Agree. Stationary engines were designed by engineers to be stationary. They are slow revving, unstressd heavy lumps designed to run for long periods of time driving pumps, etc, not for moving along at speed in a motorbike frame ! Did anybody ever win a race in the TT using a stationary engine powering a featherbed frame ?? If so, I stand corrected. But still sounds like a stoopid idea to me. Use your engineering prowess to build something innovative, stylish, useful, which this idea does not sound any of those things. Sorry, just an opinion from and engineer ( i have bits of paper to prove it, and some letters after my name, but never used them as I thought people who did were a bit desperate). All of the above was typed in fun, please don't take any offence, cos I wouldn't give a toss Mr Orange BEng (Hons) Mme Ecert ...something, I forget, never use unless being a twat to some company doubting my twatness'ish.
I tend to use BS (Hons) after my name. Nothing to do with Bachelor of Science, I'm just a master of bullshit when needed.
I don’t really get the negativity around the guys project. I’m sure he wants to do it for the challenge to his own skills & abilities. Good luck to him I say! Bring it on
Asbo uses a lightweight high revving engine to go fast, as fast is something useful. Why don't you take it out, get an old cement mixer and transplant the engine into Asbo? People will then stop and talk to you for ages about how feckin stupid it was to build a 3 wheeled car, that was cold, you got wet and was as slow as a snail with a hernia ! I'm all for wacky, I had a Bond Bug for 15 years. But spending time and energy on a bike with possibly the worst engine is just plain daft. IMHO.
Fixing is the best bit Been doing wee stuff on the ST, and loving it. Just got a link pipe for the exhaust to remove a silencer, can't wait to fit and unleash the noise
Take no notice of the negativity This sits in my garage collecting dust It was a Honda GX240 engine obtained with permission from work I for some reason long forgotten had an urge to make an air engine Had an idea about messing with the valve timing to make it work and the only way to see if it would work was to just do it and put it into practice Well it worked Took it home and showed my wife and son who were suitably UNimpressed and so I just pushed it into the corner of the garage and forgot about it I for one fully understand your mates desire to do something he’s not done before and it doesn’t matter if others mock and pour scorn on him Tell him from me the only way he’ll get rid of the urge is to do it And VERY satisfying it is to Keep us informed as to how he’s doing with the project Better still would be lots pictures and dialogue on the build by yourself or himself
I'm with Mr Orange on this one. Good luck to the guy and I appreciate his enthusiasm but that does not stop it being a stupid idea in my book. Attempting to put a heavy, low power output engine into a bike frame seems to be the opposite of what motorcycle engineering is about. Save yourself the trouble and buy a Royal Enfield diesel! They always get people talking - the conversation usually starts with "What the f*ck is that?"
Some people are missing the point Don’t think it was claimed to be a good idea It’s something that someone wants to do I think it’s cool I’ve no doubt that he’s capable of making another bobber/cafe racer/hardtail/chopper or whatever But I’ve never seen one of these before....have you? Seen a 2ltr Ford Pinto auto in a bike at the farmyard rally Why?.....why not Ever seen scrap heap challenge
Spot on Diligaf. He’s not looking to build a cafe racer, nor is he intending to go touring or scratching on it. He wants to make a unique bike that he can potter about on.
Yeah great show but so set up. I went to plenty of scrap yards back in the day - when you could turn up with your tool box and clamber over the cars. Looking for bits for my MkII Cortina. "Just over there mate next to the tank tracks the hovercraft engine and the Wellington bomber fuselage!
No I don't necessarily think it is the point, although as I've said I wish him all the best with it. Sometimes there is a reason why things have not been done before - because it either won't work or it's just a daft idea. I don't recall a motorbike being powered by 4 in-line Moulinex food blender motors or a potters wheel but that in itself us not a good enough reason to try and do it.
I'm not hating on anyone mate, as I said I really do wish him well and wouldn't discourage anyone from trying something different. However, it still seems a daft idea to me. There is a reason why they are called stationary engines!
By pure coincidence, I've just watched a repeat of Shed and Buried and guess what was on it? A Lister stationary engine! How big will the frame need to be to accommodate one and how will he damp down those vibrations? It appears to be thumping itself into the ground. Interesting problems ahead!
I would love to see it and just cant imagine it I dont mean it to be horrible just sceptical or questioning
