Video: Why Are We So Attracted to Bike-Powered Cars?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/9oPF-oaTJ2o

Maybe it’s just something in the air. Or the promise of insanely high revs with minimum mass. Whatever the impetus, they’re out there. Here’s a compilation of nothing but bike-powered cars.

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Kreb
Kreb UberDork
12/12/19 2:54 p.m.

Because they are the opposite of electric cars?

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
12/12/19 2:55 p.m.

Huh.  I was always rather more partial to car-powered bikes.

Patientzero
Patientzero Reader
12/12/19 3:01 p.m.

Because of the noises they make and how violent they look.  People love violence from afar.  I'd like to see it up close though...  

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/12/19 3:09 p.m.
1988RedT2 said:

Huh.  I was always rather more partial to car-powered bikes.

See also: rotary-powered Mustangs.

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
12/12/19 3:14 p.m.

Sequential gearbox, zingy RPMs.

therieldeal
therieldeal Reader
12/12/19 3:38 p.m.

Flappy paddles, bad

Slappy stick, good

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/12/19 3:44 p.m.

And I know there are more videos like this. If you have any to share, just stick them in the thread. 

bigdaddylee82
bigdaddylee82 UltraDork
12/12/19 3:55 p.m.

So at 2:04 that video says "Fiat 500 - engine Hayabusa 1300cc 4x4 200 HP."  So... that's 4x4, like AWD?  I need to know more?

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Reader Services
12/12/19 3:57 p.m.

How about a snowmobile-powered Spitfire?

 

Flynlow
Flynlow HalfDork
12/12/19 4:32 p.m.

I like bike-engined cars because it’s the closest I’m going to get to driving an f1 car on the street.  

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