get and how does that effect it being road legal


Mr Whippy - 5/3/08 at 03:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by woodster
on the 650 buggie it says its restricted too 30hp to be road legal ...... does that mean you could unrestrict it how much more power would you get and how does that effect it being road legal


I don't understand this, is it an SVA exemption thing, surely this is a car and should be tested as such to go on the road?

[Edited on 5/3/08 by Mr Whippy]


iank - 5/3/08 at 03:38 PM

It's being registered as a quadricycle rather than a car - a much easier test to get through and the route taken by quad bikes and that plastic car that self destructs on impact.

If you upgrade the motor above a certain limit then you need to put it in for a proper car SVA, which it will probably fail quite badly.


t.j. - 5/3/08 at 05:14 PM

If it is a quadracylce then it should be restricted on 15 kW and the empty mass on 400 kgs.

Or UK does not follow the EU-rules here.

Grtz


smart51 - 5/3/08 at 06:29 PM

it states the engine power as 18kW which is over the limit for a heavy quadricycle, which means SVA rather than MSVA. If it passes an SVA then its road legal.


tks - 5/3/08 at 09:35 PM

also quadricycles cant touch the highway...


t.j. - 5/3/08 at 09:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tks
also quadricycles cant touch the highway...


In NL you may, if you have the guts.....
As long as you can and may 60 km/h you're allowed on the highway.


DarrenW - 5/3/08 at 11:29 PM

Looks good but for not much more you can have proper car.

Nice toy.

Id like to build cheaper off road version for kids.


smart51 - 6/3/08 at 11:18 AM

quote:
Originally posted by tks
also quadricycles cant touch the highway...


Here in the UK, you have to have an engine of greater than 50cc and a top speed greater than 30 MPH (50 km/h) and you're allowed onto the motorway.