colibriman
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 10:42 AM |
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Cool sand Racer pictures
I have had 2 cracking pictures from a potential customer (in Africa) of his off road single seat buggy having fun in desert sand dunes and thought I
would share them.....
Sand-dune buggy
Anybody else seen these pictures before?
The guy has asked about Aprilia and R1 power.....I tend to think they would be a OTT Wheelie monster with that kind of power...anybody else think they
would be overpowered ?
Colin
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chunkielad
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 10:54 AM |
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I don't know about over powered mate, is there such a thing?
Cool pics and yes, overpowered is probably the phrase I'd use!!!
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colibriman
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 11:04 AM |
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'overpowered - is there such a thing?'
I would say Naaaaaaa.....
just maybe think it would be overkill to put a 1000cc engine in it......600cc would be ample - apparently they are mostly going to be used on sand
and gravel surfaces so I think all the power would be lost in spinning - opinions?
and on harder surfaces I tend to think they would wanna flip.....
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chunkielad
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 11:32 AM |
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Yeah I defo agree - 600 ZZR, CBR, ZX6R?
These would be plenty - they sould also put car engines in though - bit heavier but I think probably more robust.
What about off road bikes, there's a ton of 500 and 750s - 750 should be OK.
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colibriman
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 11:36 AM |
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The fella particularly wants fuel injected engines though because there is a lot of variation in height from sea level. hence constant carb
tweaking.......
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locoboy
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 12:09 PM |
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Variation on height? surely thats when they rip off the top of the sand dune at full tilt!
Wouldnt want to be out tweaking a carb mid launch!
Rorty is the one to comment on these sorts of buggies i reckon.
Wonder what sort of rear diff set up they use - could be of interest to the middy builders
[Edited on 10/2/05 by colmaccoll]
ATB
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mark_UK
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 12:11 PM |
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The buggy in the pictures looks very much like a Pirahna by an Aussie company called the edge:
http://www.git.com.au/~theedge/buggies_piranha.htm
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 12:13 PM |
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Colin
Macspeedy and I have the plans for these buggies and 600cc is the power that they recommend. Anything more is stupid as you just break drive
shafts/ujs. Is that lad in Namibia or Kalahari.
Nice pictures......
I may be going to SA soon
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colibriman
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 12:17 PM |
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Hi folks....
Mango - He is is Namibia....Why you so precise?
my reason for posting is to try work out if it's legit or a 'give me your account details and I'll give you 3 million' kind of
enquiry
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colibriman
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 12:21 PM |
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Mark - it does look very like the 'Piranha'
very wary just now but don't want to dismiss it yet in case it's a legit enquiry....not sure yet as to where he got onto my site from...
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subk2002
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 03:10 PM |
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Looks good fun to me
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chunkielad
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 03:43 PM |
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I've just ordered the book from Ron 'How to build a buggy' - my brother is well up for doing one - he wants it road legal
though!!
I'll wait and laugh erm... see what he does.
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