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  I don't suppose it would be Buster Gonad's first choice of scoot.  Hmmmm......yeah, I can see some fundamental design flaws here - getting your scrotum caught in the cam wheel under emergency braking would be a major one.

 

@Crash; chain life would no doubt be short but the main problem with these sort of things is the primary transmission - transferring all that torque from the crankshaft to the transmission.  I know he had to use a three speed gearbox from a late 'fifties Holden as it was the only thing he could find that would fit in the available space with a butch enough mainshaft to cope with the power output.

 

This engine was created by slicing off two cylinders from a scrap merlin that came out of a Mossie.  It's still alive and for sale!

 

http://thekneeslider.com/5000cc-v-twin-motorcycle-engine-for-sale/

 

 

'Course you could always create a vehicle with "direct" transmission.

 

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