THREE-WHEEL DUEL! TWC vs Tuk Tuk!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มี.ค. 2021
- Invacar meets Bajaj in this battle of the trikes. Conceived for very different purposes, but how do they compare? The Invacar has a 493cc boxer twin, the Bajaj RE a 236cc single with fuel injection! CVT gearbox vs motorbike-style four-speed. British vs Indian (via Italy). 1972 vs 2021! Bajaj also known as an Auto Rickshaw.
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BS6 stands for Bharat Stage 6. It refers to emission standards currently in place in India and comes close to Euro6, but with some tweaks to match Indian conditions.
Same like Euro 1, 2 3 versions
Bajaj super
Can't stop laughing at the sight of an auto rickshaw in cold UK weather 🤣
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Whats there to laugh? It looks so good on the foreign roads.
Himesh did too when the autos came to Germany to rescue him in Aap ka Suroor.
@@thiruvetti dude he is talking about the cold climate of UK . Tuk Tuk is open from both sides a lot of wind too cold
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Never in the history of the internet would anyone have ever guessed this vehicle comparison. HubNut gold 😀
You need to see Top gear taxi test.
Great review Ian, thank you. I went in a Tuk Tuk in Amritsar, pretty terrifying. There were five of us and two were going to wait for another one. The driver assured us "no problem you can all fit in".. and we did!
lol, I've sat with 10 other people in this😜😜
@@mercedesbenz3751 dg gd.
We have share autos in India as well.. they fit 15 people in a diesel powered Tuk Tuk where people share rides with strangers like a bus
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There is alot more fun in Cycle Rickshaws 😂
Who else was ducking to look under the roof when he was driving the tuk tuk? lol
I tilted my smartphone... 🙄
Bloody cameraman !
Me me
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Also me. 😆😆
A few years ago, I had a Tuk Tuk ride in Hyderabad, India. I loved the experience, it being both hilarious and terrifying in equal measures. Hurtling down a dual carriageway with a concrete barrier on one side and an Indian bus, complete with exterior passenger's, on the other side, with about 4" clearance on each side was a highlight. Other highlight was jostling with other Tuk Tuks for pole position at the lights, awaiting the start of the Wacky Races
Fast and furious ain't got nothing on it
Your experience is way more true mate! and can easily be spotted here .
What is life without thrill and small heart attack😂
LMAO 💀💀
@@Noname123rr without*
Basically in India, the Auto-rickshaw(TUK TUK) works as an end-to-end medium of transport. In remote and rural locations where you won't find any kind of Taxi, cab, or Govt bus services, the TU-TUK plays a major role.
This depends on where in India. In West Bengal auto rickshaws mostly run on designated routes only.
Why is it called Tuk Tuk ?No one in India calls them Tuk Tuk. Its called just "Auto" or Autorickshaw.
What a glorious sound from the Tuk Tuk engine!
Its not a tuk tuk. Its from India, so call it a auto rickshaw.
@@RajahHindustani I know. Don't moan at me, I was just using the terminology of the headline!
I used to own a Bajaj Chetak 4t scooter. Bajaj vehicles are superb at what they are- low cost transportation. The dealer I used to get parts from had an RE for local parts delivery.
In India it costs $2840
In USA it is costing $12800
@@sacarchy like mustang costs 37-40k usd in usa and 110k in india
@@Hsp44 because the Mustang is an import and the only version of the Mustang available in India was the GT,none of the lower end models
@@abhay17381 I know indian govt puts 200% duty on the imports
@@abhay17381 i just commented for people who think indians can’t buy performance vehicles if it was priced around 40-45 lac then it would’ve been everywhere like fortuner 😂
Regarding the use of Tuk Tuks in terrains like this, as someone from Kerala I can confirm that we use these regularly in hilly areas like these and also during the rainy season.
True, these terrains aren't an issue for the Autorickshaw compared to the roads we have.
