Car engine shaft to chain output?

[leonk]

hey guys, this is my first post on the site, i live in Preston and am only 14, ATM i have an off road buggy project that is part of my GCSE, i own a joyner buggy and my project is to make a new frame. thanks to the lovely weather of england, this project is not moving fast. So ive been thinking of fututre projects. One of them is a reverse trike.
Some people may have seen the venom ss, a lot may have but i just started to research them recently. I noticed they have a chain drive system but use a 2 litre superchaged inline 4 cyl. i dont know any bikes with engines that big. So i have been trying to find out, is it possible to convert a car engine output to a chain drive output? or maybe it would be possible to get a reverse on a bike engine. I know you can get a reverse on a harley and the goldwings, but they dont have the performance of engine like a busa or GSXR, A harley engine wouldnt be to bad but how efficient are they on fuel?
all help is appreciated and thankyou in advance.

[The Black Flash]

Hello and welcome

Ok, slow down. You want an engine and gearbox with a reverse gear, but ideally a bike engine, correct?

It's certainly possible to convert a car engine to chain drive, not sure how practical it'd be though.
If you look into bike engined kit cars there are various add-on reversing motors available. Do you need reverse for the IVA test?

[leonk]

hi, thanks for replying.
i would prefer a car motor as it could power heaters, radio etc. But it also means a mechanical reverse. My dad owned a zcars mini with electric reverser and i hated it. although, if its my only option i would, but because i would have a singular rear wheel on a swingarm, it would be hard to fit an electric reverser on it. i much prefer a mechanical reverse.
leon

[The Black Flash]

It'd be worth a look over on www.locostbuilders.co.uk, someone over there may well have experience in that area.

[annodomini2]

If it's a trike/quad you'd be better off with a differential, be it live axle or irs.

[Mr2Mike]

leonk said:

hi, thanks for replying.
i would prefer a car motor as it could power heaters, radio etc.

So could a (water cooled) bike engine. Why not use shaft drive and get rid of the chain altogether?

[annodomini2]

doogz said:

annodomini2 said:

If it's a trike/quad you'd be better off with a differential, be it live axle or irs.

As I read it, he wants 2 wheels up front, one driven rear wheel.

D'OH!

[annodomini2]

Mr2Mike said:

leonk said:

hi, thanks for replying.
i would prefer a car motor as it could power heaters, radio etc.

So could a (water cooled) bike engine. Why not use shaft drive and get rid of the chain altogether?

This!

[leonk]

thanks for all the replies,
about the shaft drive, it would be quite hard to use a shaft drive on 1 wheel swingarm. Maybe if i used on of the BMW shaft drives but im not entirely sure on that idea
leon

[Mr2Mike]

leonk said:

thanks for all the replies,
about the shaft drive, it would be quite hard to use a shaft drive on 1 wheel swingarm. Maybe if i used on of the BMW shaft drives but im not entirely sure on that idea
leon

Plenty of Japanese and Italian shaft drive bikes available as well.

[leonk]

is it possible to attach a propshaft from a car engine to a bike shaft drive?

[annodomini2]

leonk said:

is it possible to attach a propshaft from a car engine to a bike shaft drive?

It's a question of how much torque you're trying to run through the shaft drive transmission?