CarKid1989
CarKid1989 Dork
5/24/12 8:36 a.m.

Found this on Build Threads. "Busa with a micro car shell..barely.

Looks simple enough.

Assuming you can get it street legal, and i dont see why not, i think it would be a fun little run about.

Here is the Build Thread page

here is the pics/ info on it

Problems i can forsee:

  • Traction
  • High-speed stability
  • Clutch gettin cooked quick (claims it weighs 900lbs)

Thoughts?

N Sperlo
N Sperlo UberDork
5/24/12 8:38 a.m.

The only thing I like is the cab.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
5/24/12 1:52 p.m.

Call me a nut job, but what's the point? Why not remove the plastic, put a tank down low and build a box around it?

It would look like a Diahatsu something with ass and not a Cushman on steroids.

Dan

PHeller
PHeller SuperDork
5/24/12 1:52 p.m.

Looks dumb.

I'm sure its quick, and I'm sure it gets lots of looks, but I want a microcar for cheap and efficient transportation...same with a motorcycle. This combines an expensive motorcycle with impractical front of a microcar.

44Dwarf
44Dwarf SuperDork
5/24/12 2:03 p.m.

Dumb ass berkeleying ugly E36 M3 box.

dculberson
dculberson Dork
5/24/12 4:03 p.m.

Hey, I like the concept, and like the cab, but I would want to disguise the motorcycle part at least a tiny bit. But maybe not him, maybe he likes it. No big whoop.

mndsm
mndsm UberDork
5/24/12 4:06 p.m.

Looks like a Trex that they put a Daihatsu microtruck cab on. At least it's the same concept, except I think Trex uses zx-14 engines and not busas.

Zomby Woof
Zomby Woof UltraDork
5/24/12 4:07 p.m.
44Dwarf wrote: Dumb ass berkeleying ugly E36 M3 box.

At least you're open minded

44Dwarf
44Dwarf SuperDork
5/24/12 6:36 p.m.

wonder how much traction it gets in the rain with no weight on the rear...? Never seen a motorcycle i didn't like just a few i would not own... That anit no bike no more...

Ian F
Ian F UberDork
5/25/12 2:35 p.m.
Zomby Woof wrote:
44Dwarf wrote: Dumb ass berkeleying ugly E36 M3 box.
At least you're open minded

I'm with the dwarf here... I'm grasping for any positive comments to make...

Toyman01
Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
5/25/12 2:45 p.m.
914Driver wrote: Call me a nut job, but what's the point? Why not remove the plastic, put a tank down low and build a box around it? It would look like a Diahatsu something with ass and not a Cushman on steroids. Dan

This.

Scrap everything above the valve cover and put a flatbed on it with short fold down sides. Then you can use it to go get lumber and kill yourself.

Osterkraut
Osterkraut UltraDork
5/25/12 2:48 p.m.

Awful.

bearmtnmartin
bearmtnmartin GRM+ Memberand Reader
5/25/12 2:50 p.m.

If it can put the power down, it would be the closest thing to having a rocket strapped to your ass.....

failboat
failboat Dork
5/25/12 6:14 p.m.
Osterkraut wrote: Awful.

...ly awesome!

CarKid1989
CarKid1989 Dork
5/25/12 10:55 p.m.

i agree having the bike hangin out in the open is not the greatest.Some body work back there would be nice too.

Still a neat low buck idea.

the trike keeps buggin me. i spend too much time thinking about them

CarKid1989
CarKid1989 Dork
6/3/12 7:57 p.m.

saw this and keep thinking it would be an interesting locostish or trike type thing. A street racing sidecar thingy....

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
6/4/12 5:47 a.m.

CarKid1989
CarKid1989 Dork
6/4/12 10:22 p.m.

eh. 914, its not doing anything for me

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