You and Steph are affecting each other, she's on about wipers and now you're saying, lets hear what it sounds like from the back 😂
There were a couple of Invacars in the village I grew up in. One was driven (Piloted would be better) by a former Spitfire Pilot who lost one leg and one arm during the Battle of Britain. The other was driven by a former Tank Commander who had lost his legs in the Western Desert. The former Pilot had his Squadron markings and roundel painted on his, he also had the tiller steering. The Tanky had his tanks name and battalion/troop markings on his. These two loved their 'CC's (you fill in the, now very offensive, words, not mine but theirs way back) and used to fight the Battle of Britain or Romel's push at least once a week. They always had time for us Kids who showed them respect (those that didn't soon found that a walking stick across the arse at 30mph hurt!). When one died the other lost heart and the final straw for him was when the Govt took the three wheeler away. He then lost his independence and mobility. They were badly named but they gave so much freedom to so many brave men and women. This little blue wonder brings back so many happy memories of two wonderful Gents battering around the village with shouts of 'Tally-Ho' and 'Run Romel, RUN' eminating from the cabins, both trying to ambush the other, to the quiet times when you would find them sitting quietly watching the time pass and be open to tell War Stories to anyone who had the time to listen. Gods I miss the 1970's at times! Thank you for saving this little Blue Beast, Thank you for using her and thank you for posting these videos.
Great story, Douglas - thank you! I take it 'CC' stood for 'Something Chariot', and that the 'something' rhymed with that yummy raspberry ice cream with the streaks in it.
Truly, the best of times and the worst of times.
Loved the draw handle starter on the Bajaj! Last century, on my honeymoon, my wife Jane and I had so many amazing trips in India thanks to an earlier version and the most brilliant guide!
@Fredrik Larsson They build the all KTM and Husqvarna bikes from 125 to 400cc, so you've probably seen one of these at least 😅
*I mean the single cylinder road bikes like the DUKE, not including the dirt bikes.
@fredriklarsson8105 I also heard somewhere around where you live is a Lund University. No Indian student ever goes there becuase in Hindi which is quite common in India, a Lund is a prick.
@Fredrik Larsson it's pronounced as 'buh·jaaj'
My great grandad owned 1 because he had a bad leg after retiring as a postman. Was known as the local nutcase because he loved to rag the hell out the invovar
Done many miles in the door well of one of these. Someone should have told my Nan you can’t carry passengers 😳🤣🤣
Needs must 😉
Hard times my friend 🤣
I totally agree Ian... Exactly... When I'm out and about I drive a Vauxhall Zafira Tourer with hand controls and get about in a sports manual wheelchair, which I lift over my knee and place on the passenger seat. Back in the days of Invacars, I remember all sorts of weird and amazingly scary "invalid carriages".... (Phil - Lancashire)
Hi Phil is using the hand controls easier or harder than the traditional foot pedals presuming you was able bodied at some point? Just curious how it feels to drive a car purely with your hands? I imagine the Zafira is perfect for you as a wheelchair user due to the big boot, high roof space etc? Also just a curious question how do you transfer yourself from wheelchair and drivers seat? Something I’d like to know but I can’t see myself approaching a complete stranger in a wheelchair and asking them to show me a example of how they do it😂
@@matty6848 Great questions Matt. I'm quite strong upper body and my sports manual chair is very lightweight. I transfer using pulling, sliding and lifting. It's a technique you are taught then adapt it to your own abilities and the type of vehicle. Yes the Zafira Tourer is excellent because the doors are high and the seat height is adjustable. My hand controls are Jeff Gosling pull to accelerate and push to brake. I always use the cruise control too. I can't actually remember driving with my feet as it was 14 years ago that I became paralysed. All I can say is that it is just as easy to drive as far as I can remember. Many thanks. Phil
That Tuk Tuk looks utterly brilliant! Hopefully we get normality back soon, I have missed a good HubNut review!
You have to say, 'What's not to like about either of these cute little smile mobiles? They both have character and in my book that counts these days 😊
Been in a good many tuk tuks in Thailand. Some in Bangkok are fitted with what i believe are motorcycle engines with upswept exhausts, wide mag wheels etc. Their drivers love to rev them in traffic. Exciting stuff.
Hi, just for info, the ones in Thailand have a 650cc three cylinder Daihatsu engine.
@@peakfreans68 Thanks for that. You've reminded me now. I subscribe to a Thailand channel run by an American guy married to a Thai lady and his father in law has a business manufacturing tuk tuks. He imports second hand engines from Japan and then they refurbish them in house.
