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Author: Subject: Guess what this is gonig to be?
Guinness

posted on 6/11/08 at 04:44 PM Reply With Quote
So we are looking at the back of it, and those tubes are wheelie bars then?



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MikeRJ

posted on 6/11/08 at 04:46 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by mcerd1
a powered wheelbarrow ??


I reckon you are the closest so far

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twybrow

posted on 6/11/08 at 04:58 PM Reply With Quote
A pinto lump mover?






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speedyxjs

posted on 6/11/08 at 05:13 PM Reply With Quote
a two wheeled, motor-unicycle?





How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?

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TOO BADD

posted on 6/11/08 at 05:13 PM Reply With Quote
Is your '' friend'' gonna wear a set of tattoos and grow a long beard and wear a leather jacket with a Hells Angel insignia on his back when he ''drives'' it ?
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speedyxjs

posted on 6/11/08 at 05:14 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by ragindave



This pic makes it look like a forklift





How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?

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RoadkillUK

posted on 6/11/08 at 05:26 PM Reply With Quote
I've got it, it's a Diesel powered rickshaw!

Yes?

quote:
Originally posted by ragindave
Still very cold I am not building this but a friend of mine is.







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ragindave

posted on 6/11/08 at 05:39 PM Reply With Quote
very hot now

Very very Hot still not quite right.
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ragindave

posted on 6/11/08 at 05:42 PM Reply With Quote
Here we go the answer....











A moto Pike and side carp

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zilspeed

posted on 6/11/08 at 05:55 PM Reply With Quote
Love it.

Don't want one , but I love it.

Yet another proper bloke in a shed, not a poncy kit car builder.....

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ragindave

posted on 6/11/08 at 05:55 PM Reply With Quote
No it is not Santa on his new sleigh
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jollygreengiant

posted on 6/11/08 at 06:12 PM Reply With Quote
No not tooooo keen on that. It's the engine you see. The trouble with that engine is that the valves pocket and eventually you won't be able to cold start it. Mind you, you can sort of cure it, but you have to re-shim the valves every 20k.





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speedyxjs

posted on 6/11/08 at 06:19 PM Reply With Quote
My next project.
A Jag powered on of them





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David Jenkins

posted on 6/11/08 at 06:20 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by jollygreengiant
No not tooooo keen on that. It's the engine you see. The trouble with that engine is that the valves pocket and eventually you won't be able to cold start it. Mind you, you can sort of cure it, but you have to re-shim the valves every 20k.


20K?! If it's anything like the typical kit car, that's about 15 years in the future!






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Liam

posted on 6/11/08 at 06:35 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by ragindave
Can you guess what locost project this is being turned into??



Ah - i've got it now! It's an understeer generator.



Liam

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Meeerrrk

posted on 6/11/08 at 06:55 PM Reply With Quote
your friend is a mad, mad man.





For Sale : 2008 Aries/Stuart Taylor Motorsport Locoblade (954 Blade)

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scotty g

posted on 6/11/08 at 08:08 PM Reply With Quote
seems like an awful lots of fuss and bother, why not stick with the traditional design.


just kidding Rescued attachment images.jpg
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D Beddows

posted on 6/11/08 at 09:02 PM Reply With Quote
Seriously, will that actually go round corners with no wheel in line in any way with any other wheel?
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ragindave

posted on 6/11/08 at 09:08 PM Reply With Quote
The front is yet to be re worked it will have centre hub steering when it is finished castor and camber adjustment so it can be tracked properly
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Liam

posted on 6/11/08 at 09:50 PM Reply With Quote
I love it really! Especially if you keep those colours.

Have one question though. Bearing in mind I know absolutely nothing about bike-and-sidecar dynamics - why all the effort for the one-wheel drive conversion and the bespoke nearside suspension, rather than leaving the donor's suspension both sides and 2 wheel drive?

Liam

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skodaman

posted on 6/11/08 at 10:06 PM Reply With Quote
Wow Mr Whippy that pic of a blue shed u posted looks like a cross between an Africar and an err Africar. To keep it concour and original it should really be coated in orange epoxy.
Surely he ain't going to put the gearchange there? It would act as a sort of abs system cos u'd soon let go of the brake lever after sliding forward and hitting the gear lever.





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BenB

posted on 6/11/08 at 10:52 PM Reply With Quote
That's going to a bundle of fun round corners!!! It'll drive like a f1 car when one of the front wheels falls off!!!!
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02GF74

posted on 7/11/08 at 08:00 AM Reply With Quote
What exactly is it?

Is it a trike or a motorcycle with powered sidecar?

I recommend you/he do the research first because I am pretty sure the motorcycles with powered side car are no longer legal on UK roads.






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mr henderson

posted on 7/11/08 at 08:20 AM Reply With Quote
I'd be interested to see the gear linkage on that vehicle, Vauxhalls are usually rod change, and although it enters the grearbox at the top, it faces the wrong way

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Liam

posted on 7/11/08 at 12:49 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by 02GF74
What exactly is it?

Is it a trike or a motorcycle with powered sidecar?

I recommend you/he do the research first because I am pretty sure the motorcycles with powered side car are no longer legal on UK roads.


It doesn't have a powered sidecar. Maybe that's the reason why then?

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