Can I Get This Motorcycle Powered LeMons Racecar Running?

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[@dalewyatt1321]

So, a man goes into his shed, sees the street signs he stole and the bike he crashed, had some beer and gave birth to that. Good man.

[@Uz7Racer]

i just have missed the mr2 part

[@bigtoelittlefinger6133]

That wit it's all aboot

[@EALordBaal]

Cursed man imo.

[@obeseperson]

@@EALordBaalbe afraid

[@robn6315]

😂😂No wonder he was so sentimental about it

[@alexandresimoes8714]

Dan... Camera man, editor, umbrella holder, Ai robot. What a versatile dude

[@Uz7Racer]

and a well cooked lobster

[@SaltyOldBastard]

Dan da man

[@skoobyj4315]

Everybody needs a Dan

[@user-lu6lh2qx8n]

You forgot spider expert

[@cjhickspe1399]

The adjustable spoiler really sells it.

[@dejen3303]

When that engine started? I've been a mechanic for 40 years and I still do the celebration when I get something working that wasn't. That feeling of success never gets old.

[@dogyerf21]

This whole channel is about jumping from one unfinished project to the next. Nothing ever gets done. You guys are fun to watch, just start finishing or following up on projects.

[@ahoneyman]

Not sure how many of these bikes are his to finish.

[@jdrob1840]

Your first sentence. This channel is about getting things running. Everything else is bonus content.

[@marting.4505]

reminds me of myself a bit. I'm like a dog chasing a rabbit, then getting distracted by a squirrel, then chasing a totally different thing altogether.

[@crjlife_9082]

Don’t let your life insurance provider know you’re within 10ft of this thing lol

[@michaelkrenzer3296]

As (very) seasoned Lemons team captain may I welcome you to the madness. Hope you take it to a race.

[@michaelkrenzer3296]

Just make sure it can pass current tech...a lot has changed in 5-10 years.

[@BlueTrane2028]

@@michaelkrenzer3296 this, absolutely.

[@flb78]

Can confirm, Mike is well seasoned.

[@kevintemmer3893]

Pretty sure I saw this car in person at HPR. Seem to recall duct tape used as axle boots. (Worked exactly as well as you would expect)

[@Xargsify]

As someone who's been doing Lemons for 18 years and working on bikes for 30+, have fun with it! If it's the CBR1000 gen i think it is keep a serious eye on the oil level. Counterintuitively longer chains with bigger sprockets hold up better, and a quality o/x-ring chain will serve you well. Also with bike engine cars the clutch is almost always the weak point, so the stiffest springs you can manage. It was awful hearing it skip the chain...

[@dfeckel]

Love the channel. I’m a Lanc native and Lemons team captain (#609 / # 856 Cheesebolt Enterprises). We have the dubious distinction of being the team that built a Ford Tempo with twin Bandit 1200 motors arranged inline and transverse in the front, motors sticking a foot out of the hood. Three separate chain runs! Lemony goodness. Would love to see you at a race!

[@therealjimmysworld]

I miss that car so much! Everyone stalls it at first! Hahahaha

[@JPTulo]

Thanks for giving Craig something to feed us with more fantastic content!! 🙌 Why did you put the engine in the passenger seat when there’s so much room behind the passenger compartment? Does it have to do with the transmission configuration?

[@sakumisan]

Kinda easy to stall it when the front calipers are locked up

[@fluffpantss]

​@JPTulo the transmission is built into the engine as 1 unit. Then it's chain driven from the transmission. It would be cool to see this little car be de sckeched a tad and run again

[@bbrut3332]

Jimmy, why would you install your rear wing to lift the race cars rear end around at high speed? Did you flunk basic aero principals... 😂😂😂😂. From a really old ex- pilot

[@JPTulo]

@@bbrut3332Looks better with the smooth side up, it’s not like that’s actually a proper airfoil anyways.

