Let's Talk Cyclecars

Four 'convert your bicycle to electric' motorized wheels and what looks like the lid to a car-top carrier for a body. No suspension to speak of and poor steering geometry. Hope that chassis isn't conduit...
I applaud home builders who go for it and build from the ground up, but this will need to be completely redone if it is to have the slightest bit of comfort or controllability.

 

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/retro/bmws-new-boxer-engine-looks-absolutely-spiffing

I like the possible reverse option.

 

1800cc twin...WOW! Long way from the 1955 R69 I had back in the 1970s.

 

My buddy has a pristine '59 R69/S with some rare aftermarket items.Low mileage.Beatiful bike.Those /2 bikes with the Earles fork sure make nice sidecar rigs.

 

They like curvy mountain two-lanes too.We had a lot of fun rides on that one.

 

This is a beautiful machine. It says it is a concept but they should build it. Take riding back to what is should be. No stereo, no cruise control, no huge windscreen. Just bugs in your teeth joy.

 

I really like a helmet with a full shield. I don't need the pain from hitting a large bug or any size bird to prove my manhood.

 

My 1951 R51/3 500cc that I've had since the mid 70s and still ride. The pic was taken before I fitted euro bars and pillion pad. Not for the purists it was a combination of mismatch bits, including the obvious Brit silencers, when I acquired it.
Since my hearing has degenerated I need a full face skull bucket just to tolerate the wind roar.

 

Right. When I was 13 or 14 riding my Whizzer I had a bee fly into my mouth. That was no fun.

 

The Ellembee special, built in 1935 by Leslie M. Ballamy to demonstrate his IFS. Said to be built on a 1928 A7 Chummy chassis, it was destroyed in 1936 when on loan. Does anyone know what those wheels are from? Ford Y? Morris?

 

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/12/original-drawings-of-3-wheeled-car.html

 

schmitt

 

Inter 175a 1955 Inter 175a 1956
Sound of the Westinghouse Gyrostarter of an Inter 175a from 1956
https://www.zwischengas.com/ton/Int...Leerlauf/537a363e-a293-42ff-86fb-9314b534dff6

 

I've been trying to find some of those Nuvolari goggles.

 

fredvv44, pretty close.
https://classicpartsltd.com/goggles/italian-classic-goggles/nannini-goggles/nannini-hot-rod.html

 

Thanks but not for that price.

 

Here's a slightly cheaper alternative. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pspages/aviatorgoggles.php?clickkey=5239928
Or a bit pricier. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pspages/halcyanGoggles.php
Or more mid range. https://www.sportys.com/wrightbros/chrome-barnstormer-goggles.html
Guess my aviation background helps sometimes.

 

Ewan Cameron and his son

 

Amilcar C6

 

1933 Raleigh Rickshaw. No one looks particularly happy to be there...

 

A still from the classic comedy Monsieur Hulot's Holiday.

The car is said to be a modified 1924 Salmson AL3.

 

If you recall the movie, there is a scene where two women are seated in the back and Hulot attempts to repair a flat by jacking the rear of the car. The result is only to jack up the women's seat. Thus, the rear was modified to allow the special effect.

 

1953 and you still have to pay to watch it.

 

Yes, but I suspect there were other mods as well.

 

This guy smoke 'in a cigarette?!! How in the world did he light it?
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