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Re: Goggomobil is it worth restoring?
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 9:03 pm
by JPB
All bearing faces subject to even loading....
Cobblers! Look at how the trunnion is biased relative to the crank and to each pair of cylinders, that's a collection of stress-related failures waiting to happen there. But I
still like that it's different and the bike as a whole is far more desirable than - say - a Tomos moped, even though [Tomoses] were once my most lusted after form of two wheeled transport.
Goggomobil? Stuff a BMW K100 engine in the boot and have done with it, then you'd still be able to use the rear seats.
Re: Goggomobil is it worth restoring?
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 10:23 pm
by zipgun
Hmmm ,wiki says there are only 5 John Wooler bikes with the wonky rocker engine..I know where there's one
well , two, coz there's one in Sammy Millers ,where i took those pics ...
Clever engineer ,I reckon he found sines, cosines, and logarithms really easy at school
Re: Goggomobil is it worth restoring?
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:19 pm
by mach1rob
Phil P wrote:Many years ago there was a custom Hot Rod called 'Tweety Pie'. It was a 4 seat 4 wheel Isetta from what I remember. The engine was an Alison V12. I'm not sure whether it actually ran or if was a 'If it don't go chrome it' show car.
Close I suppose...
not quite so close
Re: Goggomobil is it worth restoring?
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 7:16 am
by rich.
is this the finished product
