Let's Talk Cyclecars

Reverend Bow,we would love to see your cycle kart project! are you involved with a group of karters?

 

I find the cyclekart format a bit technically restricting; not enough opportunities for mad-scientistery. The prehistory of the movement and regions adjacent were much more interesting:

Buffy-Porson


Alfettina

 

Dawie,that was the whole point of the cyclekart movement....just enough to have fun.Sure a lot cheaper than a GN @ $125,000 U.S.D. or an Amilcar starting @$30 K on upward to the same as a GN or Frazer Nash money...

 

I get the motivation; it just doesn't do it for me.

 

CycleKart is something new to me, are they all reproductions /clones? Bob

 

They are trying to go back to gentleman racing and not "money buys a trophy" so there is a build formula. I got started on one but have been delayed. If you like building stuff I think this will be fun.
http://jalopnik.com/5213293/cyclekarting-extreme-vintage-go-karting
http://cyclekarts.com/index.html
http://www.gittrevillegp.com/www.gittrevillegp.com/The_Cars_A/The_Cars_A.html

 

Cycle Karts, like Bob and Fred said, are about fun, not more Power. Old, pre-war car styled adult go cart
For me, it is a way to build something that fits in my 2 car garage, with 2 other cars in it...

You figure a stock 200cc class single thumper with a CVT will do about 50 mph, with a single disc brake....

I have thought about doing a Cycle Car build when the kart is done, I live in Yuma, AZ, where you can put license plates on ATVs... bet I could get it road legal...

My build is here: http://www.cyclekartclub.com/phorum/read.php?2,13305

 

How about a "Modern" Cycle Car?

RCR Monoposto


It runs the American Made Motus V4 engine... and Sounds Incredible!

 

Yes, Really cool!!

 

I stumbled across that after finding the Motus V4 engine

 

Morgans...

 

3 Wheeler

 

Not quite a cyclecar...

 

Not a cyclecar....

 

The Falcon Cycle Car

 

Hello Bow and Fred,​

Good to see both of you here - maybe there are some other builder off CycleKart from:

http://www.cyclekartclub.com/

In spite that cyclecars and CycleKarts are different species, the spirit is the same.
Only I am afraid that some things are changing quickly and sometimes become "racing to win at any cost", with proffesionalism enter trough huge doors:

http://vintage-kart-company.myshopify.com/
http://vintage-kart-company.myshopify.com/collections/all

So - you do not need to build your Cyclekart by yourself anymore - just to have 10-20 thousand of $$$! Beside many builders use tuned engines of up to 12 HP - that is 100% more power than for standard CK, made by so-called Stevenson-formula (simplicity, low-cost, fun and joy...)

I hope that both of you will build your CycleKarts with succes, and then have a joy and pleasure of driving them!

Ciao,
Zoran​

 

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Bob - maybe steam-cyclecar? Simplicity, imagination and happy faces!
But, probably test-bed for Doble steam power engines?
Ciao,
Zoran

 

Hey Zoran, good to see you here.

You are correct about Vintage Kart Co, $$$ for a cycle kart, but they run bone stock GX 200 Hondas.

 

zoran ,not cyclecars...but here is the Doble assembly plant....

 

Sizaire - Naudin

 

Nice build Bow. I like the sliding pillar front end ala Morgan. I would suggest some diagonal rods to take lateral and vertical forces as Morgan did.

 

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Bob, far away from biggest cyclecar!
Doble must be gigantic automobile, or people were short in those years - or both!
Zoran

 

1928 Lombard AL3 W/ supercharged Salmson motor.

 

Thank you Fred! It has been educational for sure. I started doing the standard front leaf spring setup, but the discovered the Morgan RIP Special (due to this thread), which is a Morgan 3 wheeler converted to a 4 wheeler. After that, I day decided to give the sliding pillar front end a shot. Not exactly standard Cycle Kart, but oh well...

 

Love the tires on the Lombard, never seen those before. Anybody knows the brand?
Gorgeous car btw, the blower looks like a Constantin installed backward.

 

Chances are good those tires are DUNLOP the tread style is called Block or Fort. Bob