Did you read NST yesterday? Saw the weird Proton motorcycle? It’s a chopper-style bike done up in orange and features a 1.5 litre Megavalve engine from the old Proton Wira or Iswara 1.5. This engine is connected to the rear wheel via a single driveshaft with a 90 degree joint coming out of the Wira 5-speed manual gearbox.
According to NST, The rear wheel is a 17″ Proton car wheel wrapped with 210/50 motorcycle rubber, while the front uses a 21″ motorcycle wheel with 80/90 motorcycle rubber. Even the brakes and calipers are from Proton cars.
It’s quite a Frankenstein-like piece of madness really, and Proton is planning another prototype with a 1.6 litre Campro engine soon.
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some people have too much time on their hands.. ;-)
another ‘juara’ product by well known car maker – the Proton
LMAO!
Gosh! THATS WASTE RESOURCES !!
better use your brain juice to think/design a proper diesel engine!
vincentwee , at least get your facts right. Juara is a 100% mitsubishi product, nothing from Proton at all. Its apparently quiet a well known “k-car”, called the “townbox” in japan.
anyways.. its nothing new that prototype/custom bikes are done up with car engines. theres a pretty well known custom bike in germany that runs the 3.5 litre V8 from a BMW 7 series. i think its interesting that proton engineers do at least design and build some original stuff.
Maybe they regretted their decision to sell MV Augusta. Some ‘gila talak’ Protonians try to convinced people that without MV Augusta they can make a motorcycle to. Leve it to Modenas Proton. :))
yeap. whatever they gonna say over this, I must say, its a hell of wasted resources and energy.
there u are. last time, got one company that BUILDs motorcycle, then u guys shot that one for 1 euro.
now?
better do something else. bring out that 200bhp coupe. opps…u already sell those petronas engine to the chinese? alamak!
ahah..
next 10 years proton will be like modenas..
manufacture motorbike..
hahaha…btw..nice look…
haha not so much of wasted resources…..look at what their using…mostly parts from the old school protons that probably were collected from the storehouse.
seriously fugly….especially the rear tyres with that odd looking colored rims.
What do you mean by wasting resources? It’s their money and they can do whatever they want to do. In the name of research, you can even build a rocket if you want.
paul should test ride this bike… i hope paul has driving license for motorcycle.
can someone tell me how much motorcycle road tax if 1.5L?? superbike road tax is damn expensive than car road tax.
its easy to hate if your love is entirely on 4 wheels, but this is a nice kustom job!
If u see the Mat Sallehs, they have installed engines from cars, trucks and even from a small airplane into kustom bikes like this.
For me, the only wasted thing in this is, they were building this officially under Proton, getting paid while having the fun chopping, but to where after this? Can they learn anything from this project to make better Proton cars in the future?
anyway, nice customizing job frm the team.
How does it look like ? Any photos please…
it’s in the linked article.
Bl00dy waste of money and time.
Next day nothing to do come out with 2.0L V6 elongated executive chancellor super long motorbike
One conclusion – waste of tax payer money for syok-syok sendiri!
after making million Ringgit lost they still could search for more fun! what’s a waste of money from Malaysia… when will be this disaster stop?!
Jeremy Clarkson blowing up a Kelisa is a waste of resources or money or whatever. This is not.
saw that bike b4 .
its kindda loud.
was at the skills competition.
Give it up to Proton, a round of applause! Satu lagi projek Proton untuk Rakyat, satu lagi bukti Proton Boleh. Whenever I begin to have some respect for Proton, e.g. the quality of recent models, Proton will come out with some nonsensical Boleh thingy. Absolutely horrendous! Shame on you Proton for your unacceptable behaviour!
Dear BigFish,
Your tax gone to drain not thru proton, it went to government servant salary increment. I think proton make this bike from their old junk car,
To vandenlye
Go and join VW take control of proton then you decide what to do…
I am interested in how heavy the bike is
proton pathetic.
can imagine what VW officials are thinking. or indeed the world.
laughing stock of the car world already. time to conquer another market.
its very old school, but the effort of ones hand is something.
