don't know why as i've got more than enough on at the mo but i'm bored tonight
I've always wanted to build a rwd bike engined robin reliant nothing fancy, just a motorbike engine bolted in, welded diff, a cage and a bucket seat, then hopefully a piece of clear perspex in the floorpan and a wheelie bar
has/can it be done? for reasonable money?
like i say i have no idea why, just reckon it would be hilarious

 

my mate did one at his work once with a bike lump but rolled it about 10 mins later lol

 

Be a good laugh for drag strips.

 

I'm thinking of doing a R1 powered mini.... http://www.pro-motive.co.uk/

 

There was a vid on Youtube of a bike engined Fiat, looked a bit of a handful.

 

R1 engined mini's are awesome, although theres a few of them about, i already have a mini that i'm building with a top spec A sieries, you can buy the kits for R1 engines so thats too easy
proabably not going to happen for a while yet anyway until i can get the mini out of the garage, then my mum wants me to build her a 2CV
what would it entail? a fancy cage/frame and then fabrication of mounts?
the shell is basically fibreglass so that bits easy.

 

Busa turbo engined minis rock

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fiB9N2nTimE


R1 powerd robin....oooooops!!!

 

i never said it would go round corners....

 

no u didnt

 

my neighbour had one and rolled it 3x times with a std engine, you really cant drive these quick, not as much fun as you would think... do a mini with 4x corners instead LOL

 

Was a 'busa turbo engine Bond Bug in one of the mags a couple months back, ex-cossie onwer too IIRC.

Same principle as your suggesting, just a fuck load faster. Plenty of similar things have been done in the past.

Wouldnt be too hard, all things considered.

 

any one read PPC this month ?
Winner of the Ł999 challenge was a Reliant kitten fitted with a 1000cc V twin motorbike engine !

Mark

 

r 1 engines are 2 to a penny and cheap but busa engines are about 3-3500 big money as every one wont them 4 these

 

bloke who works at a tyre joint in chester has a metallic purple candy flipped bike (think its a r1)engined 4 wheel reliant kitten

horrible little cars but this thing sounds and goes great

 

Which, like the MR2 and half the cars, sooo didnt cost 999 or less all in

 

theres a gsxr 1000 engined smart car isnt there ive seen it on you tube i think and dahlback have an r1 turbo engined quad which i wouldnt mind having in the garage

 

build this instead
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iSmxaORvBQI