Stieber A <stiebera@db.erau.edu> asks:
>Subject: Reliant
>Could someone please tell me mo0re about the three wheel Reliant.
Honestly, you really don't want to know!
They are awful! A cross between a Vespa 3-wheel delivery van and a bicycle
rickshaw. Jasper Carrott makes a living making jokes about Reliant Robins
and Skodas ("What do you call a Skoda convertible?" "A skip").
Forget Morgan 3-wheeler - these have one wheel at the front and four seats,
so the front bounces along the road in a comical way and they are not very
stable in corners. Street cred is about minus ten.
To be serious, if you want some details, they come about because our MoT
considered anything with three wheels to be a motorcyle and sidecar, hence
less road tax and only a motorbike licence to drive one. They originally had
an Austin 7 side-valve 750cc engine, then Reliant made their own 600cc
all-alloy OHV engine, which was actually rather nice. I think they may still
be using this in a larger capacity (850?).
New subject: "Motor" is traditionally for electric motors, in UK english,
anyhow, though it it is widely used for IC engines as well.
Paul.
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