I'm Aussie but living in Cagayan de Oro City Mindanao Philippines. The Bajaj RE is quite a popular vehicle in the urban areas here. It's the vehicle used by the maintenance staff in the subdivision I live in and in many of the other subdivisions in our suburb. Sometimes they ferry people around here too. I often see the one here with massive amounts of tree branches lashed to the roof, as trimming trees is done by the maintenance staff. They are also used as public transport in the city and also (possibly illegally) out on the highway. I really wanted one but my Filipina wife said that it's too dangerous for me to drive here. She is probably right! The roads are full of motorcycles and scooters, as well as taxis, vans carrying passengers, the famous Jeepneys, motorelas (basically a motorcycle with a long passenger compartment on the rear), pedicabs (yeah bicycle version of a tuk tuk), poorly maintained trucks and all sorts of cars from the ancient to the modern. I really miss being able to drive but I can't get into trouble if I don't!
Hello Ian,
thank you for this roadtest. I have a Sri lankan wife and when we were in Sri Lanka we were often passangers in a tuc tuc. I really enjoyed it. Still there are existing lots of the two stroke engines. The new four stroke engine versions are much more comfortable. Diesel versions I saw only from Piaggio. One time my wife went into the city center in one like that. So thank you again to show those impressions.
Ian I applaud you for that piece you said about how badly wheelchair users are treated.
My late wife Carolyn loved her cars, some shit boxes and others real classics, she was one of the very select few I felt comfortable being a passenger with.
Once she realised her MS would make her a danger on the road she made sure we had "enjoyable cars" through Motability that I could transport her in with some sense of dignity.
Motability used to be a great charity but sadly now like many other big charities they’ve become more a money spinning business than a charity. Especially as the CEO is on 300,000 a year. Totally unacceptable. Glad that your late wife had good experiences with them thought, lovely👍
@@matty6848 the cap on the price of cars under the scheme is ridiculous too. If you can afford the lease fee what’s wrong with getting yourself a nice one? It’s not as if the component coming from DLA/PIP gets any bigger.
@@kaitlyn__L not surprised. Lately I’ve heard negative things about motability?
@@matty6848 I seem to have been priced out of Motability this autumn, AP have just gone mad, and waiting list nearer 12months than not.
The trouble is though since they got rid of the invacars ,the mobility scheme has been abused by fakers to get a free brand new lease car every three years . They should of brought out a safe 4 wheel modern Invacar ,to deter fakers from abusing the mobility scheme to get a free car . This would leave more funding for genuine disabled drivers ,& put a stop to the abuse of the system .
What I like about the Invacar is how it shows that motoring could be so simple and basic - and still it gives you all the freedom to travel wherever you want, whenever you want. It's like the ultimate "reduce to the max" approach! I'd love some modern cars to concentrate more on this vital aspect again, instead of getting bigger and heavier with every generation!
WANT! The TUK TUK! 😍 I think I have said before, a friend of mine - both his parents had polio back in the day. This chap is in his 70's now. Both parents eventually had Invacars and he used to ride in the wheelchair space (although he shouldn't have). Everyone turned a blind eye. They used to go on holiday and it was inevitable that one or the other Invacar would break down, so there was much waiting around for the AA. However, it was a massive improvement upon their previous transport which was like a very odd hand-pedalled bath chair which was kind of like a bicycle. Big, black metal thing. These things fascinate me given I am disabled myself, although I can walk a bit, its not far. I have a mobility scooter and I love it. Years ago I rode a Honda Shadow, I liked motorbikes and I like planes but not keen on cars. Anyway I'll stop gassing I do really love that TUK TUK its the sort of crazy thing that appeals to me.
My friend wrote a book about his parents which goes into their holidays in the Invacars, "Live Eels & Grand Pianos" by Andrew Bradford. Its a short read but very good.
My uncle had a invalid car in the 70/80s he called it bluey, in the Basingstoke and loved it..
Great video and loved it..
My uncle had one at the same time as yours and when Ian got TWC it brought back so many memories
Thanks Ian,a very enjoyable video to watch,and easy to see why, you are so attached to this amazing little TWC.
I award you the prize for the best titled video of the day. Bloody genius!
The BS6 sticker on the windscreen refers to the newest emission regulation in India. Not quite sure about its full term though.
Bharat Stage 6, it's broadly equivalent to Euro 6.
BS are the parameters of ethnol blending in fuel. If it's BS3 or BS4 it mean less ethnol then BS6. INDIAN car makers have to make engines as par current fuel requirement.
@@Pu-nishant I never knew about that, I've always thought it's just an emission regulation based on carbon dioxide emissions similar to the european ones. What types of Ethanol blend are available in India? Rarely have i heard about flexible fuel vehicles appearing over there.
