why has noone made a car engined bike

[freebeard]

In my POS of a country...

I hear the beaches are pretty nice.

[Xist]

Track T800CDI Diesel Motorcycle Quick Ride - Motorcycle USA

I hear some beachgoers are nicely pretty.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by freebeard

I hear the beaches are pretty nice.

There are some nice beaches, none in my hometown. And the Lake Guaíba coast is not really so attractive at all, and everytime that a good project for that area is presented there is always a bunch of scumbags pretending to be "ecologists" that put everything to lose...

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Early this week I spotted this in my neighborhood, a 2007-2011 revival of the Amazonas nameplate, but with a single-cylinder 250cc engine.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by fearlessjoe

i ask..... as the peugeot 208 1.6 gets 97 or something mpg...... in a car.... supposedly

or even a vauxhall 1.3 hdti diesel which is fitted to more models of car then i can even remember can be got off ebay for not alot of money...... ive seen rear ended crash damaged write offs sell for like 600 quid for an 09... and i meant he entire car

i know car engines are big.... but ive seen bikes with all kinds of stupid sized engines in.....

i know the thunderstar diesel did... and the track ...

i dont understand why so few people have ever tried this, especially in the diy world that you lot all love

i wish i had a workshop...... and... spare money.... but mostly a workshop

Individuals have done a bunch,but never for mpg,just novelty custom stuff.Experimental Aircraft Association members are doing it with aircraft as well.I've seen many Volkswagen and Suzuki/Geo Metro conversions.

[freebeard]

Radial aircraft engines. Longitudinal:



Lateral:



Built from BMW motorcycle parts:


All http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/photogallery.htm

Historical:




Both http://langkasa-norul.blogspot.com/2012/05/verdel-megola-unique-5-cylinder-radial.html

Inwheel


https://greasengasoline.wordpress.co...eund-motorrad/

Edit: One more (I had to figure an end-run around Pinterest), a road/air hybrid


http://www.thiscars.com/post/52865421554/radial-engine-on-prop

Okay, two


http://www.coroflot.com/gilesmcwilliam/other

^^Check out the rest of the renderings. Nice work.

[user removed]

The last one looks like a great way to get "bobbed" on a bobber.

regards mech

[Grant-53]

One project my late father-in-law didn't finish was to put a 19 hp Curtiss-Wright rotary engine in a BMW R26 motorcycle frame. The engine came from a snowmobile and sounded like a 2 stroke but very smooth. Would make a nice touring machine.

[freebeard]

So who has the parts? Slashdot's daily aphorism this morning was some along the lines of "You don't truly know a man until you split an inheritance with him."

How many cylinders in what diameter?

[Grant-53]

Frame was sold and the engine is a single rotor air cooled Wankel. It is located in Eden, NY which is south of Buffalo.