Formula 27 Kit car with bike engine - video edit and photos

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Just thought I'd share a couple of photos and video of my Formula 27 bike engined kit car.

It was factory built, and has an 1100cc Honda Blackbird engine. It weight 480kg with a full tank and is around 180bhp

I had a load of video footage of driving it sitting on my computer so did a quick edit of it all. It's got a bit of everything, from driving in snow, track days, bits falling off, gurning passengers and some sideways action

Hope you enjoy it

Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0-VGEAG_hI&hd=...

and a few photos-

[MagicalTrevor]

Nice video. What happened to the wheel? Why did it fall off?

[Layacable]

fking great vid!,,,.

I really enjoyed that!

Thanks!

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Cheers - I had had the wheels balanced at a local garage the day before, and the mechanic hadn't tightened the wheel nuts on that wheel. There was no warning, just a bang and I see the wheel rolling along next to me. I was really lucky it happened where it did, as it was on Hartside pass which has big drop offs along most of it, and I had been pressing on before hand.

I know you're meant to check wheel nuts after 100 miles, but i had only done about 50 miles, and no one really remembers to do it do they?

[lewisf182]

Brilliant, enjoyed that video! As you said looked amazingly lucky that the wheel came off there where you were taking it relatively steady!

[MoelyCrio]

Nice, I think I remember your original wheel falling off video.

Have you ever managed side by side comparisons against a Blackbird? - be interesting to see what the gap is.

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MoelyCrio said:

Nice, I think I remember your original wheel falling off video.

Have you ever managed side by side comparisons against a Blackbird? - be interesting to see what the gap is.

I haven't actually, don't know anyone who has one, but would be interesting. I guess the bike would be better in a straight line and the car would be able to corner quicker.

[Mastodon2]

Is that first clip of the car in the video taken at a Fastlane show in Corbridge? Amazing car btw.

Just watched the full vid, brilliant effort. Loads of great shots in there, I particularly liked the bit at the end with what I presume was one of those flying drone things. I recognised a few of the locations too, as I always say, the most exciting thing about going to Brocksbushes is getting to drive through a tunnel afterwards.

The green Elise with the gold stripes is pretty tasty too.

Edited by Mastodon2 on Thursday 25th April 21:51

Edited by Mastodon2 on Thursday 25th April 21:52

[Lund]

Thought I recognised the plate. Cracking video, including mishaps!

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Mastodon2 said:

Is that first clip of the car in the video taken at a Fastlane show in Corbridge? Amazing car btw.

Just watched the full vid, brilliant effort. Loads of great shots in there, I particularly liked the bit at the end with what I presume was one of those flying drone things. I recognised a few of the locations too, as I always say, the most exciting thing about going to Brocksbushes is getting to drive through a tunnel afterwards.

The green Elise with the gold stripes is pretty tasty too.

Cheers - yes the aerial shots were done with a 'drone' - I run a business flying and building them - www.overandabovephotography.co.uk

Good spot about the Fastlane show and Brockbushes

And there are actually 2 Elises that feature in the video - an S1 and an S2 coincidentally both green with gold stripes! They are the 2 guys I mainly go out driving with.