@@sequentialtt0415 It does have to do with emissions too. Same like European standard.
I think the E in RE stands for Electric Start. For most of its existence, the auto rickshaw has required two or three pulls on the left hand lever to get the engine turning over. The comparative peace and quiet may be due to it being a four stroke, rather than the traditional 200cc two stroke scooter engine. I have had some mad adventures with these things in India!
RE stands for Rear engine . It was introduced to replace the FE(front engined) Rickshaws
In Delhi they're all four strokes now. One of the authorities' largely futile attempts to reduce air pollution. My final visit to Delhi was in 2012 because I can no longer breathe the air there. If I visit India again it might be to Kerala where I think the air is cleaner.
RE means Rear Engine beacause early tuk tuks were Lambretta ones in India which has their engine under the driver seat and were called front engine ones.
R E = REAR ENGINE
cracking view of the headlining......
Yeah, bit annoyed by that. I did check before setting off, but it's hard to see what it's actually filming.
I love both those lil buggies! For different reasons! :-)
Thank you Ian, that really put a smile on my face! :-)
Had the best experience in a Tuk Tuk in India on a school trip back in the mid-80s. There were six of us at a market at we all wanted to ride together back to where we were staying, so I was tasked with finding someone willing to do so. The guy I found clearly though we were both fellow outlaws and promptly tried to sell me drugs (samples of which, he assured me, he had on his person) - which I politely declined.
But, true to his word, he put three of us on the rear bench, with the other three on our laps. This all went well until we got to a VERY busy main road with multiple lanes, so instead of trying to turn into the correct lane he just drove down the wrong side of the road until the heavy trucks coming the other way and leaning on their horns forced him to continue, at speed, along the footpath with pedestrians leaping out of the way and hurling abuse.
Somehow we made it intact, and I paid the man, laughing hysterically, as the girls ran to their room in terror. Hell of a ride!
Great to see you out and about doing a car (?😀) review. Love these videos.
Twc sounds so quiet and smooth. It flies too, what a great review.
A group test rather out of the mainstream! Excellent.
Ah, now that you showed it in detail, I finally understand how the door mechanism in TWC works. Thanks for that!
Now that TWC has it´s window back I finally see the heater pipes had been reinstalled. Interesting times :)
Most of the fun with TWK seems to be in the driving, would love to try it
You could have been testing roller skates vs in-line skate Ian it wouldn't have mattered your delight and enthusiasm to be back out there testing was evident - lets hope as things get relaxed you can do more of interesting stuff like this
Great fun Ian really enjoyed that 😁👍
Every time I see little Tuk I want to get my fibreglass repair gear out. great video as usual.
For some reason when you were showing TukTuk engine and you said 'this little engine is 236' I was hoping for bhp rather than cc 🤣
maybe big block 455
Geeez. D:
Imagine that power in a Invacar🤣💨🚀
That's the Cletus McPharland version
Great video Ian, I was quite surprised how smooth the tuc tuc was, it seemed more refined than I imagined it would be..
Also great to see twc out as well, it's a great little car.
Keep up the videos. All the best Barry. 🙂👍
You don’t see this sort of comparison anywhere , really interesting!
Excellent video! I remember an old lady near my grandparents house had one and as a kid I always thought they would be hilarious to nip around in. One day she over took our slow moving bus and the driver laughed as she was giving it the beans. 😂😂 People often talk about important cars in history, but I these are just as important as it gave freedom to people who would otherwise not be able to move around so freely. 👍🏻
Anyway, enough of my waffle...love the channel! 👌🏻
I remember travelling in India it was quite hair raising in the tuk tuks with great big Tata trucks bearing down on you.
I remember back in 1976, I had an NSU 1200C.
Flat out on a dual carriageway, an Invacar overtook (overtuk?) me.
No one to this day believes me.
My NSU 1200C went really well I have to say. Actually I had two of them now I think about it. I had a Prinz too, that was not quick.
Great fun!
Thanks for posting.
I saw a tuk tuk converted to a motor home a while back, Do I see a motorhome would miss hubnut be happy with it!! Great comparison of two innovative vehicle's.
The tuk-tuk would be better with a CVT transmission I feel. Too much risk of losing momentum with the cumbersome manual set-up, especially considering the size of the engine. Great comparison, many thanks for sharing Ian 😀
Manual shifting is more efficient and the CVT would waist power. The invacar is overmotorized with its 20 hp and can afford such waist.
