Hi
perhaps l should start with a little back ground info, my name is Andy l am based in Birmingham in the middle of the UK, l have always had an intrest in anything with an engine in it, mainly offroad stuff the usual landrovers follow by suzuki's etc but buggys are where l am at now,
l have a honda pilot and a quad and they are great but l now want something with 2 seats as shooting around on your own gets boring after a while
l did consider a bike engine but they have a 2 or 3 draw backs,
the big dissadvantage l can see is the lack of reverse, l know you can over come this but it costs money and lots of it,
they also tend to be noisey and where l intend to use it there are neighbours not to far away, so if l upset them they will ring the council and it will be game over,
also bike engines lack torque compared to car engines ( l think ?) and when you add 2 people and a rollcage its quite a bit heavier than a bike
also cost would be more with a bike, if l were to buy a bike as a doner all l would get off it would be the power plant where as if l bought a metro (as l have ) for less than £100 then l get the engine and cvt gearbox plus most of the suspension wheels tyres etc
as l dont want to spend more than £1000 on this ( much less if l can ) then a
car based buggy seems the way to go ?
l am 2 weeks into this and have started welding the frame together,
things have moved on from a metro to a mgf as a base
l will try and post some pics shortly
Andy
perhaps l should start with a little back ground info, my name is Andy l am based in Birmingham in the middle of the UK, l have always had an intrest in anything with an engine in it, mainly offroad stuff the usual landrovers follow by suzuki's etc but buggys are where l am at now,
l have a honda pilot and a quad and they are great but l now want something with 2 seats as shooting around on your own gets boring after a while
l did consider a bike engine but they have a 2 or 3 draw backs,
the big dissadvantage l can see is the lack of reverse, l know you can over come this but it costs money and lots of it,
they also tend to be noisey and where l intend to use it there are neighbours not to far away, so if l upset them they will ring the council and it will be game over,
also bike engines lack torque compared to car engines ( l think ?) and when you add 2 people and a rollcage its quite a bit heavier than a bike
also cost would be more with a bike, if l were to buy a bike as a doner all l would get off it would be the power plant where as if l bought a metro (as l have ) for less than £100 then l get the engine and cvt gearbox plus most of the suspension wheels tyres etc
as l dont want to spend more than £1000 on this ( much less if l can ) then a
car based buggy seems the way to go ?
l am 2 weeks into this and have started welding the frame together,
things have moved on from a metro to a mgf as a base
l will try and post some pics shortly
Andy