radial engine in motorbike

Post Reply
Message
Author
User avatar
om15
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 7756
Joined: Sat Aug 22, 2015 9:51 pm
Location: Dorset
Age: 71

radial engine in motorbike

#1 Post by om15 » Tue Dec 29, 2015 6:46 pm

This chopper has a restored WWII 7 cylinder engine fitted, any idea the make of engine or horse power? I bet this sounds nice, but would the rear cylinders overheat in this configuration I wonder.

Old_Airplane_Engine.jpg

User avatar
A Lutra Continua
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 2527
Joined: Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:05 am
Location:

Re: radial engine in motorbike

#2 Post by A Lutra Continua » Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:55 am

Warner Scarab by the look of the beast.

Reckon it's more for show than for touring, knowing how thirsty that thing is. You'd hardly make it out the gate with the amount of fuel that thing carries and there's barely enough oil there to avoid cooking the engine on a long trip.

User avatar
dubbleyew eight
Capt
Capt
Posts: 1207
Joined: Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:13 am
Location: vaguely somewhere
Age: 71

Re: radial engine in motorbike

#3 Post by dubbleyew eight » Mon Jan 04, 2016 7:49 am

I think you will find that it is an australian Rotec radial.

www.rotecradialengines.com

User avatar
ian16th
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 10029
Joined: Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:35 am
Location: KZN South Coast with the bananas
Gender:
Age: 87

Re: radial engine in motorbike

#4 Post by ian16th » Mon Jan 04, 2016 12:02 pm

Instead of using a radial engine, why not just mount a rotary one, in the back wheel?

:D
Cynicism improves with age

User avatar
A Lutra Continua
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 2527
Joined: Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:05 am
Location:

Re: radial engine in motorbike

#5 Post by A Lutra Continua » Mon Jan 04, 2016 6:38 pm

dubbleyew eight wrote:I think you will find that it is an australian Rotec radial.

http://www.rotecradialengines.com



Ah so. Dome should have given it away. Saw one in a Kitfox copy a few years ago. There's also a really fun little all metal short field machine with one somewhere in the US. Got the radials' appetite for fuel though.

User avatar
TWT
Snr FO
Snr FO
Posts: 195
Joined: Sat Aug 22, 2015 11:41 am
Location:

Re: radial engine in motorbike

#6 Post by TWT » Wed Jan 06, 2016 6:53 pm

You would want to wear your tight fitting trousers/leathers on that thing.Getting your '70's flares caught between the sprocket and the chain was common back in the day.Happened to me a few times.Nothing like having a bicycle attached to your trousers as you lie on the road.I think my flares may even have been purple (to start with anyway).

User avatar
OFSO
Chief Pilot
Chief Pilot
Posts: 18599
Joined: Sat Aug 22, 2015 6:39 pm
Location: Teddington UK and Roses Catalunia
Gender:
Age: 80

Re: radial engine in motorbike

#7 Post by OFSO » Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:26 pm

Image

This one (may be the same bike but modified) has a belt guard....not to mention a nifty pilot on board...

Post Reply