@@jurivlk5433 true, but given how complex the gear change process is there’s too much risk in losing precious momentum whilst trying to operate the system. Perhaps the best solution is to increase the cc rating to 350cc to address the loss of performance with the CVT.
@@kevinwhelan8126 Yes, of course. The power output is very low, a motorcycle 4-stroke engine can with make 20 hp without being a high-rever like the early Honda twins with 125 cc and 18 hp I had. But Vespa seems to love ridiculously low powered engines. The 50 cc Vespa Ape have under 3hp and still move. Maybe the real values are higher than on paper. And last but not least, Piaggio is an expert on CVT's with its millions and millions of mopeds build with Ciao, Bravo, Sí, Gilera, Boxer Variomatic.
@@TomAlter1000 👍👍👍
With heavy load manual works good it's cheaper for repair more mileage. Overall easy on owner pocket. Which is actually the purpose. In India they charge only 5 to 10rs in tier2 cities and in tourism kind of cities they charge like 1 or 2usd$.
Mate, as an Indian and a fellow motoring journalist, I gotta be honest. I thoroughly enjoyed your review! I’m glad you got many of the facts of this “Buh-jhaaj” right 😂 JK.
I have driven/ridden the two-stroke and four-stroke ones a couple of times. Not to mention, I’ve always been a fan of British humour. Keep it up, mate. Subscribed!
Thanks Ian - I needed a Hubnut treat :-)
Loved that, great comparison. Both fascinating and on my list of want to drives lol
The bajaj looks premium and sounds is soothing (good) also controls are same as old scooters... Love ❤ this tuk tuk
Loved that, I'd like a go in both. Can't imagine what 70mph feels like in that, you must have balls of steel 🤣
Fantastic fun Ian, although I was looking forward to a drag race! Cheers, Colin :)
An interesting comparison, TWC and the Tuk Tuk were both designed with a definite purpose in mind. They are great machines, it's amazing that the Tuk Tuk is still made and used in such huge numbers, it was amazing that the Invacar stayed in service for as long as they did, really a part of growing up in the 1960's/70's. I've had so much fun driving Reliant three wheelers, they're all a hoot to drive. Keep it coming.
Given the age, the Invacar stands up very well to that comparison. Just slightly disappointed we don't have the tug of war or quarter mile drag race some channels insist upon...
The three thumbs down, probably drive the suk suk .......🤪🤪🤪
9 of them now at 2135. There's just no pleasing some people huh?
Great stuff as usual.
An uncle of mine had an Invacar back in the late 60s/early 70s, as a kid I was fascinated by it. He used to call it Billy Whizz, so I carried on calling them all that. I remember the warning sticker, a shame at the time as I really wanted a ride in it. My 3 wheel curiosity stemmed from a ride in my brother's mate's Bond Minicar, with the top down of course. I'm still fascinated now TBH.
Thank you for this Amazing Review of Bajaj Tuk-Tuk 😊 really Stunning and Impressive....
Great video Ian, I was waiting for this duel since I started to watch the Invacar project videos! Btw when it comes to the bad treating of wheelchair users in the old days, check out Velorex. This Czechoslowakian-made, leatherette-covered, frightening little three-wheeled thing was what the Hungarian government used to give to disabled people. The Invacar would be like a Rolls-Royce next to it!
A very thoughtful and well presented comparison.
I am getting mad over these TukTuk videos they are lots of fun!! Already watched three.
Great video Ian. I was amazed at how quiet the Bajaj seems in the front and wonder how noisy it is in the back for the punters? Seemed pretty stable as well and is probably even better with a couple of passengers. Would love to do a UK road trip in either TWC or the Bajaj.
It's quiet because it's new. Lets see how it is after as many kilometres as the invacar. Mind you, may be good.
@@MrAnanthaP the newer 4 stroke bajajs are always pretty quite (at least by Indian standards) because of BS6. The older 2 stroke ones on the other hand can wake up a whole neighbourhood 😂
That was very entertaining. Thanks!
Well - that was something you won't see any day. Thanks for sharing !
