Ickle, and shiny.

I bet this is a right giggle to drive.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C17426#

A fine way to use an auto scooter engine.

 

I've often thought that a scooter power pack would be a fine basis for that
sort of mini-trike. The white alloy wheels don't work, though - should be
spoked, with vintage-looking tyres.

 

Yes, a scooter power pack is ideal for this sort of thing. Not so sure
about a rear alloy, and front spoked wheels though. I'd have thought
alloys were lighter, which is the point of the builder using scooter
front wheels[1] I'd have thought. They should be sprayed a moody black
colour.

Use a 125cc engine, and it would be learner legal? Use a 500cc engine,
and it would be fun.

[1] Even if one is running backwards.

 

I was thinking how good they look. Modern, and at least with clean
lines and no stupidly complicated design.

Put a set of Trials tyres on it ...

 

A sort of modern take on a Lomax. If I hadn't gone for the MX5 was
considering a Grinnal, but the rapid exit after an excursion up the bank
of the one competing at Hartland in April cured me.
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Why would you use bike rear tyres on the front of that? Unless you are
leaning it there will be **** all grip?

Nige

 

Interesting point. Size matters.
Whilst you can get 17 inch low profile car tyres they are very wide.
They would probably make the steering too heavy.

As platy said, spoked wheels would look better. Then you could go for 15
inch rims and the kind of Firestone tyre I had on the back of my outfit.

Having said that, the size of contact patch and grip might be better
with the sports bike type tyres that have been used, than narrow car
tyres.



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I don't think those rims are 17", more like 13"

Again.. very limited with a scooter engine, you just can't fit a 17" in
there... so you'd end up with a 13" rim on the rear, and bigger spoked
wheels on the front. It just wouldn't look right. Can you get 13" spoked
wheels?

Can you get car tyres to fit 13" scooter wheels?

 

I suppose so, given the overall scale of the thing. What tyres are they
do you reckon ?

Hadn't thought about the limitation of the scooter swinging arm - good
point. You can get small rims for junior MX bikes right down to 12 inch
if you use suitable hubs. Built with heavy duty spokes they would be OK,
but you are looking at probably less than 2 inch width. Classic sports
cars might use them I suppose.

What rim width are they?

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Dunno, I'd put Michelin Pilot sports on there for grip though.

Not really wide enough to put some decent tyres on imho. I think that
using modern materials will give you more options. Spoked tyres are cool
in an old world type way, but alloys is where it's at now.

Hmm.. they'll be about 3.5", so around a 130 section tyre?

Scooter parts are cheap and plentiful, this includes brakes and other
bits and bobs you'd need to build a complete car / trike / thing.

 

Spoked _tyres_? You must mean those little tiny moulding spiky bits,
right?

 

Oh dear.. I mean the wheels.

It's the drugs I tell yer. All of the hang over, none of the high.

 

You are definitely taking the wrong drugs!

<goes off on another "high"> [1]





[1] About as high as the mountains round MK - i.e. undulations.

 

Tell me about it. Not allowed caffeine or alcohol either.