My Nana recently moved into a rest home, and offered me up her genuine one lady owner 1993 Columbus 300,
Which is to those not in the know, is in fact a mobility scooter.
We looked into the Guinness World Record rules on a mobility scooter, and it says as long as it looks like a production standard scooter then its eligible.
So we decided to go for the world land speed record... the current record is 71mph, were aiming for 100mph (160kph)
Stats:
KTM 300cc two stroke.
Pro-circuit expansion chamber and tuned length exhaust
4 wheel conversion
Radiator under the floor
Fuel tank in the basket behind the seat
front disc brakes, no rear brakes (burnout machine)
super stiff coilovers (aka no suspension)
rad 6x3 mag wheels
clutch set up on handle bars
Hybrid electric start . so its an electric motor connected to the rear axle via a 1 way bearing, in other words powered crash start capability (pcsc)
This last pic is the most recent, and its what it will pretty much look like at the end of the build, oh except ill be in full leathers instead of shorts and chandals.
Gona be a handful at 100mph...
As you can see you can hardly notice the 40hp motor under the faring, so id say it looks factory enough.
The exhaust is now done, as is the shifter set up. The last things left to do is bore/hone the cylinder, put the motor back together, and make a trigger wheel for the megasquirt ecu, and it should run.
Oh and has any one got a good witty/catchy name? all we can come up with so far is Mo-billy-T-James and Indian Scoot