I don't care that you can't take Passengers with you I love Tuc the Invacar, Iwish I had One in the Netherlands, the adventures you can have with Tuc is fantastic. It's Design looks something from the 50's I know it isn't, but still a wonderful thing!!! kind regards Akko
To be fair they were first released in the late 1940s (I think) so you are pretty spot on
As an Indian who grew up with bajaj so much that the name was like a part of the family, I am very happy to see bajaj auto...
Finally legendary battle between 3 wheel Vehicle.
Nice to see TWC out and about, got to love the sound of an air cooled boxer
That BS6 sticker at the front refers to the latest Indian emission standard that came into effect last year. Bajaj manufactures most of the small cc variants for KTM for example. They also make Husqvarna motorcycles.
Yes, I forgot to mention the KTM link!
@@HubNut Wouldn't like to do the Paris-Dakar with the tuk tuk though.
@@HubNut a better name would have been the mobility car a mobie car I do like 👍
Good one Ian, always great to go for a spin in TWK! 😊👍
Class video. I like the dodgem car styling of the front of the TukTuk. I have never seen one in the UK and assumed they were not permitted to be imported, but I have just googled and there are actually quite a few of them about. I shall have to go back to Leicester where there is a company which uses them as taxis!!!
When you got to 70mph Ian is part of my daily commute on the A23. I have a trackered van where I have to constantly brake to maintain 60 mph. Brilliant video & many thanks for the entertainment.
TWC will always be a WINNER in my eyes.
Bajaj Auto is a local Indian taxi. Comparing them and judging is not really accurate.
If you think so , then change your eyes
Never twigged invacar stood for invalid carriage, I always assumed it was because it had something to do with invaness 🤦🏻😂😂😂
I think Irish motorways still have signs telling you you aren't allowed to use them in an invalid carriage, at least they did in 2008. Honestly, I found those signs quite amazing, everywhere else in Europe you're just supposed to know whether you're allowed to use the motorway or not (only in motor vehicles with a design speed of 60 kmph or more, although I'm not sure if a modern tractor would be allowed, even though they can go reasonably fast as far as tractors go).
My youngest brother knows someone who was caught in a tractor on the motorway, at age 15 and drunk. Got in a bit of trouble for the drunk driving and the tractor on the motorway! Did have a proper licence, agricultural vehicles can be driven quite early in Austria. The licence was gone after the incident of course.
Brilliant mate loved it the comparison 😁👍
Fantastic... i really enjoyed this Ian.
I can only imagine how that single cylinder engine gets on in the tuk tuk with passengers and baggage on board! I'd say you have to wring it out!
It's proof that you can have very nice sounding single cylinder engines though!
The one thing I still want to see (and most importantly hear) one day is a chainsaw engine with a 50cc Vespa muffler though. Chainsaw engines are one of the most annoying noises ever for me and I'd love to hear what the Vespa muffler does about that!
@@Ragnar8504 You're absolutely right. 2 stroke engines usually make a horrendous racket with the exception of the engine in a Vespa. There are many single cylinder engines that do sound nice though. I'm thinking of my Lister D as being one of them.
@@Endfloat Chainsaw engines are generally piston ported and tuned for high RPM, and have tiny little rectagular muffler with minimal engine mufflering. Vespa Scooter engines are bigger than most chainsaw engines. Vespa's rotary valve engine is tuned for low RPM torque and is mildly tuned for a broad power curve. They also have a longer exhaust pipe and bigger muffler. so lower engine tone. I've also previously owned 3 SAAB 2 strokes, so I do have a bit of two-stroke operation lore.
@@TaUncFester Interesting! Honestly I know hardly anything about 2 stroke engines. One of the 2 strokes I found interesting was the 1930s marine engine that Mustie1 did up a few months back. That's worth a look if you haven't seen it.
imagine getting a speeding ticket in this 💀
Back in the early seventies, when I was a teen-ager, one of my mates dad worked for a company which repaired and serviced Invacars.
Through his dad, my mate acquired an early Invacar engine, which I believe was a 197cc Villiers engine, which he fitted into a BSA Bantam motorbike frame.
Unfortunately, due to the Invacar gearbox being controlled by a hand change mechanism (similar to the Tuk Tuk), it lacked the 'positive stop' mechanism that a motorbike foot gearchange requires.
So. finding gears was a real hit or miss affair, as you could start off in first gear, and with a swift flick of the foot would end-up in fourth!
In my former life, I was deeply involved with motability, well put sir!
