Rat Bikes
Ola's Suzuki Rat Bike
A 1982 Suzuki gsx 1100e chassis, with German Farymann 250cc single diesel motor, 5 liter plastic can as tank, dustpan primary cover, deckchair-style foam seat. It produces 6.5bhp which goes to the rear wheel via an old NSU OSL 250cc clutch and gearbox. The engine itself is extensively rubber mounted and rotates back and forward to a quite alarming degree. The cage on the back was for a dog and the blue tube provides heat whever the rider wishes to stick it!
A 250cc Farymann engine in a Suzuki frame. Save picture for a bigger image.
Haydn's Daihatsu Rat Bike
Haydn Franklin is proud of his 1 litre Daihatsu
Charade powerd Diesel motorcycle as it reportedly cost him less than £400
quid to build. Displaying it at the Rat & Survival Show recently (11-13th
May 07) he said it's good for 100mph and will do 85 to the gallon. The bike
has apparently already won more than 20 trophies.
The bike itself has a hand-built frame made from old water pipes and fashioned
with the aid of a pipe bender. It may look like a hard tail but there is a
mono-shock cunningly concealed beneath the seat. Most of the parts arraently
came from a skip or dumpster. The bike won best in show and best engineering.
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Haydn's latest creation seen here in England. It uses the 3 cylinder Charade Diesel engine, 1000cc. Plenty of these cars were sold in Ireland I'm told.
Haydn's 1.6 Fiesta engined Diesel Motorcycle
Haydn's 1.6 litre Ford fiesta engined Rat bike. More here.
A more recent of Haydn's (is that how you spell his name?) motorcycle as seen by Kev on the Isle of White.
B.S.A. Rat Bike
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New information on this bike from Sandy, the bikes builder.
I built this bike in 2000 as my first custom project. It was a feature bike in 100% Biker and I still own it. It has a 250cc Yanmah generator engine with Burman 3 speed (+ reverse) gearbox. I built it in a stripped down vintage style with homemade frame and BSA M20 forks. It is 5HP @ 3000RPM and does 45mph flat out.
Another picture from the excellent Ratbike site.