[@geezba]

I'm not sure if this happens a lot with bikes, but it happens a lot with older cars. If the soft lines on the brakes get old, they start to rot from the inside and start swelling. This allows the hydraulic pressure of the master cylinder to force fluid into the caliper but doesn't allow it to flow back when the brake is released. Thus, the brake(s) locks up every time you apply them. The only solution then is to replace the soft lines.

[@johnnyhag675]

The sound of that engine alone is worth the price of admission.

[@evetsegap]

PB blaster on the BRAKES????? Every one knows to use WD40. Rookies.......

[@Scoots1994]

Brake lube

[@jesterking1]

Burns off faster. Don’t really see the problem.

[@georgecooke9010]

ROOKIE IS A COMPLIMENT!

[@lostinwi]

True Pros use tri-flow😂😂😂😂

[@sabrebaxley3977]

PB Blaster is better. And even better is graphite lube. But PB Blaster is better than wd40 lol

[@Troubleshooter-2.0]

My first car was an '86 MK1 MR-2 AW11. It was a pretty cool car for the 80s. Revvy little 4 cylinder right in your ear and balanced perfectly. That one looks a little sad. I did my first parts store parking lot brake job on that car in college.

[@Steelythestacker]

This is just my 2 cents but .... Hear me out. You have a little rocket car with a bike engine that needs lots of love. With the right tag team I think this thing has HUGE potential. I know of a guy, you probably have heard of him, a gentleman by the name of Tony Angelo. He runs a pizza team with a racing problem somewhere in that other side of PA (from me, I'm an hour south of Erie). Tony knows a thing or two about making one of those little go carts with a car complex go around a track. I think this would be a perfect tag team for the two of you to conquer. I mean we are talking Superman vs. Incredible Hulk class crossover billing here. What a way to make an amazing little scoot, get those special guest views for each of your channels, and best of all us die hard fans get to see two PA boys bring that little shop of horrors of a monster back to life. It's a win win for everyone, I can't see a downside. Unless you count the 5 pounds you'll inevitably put on eating the pizza and hoagie (yes I said hoagie) diet Tony has strictly trained his body to survive on. Who else wants to see this epic colab? Like and share!!!

[@ryandoyle4344]

Heard that Tony had to sell the shop

[@nishanthmathews]

hell yeah I wanna see that

[@xpndblhero5170]

I live in the Appalachian Mountains of PA so I am very familiar w/ a lot of shady crap like this.... My friends and I had a car in the middle of the woods that we would go play w/ for years until someone burned it. It was falling apart on the road so we drove it deep into the woods and just parked it and every weekend we'd go out and play around w/ it and it was one of my favorite things to do on a boring summer day.... It was an almost complete car until other people found it and started stealing parts or smashing stuff but we used to go park our cars, someone would walk back and get the beater then we'd load it w/ all our party supplies then drive it about 10 miles in and have a huge party. It was the best place to have a car because you could drive it back and forth to the parking lot for more supplies or for gas stops but my favorite part was the loop track we made going through the woods... It was probably my favorite spring and summer activity until people ruined it for us then the fire department and the fire marshall found out we was out there so they put up no trespassing signs and they took what was left of the car. Good times in the mountains of PA.... 😂😁👍⛰️🖤

[@gerneticut]

If tony moved back to his hometown area him and craig are about 2 hours apart. I'm from the same area as tony and I'm assuming that craigs near the old srk shop.

[@Bob-kw07g]

Id watch that. Tonys pretty talented

[@BenCanFixAnything]

Sooo happy you didn't actually do all the b.s. of checking spark and timing and every single accessory before just turning it over and putting gas in. Instant subscribe, even though I've been watching for ages 😂

[@Demo12345]

Here's a tool that I've found is very nice for working on disc brakes, it's the Astro Tools 1830 Onyx impact gun. It's a very compact impact gun that can get into some pretty tight spaces. If your fist will fit then this will fit, and it has about 400 FT-LBS of torque in high gear. It doesn't jump out of your hand and even comes in either a 3/8" or 1/2" driver. At about $132.99 for the 3/8" drive one (at least as of June 2024) it's not the cheapest, but dag nabbit if the thing doesn't work nice.

