Cars that became motorcycles
10/22/2017
Well, the statement in the title is not quite right, because the car did not become a motorcycle, but there were a whole series of two-wheelers whose technology was adopted in part from the automobile.
We remember, for example, the Münch 4 TT "Mammut" of the late sixties, which had the four-cylinder engine of the NSU Prinz/TT/TTS in its frame and thus became perhaps the first German superbike. 88 hp was enough for a top speed of 200 km/h, but also cost DM 17,500, for which you also got two VW Beetles.
In France in the 1980s, there was the MF 650R, whose two-cylinder engine came from the Citroën Visa. MF stood for Motor Francaise. The list could certainly be extended considerably.
But the reverse was also true: BMW, for example, used motorcycle engines several times to power its own small cars.
And another addendum: Of course, much larger car engines have been installed in motorcycles, and knowledgeable tuners have even sunk an American V8 engine into the frame of a motorcycle. And still do today ...
