Just saw this kit and thought it might interest some
http://www.pro-motive.co.uk/4.html

All very neat

Jon

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Roundies and Clubbies(except vans) are both ugly that is why I have Midas and a van
1293 Mini Midas Bronze,1275 Clubman van

Thats is neat work. Pity you cant register it in Australia

There is no evidence to suggest you CANNOT register a bike powered car in Australia.

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But he's thriving and striving and hugging the turns.

just circumstantial evidence it'd cost a fortune

very neat install - comes with fitting instructions "read the mini workshop manual"

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX0lSgGQ9yw
video of it seems good too.

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real men race downhill - keiichi tsuchiya

I would love to see the diff on it.

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But he's thriving and striving and hugging the turns.

I call BS on this.....................(no offence Simon).

No one has seriously attempted a motorcycle engined conversion that we know of, principally to get road-registered as a daily driver. I think its potentially a lot of smoke and mirrors and I call shenanigans!!

JC - its up to us!!

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"Not Speeding Officer..........Qualifying"

This kit does not have a reverse gear which is required when bike engines are fitted to cars.

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Roundies Rule !!!

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Roundies Rule !!!

Thats ludicrous............

I would simply use a Quaife or Taggert unit with integral reverse, or reversing motor on the output shafts.

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"Not Speeding Officer..........Qualifying"

Agreed, depending on gearbox, with a quaife unit you could have 5-6 gears going forwards and reverse

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Roundies Rule !!!

I can't believe that they put all that work into engineering such a neat kit, and then blow away the integrity of their product by suggesting "gravity" as a option for reverse.

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One should never skimp on the zip ties.

Why didn't they think of putting bike engine in the front, in the first place...That looks very neat

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

people say that it would cost a fortune to get one road registered. anybody actually know what sort of money would be involved??

Surely a bike motor would follow the same scrutiny as a VTEC or 4EFTE conversion. ie engineering and all.

I've emailed the guy to see what sort of extras would be needed with the kit. I'll post up if i get a response. I would love to see one of these in the flesh.


Cheers
Heath

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Torque Steer is a very evil thing. Fun..... but evil.

West Aussie Mini Boys Represent...!!!

The problem is that bike engines come under different rules to car engines. The rules for car engines are much stricter than bikes. (ie: catalytic converters) I doubt very much that any registration body in Australia would let a bike engine through.