The future is here

supercyril

i know that ebay links are not allowed but this is not my add.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/motorised-bicycle ... 2559ce00ad

Da Mighty Chicken

supercyril wrote:

i know that ebay links are not allowed but this is not my add.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/motorised-bicycle ... 2559ce00ad

Just when you think you've seen it all :shock:

bails87

A mate's colleague (in Bristol, so that's not him) has done the same thing.

His bike was stolen, so he claimed a new one on the insurance, then his was found, so he bought it back for a nominal fee from the insurance company....and decided to put an engine on it, as you do! :shock:

hoochylala

Hmm, what tyres for motorised mtb?

Mancunianfightingcat

I had a ride on a vintage version of one of these a few years back, all I can say is - it needed disc brakes!

Hercule Q

i was gonna say damp, extra weight, 30MPH! and Vbrakes :shock: not likely

joshtp

wow, i want one! that is awsome! probably shred tyres though.... and my first upgrade would be some... disks! potential pain with the v's...!

RealMan

I'm thinking with the extra weight on the back, and the extra drive on the rear wheel, you'd pull some pretty sick wheelies.

hoochylala

Now combine that with Realman's suggestion in the 'flying with you bike' thread

SCARFACExxx08

Discs would defo help! but he's used the rear brake mounts to bolt it on

Northwind

A motorised bicycle eh? That's a brilliant idea! Amazing nobody's thought of it before

MacAndCheese

Northwind wrote:

A motorised bicycle eh? That's a brilliant idea! Amazing nobody's thought of it before

Just what I was thinking, what shall we call it? some combination of motor and bike, Bikemotor perhaps?

RealMan

hoochylala wrote:

Now combine that with Realman's suggestion in the 'flying with you bike' thread

Singlespeeders huh? Complete nutters, the lot of them.

Raymondavalon

Damn, I was hoping for a plug on garlic bread there!
I seen something similar over 20 odd years back.
My mate had a bike with a rear mounted Yamaha 50cc engine and a crossbar mounted fuel tank on a more traditional bike as this was pre the MTB era. The engine was a bolt on effort he imported from Taiwan.
It had no clutch and to start and stall the engine you had a "valve" on the cylinder head, pull the plunger up and it would bump start while pedaling and also stall if engaged whilst the engine was running. The engine would also tilt via a lever so the friction drive would hover about an inch from the wheel for bump starting.
The contraption had a thumb lever throttle, was back end heavy, understeered like crazy, wouldn't stop and the friction drive devoured rear tyres.

Northwind

MacAndCheese wrote:

Just what I was thinking, what shall we call it? some combination of motor and bike, Bikemotor perhaps?

It's like a faster velocipede. We shall name it the velocirapidor.

Either that or "motorbike" but that just sounds stupid.

Anonymous

TBH, I would rather have a real dirt bike or a real mountain bike than one of those