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Xb12mel
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 11:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I saw this while I was out cruzin the super cage sites...





I guess all you need is an extra set of wheels and some longer mirrors...
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No_rice
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 11:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

they have been working on that for awhile. i'd take it. heck there are vehicals i want that have alot more than 2 wheels or 4 wheels!
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Wardan123
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 12:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like this on from Ariel as well...


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Jasonk
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 12:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

...the problem with the US version of the Ariel is the GM motor they put in it...
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U4euh
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 12:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ariel company is at the drawing board for making a two wheeled version of the Atom pictured above. The concept drawing is out of this world, but it has an electric motor!
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Lost_in_ohio
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 12:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

They are both really cool no matter how ya look at it.
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Xl1200r
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 01:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

...the problem with the US version of the Ariel is the GM motor they put in it...

Having owned of these engines myself (currently, in fact), and working in a agrage for many years, I can attest that the GM Ecotec 4 cyl is probably the most reliable engine family currently produced.

And the blown versions go like hell.
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Midknyte
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 01:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ariel company is at the drawing board for making a two wheeled version of the Atom pictured above.

Link! Link! Link!
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Sleez
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 01:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://news.windingroad.com/tech/ariel-atom-builde rs-unveil-enertia-electric-motorcycle/
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Swordsman
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 03:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm guessing that's NOT what U4euh was talking about, because that's far from mind-blowing. That's an electric bicycle with an identity crisis.

~SM
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U4euh
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 03:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

No No No, I believe it is in the latest edition of motorcyclist. I'll be home in a while and check it. Think front and rear single sided swing arm and very flat pointy fenders out front and rear.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 07:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I love the Atom. May very well replace the 65 Shelby/AC Cobra as my ultimate dream car. Not that I'll have the scratch to buy either...<shrug>
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Corporatemonkey
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 05:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I can attest that the GM Ecotec 4 cyl is probably the most reliable engine family currently produced.

And the blown versions go like hell.


+1
I am certainly no fan of GM, but I got to say they really got their act together for that one.

Just look at what the Bonneville crowd has done with that motor. Records have been shattering with that little mill.
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Xl1200r
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 09:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yup - it's not all that hard to make 300 crank hp with the 2.0L LSJ variant (supercharged model from Ion Redline and Cobalt SS) without even opening up the engine - all bolt-on stuff.

This all has me thinking now... The girl got her first eye-full of a Cobra recently and wants to get one (WAYS away at this point, lol). I'm all one for putting engines in cars that don't belong there, so a little turbo 4 in a cobra kit car would be killer, AND good on gas!
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Swordsman
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 09:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"I'm all one for putting engines in cars that don't belong there, so a little turbo 4 in a cobra kit car would be killer, AND good on gas!"

Or maybe a Solstice GXP? I wanted one, but too little storage space for a daily driver, so I got a Mustang GT.


Would you believe the stock GT regularly gets 25-26 mpg, including playtime? I've been impressed.

~SM
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Sleez
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Xl1200r;

i have had dreams of building a cobra kit with GMC Syclone running gear or similar, turbo v6 with all wheel drive in a little cobra!!!

damn!!!!
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U4euh
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 11:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Sorry guys it is cycle world,this month. Didn't get a chance to scan it in. Will try tonight.
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Xl1200r
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 12:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Or maybe a Solstice GXP? I wanted one, but too little storage space for a daily driver, so I got a Mustang GT.

I'm actually in the same boat - I really like the Solstice, but I'll likely end up with a new Camaro asuming they don't price the thing way too high.

i have had dreams of building a cobra kit with GMC Syclone running gear or similar, turbo v6 with all wheel drive in a little cobra!!!

That would be a hoot! V6 engines don't do much for me for some reason, though. I'd rather see the inline 6 from a Trailblazer in there or something, lol.
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U4euh
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 06:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)




sorry I don't have a scanner. Both bikes are concepts from Ariel, the top of course is electric and the bottom is an I4.The article talks of even using a thumper motor.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 07:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I may merge different generations of Shelby cars if I build a kit - get an AC kit, and put in the 2.2 turbo 4 from an 80s GLHS or CSX. I've got four of his '80s cars (86 GLHS, 87 CSX, 89 CSX, and 91 Daytona C/S) all with turbo 4s...and I have a garage full of spare blocks, cranks, heads, etc. All I need is that elusive 2.5 Dakota 5 speed transmission, LOL.
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Corporatemonkey
Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 06:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

U4euh, Somewhere I have a vhs tape of a "Beyond 2000" special circa 1987 (I think) that shows off a then new Italdesign motorcycle concept that looked just like the top one, except it had hub less wheels.
Watching it run around a track still has me going gaga.

The wheels used a roller barring setup like you see on some of the wild custom choppers. It looked like nothing was there.
That douche canoe Billy Lane used a similar setup on the rear for one of his bikes.
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