It's not actually tuk tuk...we indians used to say auto or autorikshaw....but I love this vehicle too much ...its main highlight is more milage in diesel and low maintenance and durability in even rough conditions....thanks brother to show this vehicle to your country too....lots of love from india..🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🙏
When me and my family use to holiday in Tunisia my kids love ridding in the tuk tuk 🛺 taxes they use to take the tourist around in
In the 1980s there was a company in Hay Mills, Birmingham which had the contract to maintain Invacars for the government. My company used to fix the heating systems in the workshops there, and whenever we visited there were dozens, if not hundreds of them in there, all blue and identical. I believe in many cases if one came in for repair they just gave the driver an exchange one, but there was one young disabled chap who insisted on keeping the same one, as he'd fitted a sunstrip in the windscreen, as was the fashion in those days, with his name on it, or rather his self-styled nickname 'Supacrip'. I always thought what a lovely chap he must have been, and how by doing that he was completely taking the wind out of the sales of any moron tempted to make fun of him!
I worked at a garage in Dorset that had a contract to repair them. The area covered from Bournemouth to Exeter, so they were always exchanged when repairs or maintenance were needed. The Ministry of Health as it was then would not pay a double journey to return it after repair. They were steam cleaned inside and set up ready for the next user. Only locals could keep the same one. We had a trailer made with a flat bed, to remove the difficulty in lining up three ramps. Like your repairer, we had a yard of them all lined up.
Brilliant video Ian 👍
That sign in TWC. Passengers are forbidden. A lot of us ignored it. There's plenty of room on that floor 🙄😂
I used to sit on the floor of my dad's invacar 😂
@@phantom62 bet your Dad wasn't doing 70 mph along a Dual Carriageway shouting wooo hoooo.
@@seancooke4127 Haha no 😂
@@seancooke4127 50 mph used to feel like 110 mph 😂😂
@@phantom62 My toddler daughter use to sit in her baby chair beside me, where the wheelchair was meant to be. We didn't all use wheelchairs.
We have similar vehicles here but they are half bike's, some exposed some enclosed, they are made in china, they are Delivery cargo tricycles, food delivery and mail services used them, some are 200cc 1 cylinder, and the newest are electric and they go very well.
Who needs another supercar comparison? Here we have two "super cars" in their own right! Thanks for this entertaining comparison!
Now that's a worthy competition
Not so sure, that the “luxuries” seatbelt in the Invacar, would make much difference in a crash....😳😉
I do think it would. I know someone who was in a bad accident in a Renault R4, three people I think. Two wore seatbelts and were badly injured, one didn't and flew through the windscreen and died.
The Method is your corpse still attached to the seat when they find you amongst all the fibre glass so they can lift you into the private ambulance.
Saw one crash into a sub station in the 70s, the fibre glass just disintegrated it was horrific
Thumbs up already and haven’t even seen it yet but I know it’ll be 👍
Thanks!
Course you do 👍
Standard Piaggio gear / clutch arrangements but I can't see the doors lasting very long in Mumbai traffic.
I thumbs up before watching as well, knew it was going to be interesting, and it certainly was!
This cat is one of only a handful of individuals who instantly get a thumbs up from me as top notch is an ALWAYS. thanks.
TWC has to be the most famous Invacar in the world. One of my my Mum's clients back in the 1980s had one. It was the first one I ever saw . So iconic. Love the Tuk-Tuk. I wonder how much they retail for?
If you had an accident at 70 mph in Tuk they'd be still looking for bits of Tuk (and Ian) but the thrill would have been amazing "on the edge"
amazing video. Superb video. nice to see twc roadtripping too
This was a HOOT! In a way it is too bad you were solo. Would have been fun to see Tuk Tuk with the added weight of passengers, although I suspect progress would have made a glacier look like Speedy Gonzalez up hill
For some reason I can't keep my subscription but I get the alerts because I love your videos :-)
Much fun to watch. In conclusion, TWC would be my chosen mode of transport. The kids can walk.
I remember going in a Tuk Tuk when I was on a caravan holiday with my family years ago in Cornwall as in the nearby village to our campsite, Kilkhampton the recently opened Ape Pizza shop had a Tuk Tuk as their delivery vehicle and we asked the owner if we could have a ride in it.
I will have to keep a look out for this Tuk Tuk when we can go back on holiday as we occasionally visit Tenby and Saunders Foot as we stay at the Well Park campsite at New Hedges.