You may be thinking of the Piontek Sportech. It has a Yamaha MC engine.
Sequential shift. To do reverse they used a starter motor activated by a
button. Very lightweight. Very fast. The MC engine is overbored,
supposedly with 200+ hp. If you want, they claim to turbocharge them for
even more go.
Built in Hawaii (last I saw). About 45K.
-paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JD_Kemp@notes.ymp.gov [SMTP:JD_Kemp@notes.ymp.gov]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 9:17 AM
> To: Paul Hagger
> Cc: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: M/C Powered Car
>
>
>
> Paul:
>
> It did?!?!? Hmmm, did my memory fail me? I thought sure that the 'Skate
> had a
> 4-cyl Yamaha, mounted sideways. Perhaps I've gotten corn-fused here.
> Wrong
> name perhaps. I recall a review of the car I described in Road & Track
> some
> years ago. Now that you jog my neurons, I think you're correct, and the
> 'Skate
> is somewhat like a Lotus 7, and I'm thinking of sumpin' else!?!?!????
>
> I'm supposed to be taking that Gecko-Balboa stuff to improve my memory,
> but I
> keep forgetting where I put the bottle...
>
> Thanks-
> JDK
>
>
>
>
> Paul Hagger <paulhag@microsoft.com> on 07/06/99 09:07:19 AM
>
> To: JD Kemp/YM/RWDOE
> cc:
>
> Subject: RE: M/C Powered Car
>
>
>
>
> Last time I saw the Maxton Rollerscate (Sports Car International, 1991) it
> had a Mazda 13B automotive engine in it.
>
> -paul
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: JD_Kemp@notes.ymp.gov [SMTP:JD_Kemp@notes.ymp.gov]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 7:18 AM
> > To: gulliver@peterboro.net
> > Cc: autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: M/C Powered Car
> >
> >
> >
> > Peter:
> >
> > There's a company in Cadda-Waddoe somewheres called "Maxton" that makes
> a
> > car
> > called the "Roller Skate" (or at least they used to!) which uses a
> Yamaha
> > motorcycle engine. It's an open roadster, tube framed, verrrrrrry
> > lightweight.
> > The car looks vaguely like a Lotus 11 from days of yore. Then, don't
> > fergit the
> > "Legends" race cars, which use the same kind of engine.
> >
> > Key here is that BOTH of these "cars" are LIGHT, to the point of being
> not
> > even
> > "real cars"... Perhaps the M/C engine isn't up to the task of dragging
> > around
> > an entire car, even one as light as the Metro or the Sprint or whatever.
> >
> > Could be a "fun" project, however. U upto sumpin?
> >
> > JD Kemp &
> > "Lucretia MacEvil" #13 MGB
> > TLS #54
> >
>
>
>
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