[@angeloberardi5834]

“Vice grip style” love the verbal collab

[@JeffKopis]

Derek's influence is omnipresent.

[@SUMTlNGW0NG]

I once sold a 79 yamaha 1100 to a guy for his dwarf car project. He let me take it for a rip when it was done and it was an absolute unit. They are so much fun and surprisingly cheap these days.

[@marsrover001]

I think that chain needs a jackshaft in the middle to separate it into two smaller sections to help with the flop.

[@The_Bearded_Mechanic]

That's a good idea. Getting the engine mounted better will help too

[@cjhickspe1399]

@@The_Bearded_Mechanic What was the deal with the skateboard wheel? Was it being used as a chain tensioner or something?

[@mwyatt222]

dual belt drive.

[@Hawk7886]

​@@cjhickspe1399sounds like an idler since it would whip around under throttle lift. Massively sketchy, I love it

[@Frank-Thoresen]

​@@mwyatt222Absolutely if dual chains sprocket can fit on the transmission drive shaft.

[@OnkelHucke]

I think this was the first video where you started to work on something and I could enjoy seeing you driving around with it at the end of the episode. That was a very nice experience.

[@charliepatterson9321]

He had the silver wing cx500 running in it's first video . Edited to add ; I've seen several videos of him getting relics running and riding on the first video . One had a massive hole in the tank and he strapped another tank on it and rode many miles . The man's a bike whisperer

[@braaaaaaaaaaap]

Best channel on KZbin. So happy you're gaining steam. The only channel with sponsor bits worth watching.

[@raymondray4321]

This definitely needs a part 2 like to see this thing fly!!!

[@davyhill23]

If you overdo the PB Blaster on the braking surfaces use gasoline to clean, ol skool style

[@bjgaspar]

As a "big guy" (BG - 3XL)... TBH, it gave me the Willy's (and not in the good way) seeing how jammed you are in the car with that motor... but with no quick-disconnect on the wheel. I had a Final-Destination-ish vision of a fuel line that's been in a storage container for 10 years having its last hoo-rah while you're stuck trying to get out from under that wheel

[@jimp.7286]

They race a couple car classes powered with bike engines at the local track here on the west coast, (dirt oval),. Friday nights, ( tonight as I post this in fact ),. The cars often look rough for a number of reasons, lol. I'll let others ponder as to why. Just may be my favorite kind of motorsports. Thanks for the reminder - I may fight the traffic and head over there tonight! Another good one here. Cheers. 👍

[@JeffKopis]

Are Legends cars one of them? Or mini sprints? Or Bandoleros?

[@boltonky]

As someone who has done a few motorcycle engine swaps into buggies etc always seems like the chain and shift linkages were always a nightmare but once they work its damn fun. Great work :)

[@JeffKopis]

The guys at Faster With Cotten & Newbern (w/o Finnegan ☹️) had the same problem with a Honda S600 car (ca. 1970, pre-Civic) with a big honkin' bike motor in back. A nightmare with the chain drive and shifter. The rear axle and engine should be mounted on a swingarm, so the chain length never changes. And an air shifter for the trans. And an "open" diff, for no bind in corners.

[@BlackLinesMatter]

Brother, You absolutely need to bring this unit to the Freedom Factory and race in the 2.4 hours of LeMullets, this coming Nov 15 & 16, 2024. This is nonnegotiable, you must.

[@stugatz2664]

isn't "the 2.4 hours of les mullets" in cleetus' crown vics tho? cleeter should do a lemons type race thing at the freedom factory where you can get a bunch of cool SAFE contraptions whizzing around his track! it would be another epic successful, cheap? racing series for the freedom factory for sure!

[@hunterhill49]

I love this kind of work Craig, keep it up man

[@SomebodysNephew]

What a beautiful motorcycle with the world's most beautiful mechanic. I mean Bearded Mechanic.

[@JeffKopis]

Freudian slip. We know what you REALLY meant 💕💕💕😂

[@user-Borgus]

Awesome! I'd love to be a part of that Frankenstein-car-bike-thingy. Frankenstein are right up my alley. Have fun, Boys!

