<VV> Corvair Trike on Ebay -- humor

[Steven J. Serenska]

Daniel:
>    There was somebody asking about Corvair trikes. Found one at Ebay if interested. 
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Custom-Built-Motorcycles-Trike-reconstruct-Trike-rebuild-with-corvair-engine_W0QQitemZ270517381804QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_motorcycles?hash=item3efc17aaac
>   
Thanks for posting this link.  I am not planning to build a Corvair 
trike, but it's always interesting to look over someone else's design 
and thought processes.

On that note, what was this guy thinking?  Is it just me, or does the 
side view make it look like the seat is a good 4 feet from the 
handlebars?  If the guy who built this can sit in the seat *and* reach 
the handlebars *and* make a sharp right turn, then he surely has to wear 
high-heeled shoes just to keep his knuckles from dragging on the ground.

And, how is the shift linkage going to work?  There's a Hurst-style 
shifter in the pan between the seat and the handlebars, but I can't see 
any linkage or cables going back to the transmission.  I started 
wondering how he solved the problem of getting the linkage past the 
engine when I noticed that the motor is installed backwards, vis a vis 
how it would normally go in a car.  The seller lists the trike as "not 
running".  Given the backward installation of the drive train, I have to 
wonder if ever has been running.  When he starts it up for the first 
time, do you think he's going to discover that he's got a 1-spd 
transmission with 4 different "reverse" gears?

Finally, IMHO, there's a fairly amusing "WTF" factor going on with the 
whole design.  The specs indicate that it's about as long as a 
Greenbrier.  Yikes.  What would someone do with a rig like this?  Zoom 
down to the Dairy Queen for a chocolate cone?  Drop the kids off at 
middle school?  Take it out on Halloween dressed up as Herman Munster?

Wouldn't you draw more attention rolling down the lane in a really nice 
stock Rampside?  Or am I missing something?

Steven "probably missing something" Serenska