,…….i cant do that
Make bike from their old junk car? Worst than Ah Beng! Just wonder if they cannibalize Juara …….. become mini hearse motorbike.
Plan with Campro engine – shhhhhh, another waste of tax payer monies!!!!! Too much time doing for nothing.
i never seen the pic anyone have???? but i think this is how proton want to make their designer team more creative even other auto company make something like this i see one at one of astro channel (not remember the title) dodge ask the chopper maker make one for thier anniversary owh yes ithink taht episode name american chooper not surelah malaysian every time proton make something new we will says it waste of money but if other car maker making something weird we will says it this is reasearch for futere hahaha
I say why not? The cost of building this bike is probably minimal, because it’s built with parts probably lying around on the floor. If they can prove the bike works beautifully, why not put it in production? Don’t make it a mass production bike, but do it on a custom-built, made-to-order basis. That way, it will build exclusivity and if demand isn’t there then investment in production would have been minimal. The way I see it, Proton only needs to improve the bike’s cosmetic styling.
good try by proton but it’s too ugly…make or redesign a proper engine for the bike instead of using d car engine .
That why i say stupid proton car have a stupid proton bike ya finally stupid thinking have come out, what a fcuk look. This is proud of malaysia ? no no this is hell of malaysia. Proton so stupid please don’t be continue stupid. PROTON PLEASE CLOSE SHOP ! U HAPPY WE ALL HAPPY !
they should concentrate on making bikes instead of cars, it will stupid of them to selll mv agusta, its nonsense that they were losing money out of it
hello proton, dont waste time on this shit first. this is not the right time. better concentrate on rebuilding ur reputation and other important thing first. building this bike wont make people impress ‘wooow’, ‘oh-so-high-tech’, or even boost up ur share price, please…
Again i have to agree with JulienLee on this. It appears that Proton is better-off making bikes! At least with the bad QC going around, the only one’s that will most likely to die are the ‘mat-rempits’. or NYAMUKS!
Am i not right on this point?
i make my own bikes..haha
……… concentrate on rebuilding ur reputation? Proton and NAP have reputations for a wrong reason!
JULIANLEE, If they can concentrate on making bike, then as their website show, can make T-bike as well!
It’s just a Prototype. Definitely 99% sure that Proton will never make it into production. Proton has better logical products in the future. So, stop the bashing….. e.g: “waste of money, resources, etc etc.. blah blah blah….”
To me, buying the Viva IS a waste of money!
Another blindly 100% Proton supporter.. Think rationally laa… MV agusta already a failure still want to make bike? Even the mountain-bike bicycle wif Lotus name also cannot sell… U tot ur company level is like BMW, Honda & Suzuki? If u dont like Viva dont buy it laa, still i see ppl drive it..
To me, buying Viva is like pay for main menu course but get dessert to cuci mulut only!
Selamat Hari Raya to all and enjoy holiday!
Using 17 inch proton rear wheel? Which proton is using 17inch rims as standard? From the pic it looks like std 16inch wira SE rims – correct me if i’m wrong.
LittleFire85,
Yup, i am thinking rationally. Thats y i said that i am 99% sure Proton WILL NEVER PUT THE BIKE INTO PRODUCTION. AND, u r right bout me being a Proton supporter. Though not 100% a Proton supporter, i have more faith in them now coz nowadays they make cars that people want at a reasonable price. Plus, they have shown more effort in taking care of their present customers. AND, about the VIVA comment, well, thats just my opinion. Surely, u have ur own opinion too, rite?
Its o.k. for Dodge to make the tomahawk, but not for P1… its not like the whole company was out to build the damn thing….. and for Gods sake how expensive is the metal tubing for the frame anyway? was it titanium? alu/alloy? i doubt so… For a moment there i thought u guys were bias… c’mon guys you’re better than that……
Proton engineers watched to much American Chopper
after all, it was just a concept and suka2 (wasting time of course) ….