[@beezball]

Lemons is the thing. We love doing it. I was literally just telling a friend about this car specifically. You have a hold of a Le. Ons legend. Get it ready in time for the Corvette museum in Sept and we'll see you there.

[@JamesBurr-vk7kh]

Dan knew which one was the brake, congratulations 😅

[@dirtbikemike2956]

I'm a lazy perfectionist. when I see something like this I think, so much potential and room for improvement but I also think, damn that's a lot of work. Craig I seriously hope you squeeze every last drop of perfection out of that thing. I'm hoping next video covers every nook and cranny of that monstrous V-hickle, but also, be safe and don't over work yourself.

[@comethiburs2326]

Whatever you're going to do with this, it'll need a dual link chain and a support bearing to keep the chain from tearing the output shaft out.... and a chain guard to protect the case. the engine mount does help, but even straightened out proper it's not going to survive downshifts or a dual chain without both reinforcements. that and probably getting some delrin blocks for a chain guide that will outlast the chain a bit. i'd ditch the airbrake out back too.

[@Koko_Cahyo]

I don't know if u are comedian or mechanic cuz ur commercial is so creative lol 😂😂

[@jasonwittler6537]

The world needs a The Bearded Mechanic and Vice Grip Garage collaboration video.

[@Richard-ir1ub]

A Definite yes!

[@JeffKopis]

When Junk Worlds Collide!

[@maikelnait4495]

Derek would not get one word in😂

[@exothermal.sprocket]

Toss in Grind Hard Plumbing Co.

[@michaelhartzell9758]

I WANNA SEE MORE DARN IT!! I think you have a completely new segment to your videos. First, get the trails Honda CX up and running. Next, the American Choppers bike running or ship it off, and just say; that's best left for the professionals who built or know the turbo setup. Then get back on this Honda Car. Great great project and you'll make it work like it should have all along.

[@JeffKopis]

Honda/TOYOTA car! The best of both worlds.

[@neilwittorff891]

That ad read though 😂

[@dylandanczak9241]

Craig your content is incredible...would you do a video with a little backstory on your mechanical history? If youre comfortable sharing of course. You mentioned growing up around race cars and you run an amazing shop, i would love to more about your story.

[@JeffKopis]

Me too.

[@Ashemc28]

Thanks!

[@The_Bearded_Mechanic]

You guys rock! Thank you so much for the support

[@kevinAuman1]

Come onnn, this is by far my favorite project on any channel we the people need to see this baby ripppping!!! Smoking tires and doing cool motorcycle-car things... Craig to further your channel i can assure you this project will definitely get you the most views...

[@aspiceronni4462]

Aren't those just the cutest little calipers? I thought this was the funniest episode in a while. The part where you said you were gonna try to get to the side of the car without passing out sent me into laughing convulsions for 5 minutes. And Dan..."yo its doing engine stuff".... Funny episode.

[@smartin2174]

That's a quite interesting project. I think if you split the chain drive with an intermediate sprocket it would lessen the swing on the chain. I'm also wondering if the diff itself isn't too heavy for the chain, given that it is a car's one.

[@haraldharms9588]

Wow,whoever build that sure took pride in their work and had a high fabrication skill level.

[@ahppa]

It's a Honda. A stripped down, Frankenstein's monster, but it's a Honda. Of course it'll get running.

[@davesplace1307]

Lots of content to be created on this thing. Cant wait for future videos of this thing!!!

[@ferdjanklow3566]

Digging the Toyonda. I don't even hate the Gulf colors. it is a shame the CBR didn't come with a kick starter, tho.

[@beefeekeefee]

The chain issue should be fixable with a slipper clutch. Those old MR2's are sweet handling cars... providing everything's still square and plumb with the chassis.

[@broman6662]

Gonna go straight out to my car and spray my breaks!!! Thank you for the tip!

[@wannafly34]

Love it! Collab with Jimmy FTW!!!! Polk County represent!

