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 GeorgeL
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| posted on July 29th, 2009 at 10:15 AM |
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Trust the mechanical engineer!
He knows wat hes doing, cause his opinion is professionally qualified!!
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Why thank you! All those years of college pay off! 
Of course, do you trust the conservative mechanical engineer, or one who embraces a 50% failure rate?
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GeorgeL
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| posted on July 29th, 2009 at 10:17 AM |
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We have a customer who has one, bloody MASSIVE thing!! as far as he knows its the only one in Qld at the moment. The biggest problem with it is when
u give it a crack of the throttle the engine wants to rock and twist making the bike go with it!! He said it can be a bit scary oh and add into that
the weight its a bit of a monster.
Personaly not quite sure why anyone would want one, apart from the "look at me factor" i see no gain of having a 6.2l V8 in a bike. lots of
downfalls tho. Then there is the price! just a toy i supose ....
steff............
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It's definitely the "look at me" factor!
But, there is a reason they paint cars different colors, right?
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| posted on August 30th, 2009 at 09:36 AM |
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If you made the whole car light enough, then there`s absolutely no reason why it wouldn`t work well
there are plenty of good bike donks out there in wrecking yards & on e-bay worth a look
turbo them for even more grunt & it`s all good
here`s one i prepared earlier
ok its front engine, sort of mini-based, but you should get the picture about how light i`m talking,,, it`s only an R1 (cause they`re cheap to buy
& they`re everywhere) we are turbo charging it too :-)
I`d dearly love one of those V8 hyabus donks,,,what a nice engine they are??? yers sir... :-) :-) :-) Yummy tell your mummy :-)
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bajachris88
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| posted on November 2nd, 2009 at 08:05 PM |
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Heres another motorcycle engine for potential conversion :P.
Made from dodge... only an 8.3ltr V10... exactly the same engine as the viper. Rekon that'll do the job?
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
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| posted on November 10th, 2009 at 07:37 PM |
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i've been waiting for someone to do a midmount bike engine into a buggy. 500kg and 200hp with a 6speed sequential box. makes lots of sense to me.
btw, chris, that bike is officially a car. it has FOUR wheels and can't be regoed in the US due to bumper laws. bet dodge felt dumb when that
happened. ha ha 
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| posted on November 14th, 2009 at 10:51 AM |
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i've been waiting for someone to do a midmount bike engine into a buggy. 500kg and 200hp with a 6speed sequential box. makes lots of sense to me.
btw, chris, that bike is officially a car. it has FOUR wheels and can't be regoed in the US due to bumper laws. bet dodge felt dumb when that
happened. ha ha
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Dodge had no intention of producing that thing. It was just a publicity stunt.
Unfortunately, the US is saddled with safety laws that stop a lot of the more interesting vehicles from being imported. If it doesn't have airbags,
for example, it can't come in.
There's a tiny loophole for kit cars, but if a specialty car comes out of a factory it had better be a factory with deep pockets to pay for safety
gizmos and crash test vehicles.
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| posted on November 29th, 2009 at 07:56 PM |
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You guys might want to check out this thread;
http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=128289&p=982506#p982506
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| posted on June 18th, 2010 at 07:33 PM |
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So I can fit a postie bike motor to my bay to gain an increase in reliability and power output? Ahahahaha. hm. I hate that motor.
Is it wrong that I'd like two flat twin BMW motors in there?
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bajachris88
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| posted on June 18th, 2010 at 08:27 PM |
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If u got low enough gearing, u could use a postie bike motor!
All about torque! and it won't strain the motor. Heck, if u got a gearbox with low enough ratios, u could make a pedal cart out of a split window
barndoor!
..... It would just be very slow, as my pedding rpm won't be as quick as a 12,000rpm red line. but if i have it geared low enough, it won't strain
me! till an hr or so, or less depending on hill-ness 
P = T x OMEGA (swap brake hp to torque by reducing angular velocity (ie: revs))
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
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| posted on June 18th, 2010 at 11:23 PM |
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posted by bajachris88
If u got low enough gearing, u could use a postie bike motor!
All about torque! and it won't strain the motor. Heck, if u got a gearbox with low enough ratios, u could make a pedal cart out of a split window
barndoor!
..... It would just be very slow, as my pedding rpm won't be as quick as a 12,000rpm red line. but if i have it geared low enough, it won't strain
me! till an hr or so, or less depending on hill-ness
P = T x OMEGA (swap brake hp to torque by reducing angular velocity (ie: revs))
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Planning a electric conversion for a mate's moke, and trying to do it "right".
I think I may have a lot of physics to learn from you Chris. Methinks we will have much to talk about. 
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| posted on June 19th, 2010 at 06:49 AM |
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Hi
What about bike heads on a custom made V8? http://www.synergypower.co.nz/
80 degree flat plane V8
2400 - 3100 cc
390 - 500 hp NA
up to 12,000 RPM
mass 92 kgs
Steve
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| posted on September 7th, 2010 at 10:49 PM |
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... sorry to dig up an old thread here.. how would this sort of conversion go with engineering approval? Rough idea on cost?
Would the setup be pretty much the same as whats in ultralite buggies?
I saw one recently at a field day with work but didnt have the chance to talk to the guy who owned it...
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General_Failure
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| posted on October 11th, 2010 at 08:05 AM |
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... sorry to dig up an old thread here.. how would this sort of conversion go with engineering approval? Rough idea on cost?
Would the setup be pretty much the same as whats in ultralite buggies?
I saw one recently at a field day with work but didnt have the chance to talk to the guy who owned it...
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Engineers seem to have a relatively flat rate, so whatever they charge, plus all your costs doing it, braking test etc. Not something done to be
cheap. But I tell you what, if I had unlimited cash, or lived somewhere not so anal retentive about this I'd love to try it.
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