Can a car engine be used in a motorcycle?

Kenneth Thuesen: It is done all the time. There are even bikes with helicopter engines and and old aircraft engines. Look up Boss Hoss bikes. Jessey James also put a radial aircraft engine on a Bike

Dee Depung: It's been done:http://s4.hubimg.com/u/46331_f260.jpg

Elvin Mannheimer: No car engine is that compact...at least nowadays.

Julieta Suleiman: Yes, it's been done. But difficult to do by yourself unless you are an expert fabricator or have money to pay an expert fabricator.3 production models are:Boss Hoss, very fast but somewhat expensive.Chrysler Tomahawk. Viper V-10 powered. Only 10 sold for $1,000,000 each. Not street legal. Show bike only.And the way cool Honest Charlies Flat Head Ford bike. Moderately expensive. Not the most powerful. But very cool.There is a cool trike that a couple of people are making locally.They take an old POS front wheel drive car. Cut all the body from the firewall back. Remove the bodywork from that is left of ! the front. Place the bodywork from the back of the car on the front. Install a motorcycle type frame, seat, and front end. And they have themselves a relatively cheap trike. Parts are readily available. Decent power to weight ratio. And something different although a bit off the wall....Show more

Joesph Smithmyer: Yes, Boss Hoss motorcycles do it. Jessie James even put a diesel engine into a motorcycle frame.

Estrella Northway: Done seveal times. What kind of engine? Bosshoss.com uses Chevy V8's, Trikes were made out of VW beetles 40+ years ago an actor from the Disney studios made a Corvair engined 2 wheeler.

Frederick Mccoach: It is possible if you are creative enough to do that..Good luck!

Chanda Wittwer: Yes. Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD.

Coleman Deliberato: slipping creates more heat, as the plates grind against each other. when the clutch engages properly, there is no slipping and grinding of the plates, but a strong ! lock between plates. the same reason abusing (excess slipping)! the clutch will wear it out faster I couldn't tell you whether or not this applies to your moped, or whether it even has a wet clutch which I'd guess it doesn't. you should be able to find that info in the manual. if not, better safe than sorry- don't use anything with "friction modifiers" or marked energy conservation or other such additives...Show more