[@devontitterington6418]

One of the best ad spaces I've seen!😂

[@mightyxxwhitey]

This was an awesome episode. Dan was a robot and finally helped by holding the umbrella.

[@6-Bike-Garage]

I almost bought a seat to be a shoe in a beat old Subaru to race in a LeMons race at The Ridge in Shelton (near Seattle). One of those bucket list items. That car looks like it would be a heck of a lot of fun. Cheers

[@JeffKopis]

Why didnt you? And I live on the Peninsula, where is that track located? Is it on 101?

[@6-Bike-Garage]

@@JeffKopis Just west of 101 on 102. There ended up being a scheduling conflict 🙄

[@murdoc6501]

Craig and Dan...absolute duo of complete entertainment! Cooking show, Lego assembly, gardening, surgery, you two could make it all awesome and entertainment! Go Craig and Dan (Greg has a lot of work ahead of him), keep moving forward!

[@ThatGenXDude.]

So glad to see you're doing different stuff I enjoyed it from the history to all the cool Parts you get to the Future builds that I know are coming

[@Ninetails94]

a car made out of totally not stolen street signs and scrap metal with a possible crashed bike, gotta say gaving birth to a red neck race car is pretty damn neat and skill to do so, i expected a gokart like thing but a whole a** motorcycle engine did not expect that part, the time and skill you need to even design a car like that i didnt exactly know what lemon racing was until this video, i always thought of that as red neck racing, nothing bad being said im just impressed that diy cars are a thing since in my 29/30 years of living i only ever seen home made sketchy go karts not sketchy cars. hope to see more sketchy stuff like this be it motorcycle or motorcycle powered sketch mobile, as always great content from one of the few motorcycle channels i enjoy.

[@Scoobywoo7447]

This is what we want more of, haven't watched yet but looking forward to seeing this mr2, I like these cars, with a motorbike engine will be awesome.

[@ratherBweldingChris]

A race car with a CBR1000 engine in it, I love it!! That thing is awesome. I do think you should do something about the engine mounts, the engine is totally moving when you are driving it

[@SteveEh]

28:10 "Right Meow" Do I look like a cat to you, boy? Am I jumpin' around all nimbly bimbly from tree to tree?

[@Brendonsanya]

Can't belive it, but i guess i got to, Im lookin right at it! Perfect

[@heyitsjunior7870]

Better shifter idea... motion raceworks hell yeah brother parachute lever. Will mount up well and comfy for that shifter. 😊

[@mr.notsure9679]

I have an actual motorcycle I could use a lot of help with. So much fun to be had. Wiring issues, maybe engine issues, and some body issues. If you would like to work on an expensive, nonrunning MOTORCYCLE I got you bro.

[@A-Wild-Frost]

This is so cool! cant wait to see it what you do with it.

[@Tisintit]

"Craig, I'm running out of angles to be in your way" 😂😂 fantastic Dan!! 😂

[@Ceen328]

Man, watching you work outside in that weather made my eyeballs sweat. You really need to get one of these small pavilions, or one day you will just melt.

[@jonathananderson6388]

VIce Grip style huh? Nice shout out, Derek is a great dude!

[@jedgmon5718]

First thing I would do is put detachable steering wheel

[@andrasszabo7386]

I saw a Hayabusa-powered Trabant once in my life. It was also converted from FWD to RWD. It ran like hell 😊

[@ChloeKream]

Id watch you fix everything from a lawn mower to an airplane. keep it up craig love it!

[@rmcdudmk212]

Very cool race car. Love the looks of the MR2 👍

[@auriceburrell8148]

From a distance you look at it and looks cool. Then you get close and show all the parts then you like omg, it could be awesome.

[@24hoursoflemons]

There are little to no issues with this car--it's one of the fastest and most reliable machines we've seen in the series (granted I just run the KZbin account and haven't actually seen it in person)

[@Thoridin58]

And so we get a new project to go with all the other projects in the shop. A man after my own heart.

[@AvaPxiaO]

A dream car, this had a 1.6 Toy twin cam 16 alum engine and a butter soft 5sp in it, in front of it were two comfortable seats. All this for improvising with a chain driven locked rear? There has to be a better way. The Honda is lighter, may seem as making hp but at much higher rpm, so really the same acceleration +/- some teeth of gearing which is also much easier to change from track to track.

[@JacobDShafer85]

That thing is awesome. You have to fix that bad lad. Mount the motor properly and and that thing will be a rocket

[@ShroomDay0117]

Your robot sure does have some pretty legs. I need Shopify too!🤣

[@evanmorrison3232]

time to get the Winnebago ready for the next years lemons race.

[@d.r.bladeworks9025]

I know the CBR is cool and all but you should put an 1832 cc Goldwing engine and transmission because it’s shaft driven

[@jon112492]

This is a very important idea 💡 Please take note. Shafted drive with make you run fast with less issue in that car moto mix

[@sparkstyson]

YOU ARE AMAZING that PB blaster works great on breaks

[@benitohernandez5086]

Y'all got me with the synchronized Woahhhhhs at crank up! Good poop y'all.

[@SleezyRider883]

fun fact they were gonna use a motorcycle-engine-swapped buggy on Mad Max Fury Road.. but the darn thing was just so powerful and the wheel-base wasnt wide enough it was a death trap/roll-over machine. When i read the title i got super hyped tbh.. be careful in that thing man you wouldnt be the first guy to scoff at a motorcycle engine swapped car but those motors put down power man.

[@harryprentice1119]

Just send jimmy a airplane with a motorcycle engine in it.😮😮

[@cjhickspe1399]

He would fly it, no question.

[@JeanMarceaux]

A rotary one, from a Suzuki

[@sterkriger2572]

Jokes on you there’s trikes that use something like that

[@bbrut3332]

Jimmy bought several airplanes with your basic snowmobile/jet ski engines in Texas last year.

[@henkoosterhof5947]

Rotax? Are in planes, side by side and snow scooters.

[@itllbeawrightyep5579]

Dang it, Jimmy! Now I feel like I need to build one of these.

[@vincedibona4687]

@26:46 - _abundently_ clear.

[@mikeharris3197]

Nothing more exciting than how Craig gets when something starts

[@JeffKopis]

Yeah, he gets that 😃 expression.

[@Andrewdrs2WilliamsonYT]

Put GoPro on the rear so you can see the chain 😊

[@strangelove1107]

That Gulf Porsche livery always looks good on just about every car. Beautiful.

[@davidrochow9382]

Looks like a great test vehicle for the turbo Busa motor you have when you get it back together just to make sure it's working properly

[@codybennett3698]

Had to make another comment. 10 minutes in an Craig is a freaking savage right now and I love it😂😂😂😂😂

[@jenkins1979]

the one thing I can say Craig ,is While my Dad was teaching me he said anybody can work on a new car but it takes a Mechanic to work on a wreck.

[@shift307]

I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS CAR, CRAIG. Omg, absolutely perfect build; there's not a thing about it that I don't love. I would do bad things to have the opportunity to drive this pile of junk. PLEASE get this thing running how it was meant to. I would LOVE to see more content with it!

[@LawrenceCohen-j3d]

“Maybe you should get a running start..” 😂😂

[@noelmoloney8840]

There's a possibility for a new sticker for the wheels. "These wheels are MAD"

[@codybennett3698]

Love the sassy jump landing off the car😂😂

[@neiliewheelie8399]

I had a cbr1000rr years ago and the sound of this video had my heart rate rising.

[@JeanMarceaux]

Craig lore update: Craig is afraid of spiders

[@mrshaneyt43]

Watching the engine jump around in the first test drive had me laughing , second drive was just as funny🤣🤣👍

[@MrMatt713]

Its come to a point with this channel where its not 'can he get it running' but 'will he finish it....'

[@Biokemist-o3k]

Absolutely awesome!!! DO you still work on motorcycles and ATV's at your shop? DO you still have a shop?

[@Aaron_ward01]

Just in time for lunch Craig 👍