Bit of a newb question but:
Why doesn't the MRT5 have a reverse gear?

It has a motorbike engine.

Quote from the_angry_angel :

It has a motorbike engine.

So how do I get the guy out to push it back from a wall?

Press space

Quote from tristancliffe :

Press space

I knew that

Hurrah

What a brilliant idea, no reverse, but reverse gear make the driver jump out and push it! love it!

Quote from the_angry_angel :

It has a motorbike engine.

the problem is the motorbike gearbox, not the engine

Usually the gearbox and engine are one part, so you can look at it either way...

And not all motorbikes are without a reverse. I'm not sure, but I think Honda Goldwings have some sort of reverse current going to the starter to back them up.

Goldwings have some kind of reverse for sure (my dad used to have one)

Although isnt one of the definitions of a motorbike the lack of reverse gear?

Quote from Frankmd :

Usually the gearbox and engine are one part, so you can look at it either way...

Uhm, no... it's completely the opposite: usually the engine and the gearbox are completely different parts. Take one series of road car (e.g. my trusty '92 Polo): You can have different engines for one gearbox (e.g. the same 5-speed gearbox for the 55hp, 75hp and maybe the 130hp one) or different gearboxes for the same engine (e.g. the 55hp engine can have a 4-speed or 5-speed gearbox)

We're talking bike engines, and usually they are a single entity (sharing the crankcase, and often the oil supply).

How am I supposed to know you're talking about bike engines ?

Anyway, didn't think that far ahead... but you can still exchange single parts of the engine and the gearbox, so they aren't completely one part

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How am I supposed to know you're talking about bike engines ?

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=220512#post220512

Quote from Dumpy :

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=220512#post220512

Lol. wonderfully pointed out

Not one part (they each contain lots), but one entity. i.e. pick up the 'engine' and you pick up the 'gearbox' too

Now you picked it up, how long can you hold it?

You don't have to get out and move the MRT to back it up, you could just reach forward and move the front wheel to get the car moving backwards.

Quote from Tweaker :

You don't have to get out and move the MRT to back it up, you could just reach forward and move the front wheel to get the car moving backwards.

That sounds like hard work O_O

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Goldwings aren't motorbikes, they're just very narrow RVs.

Very well put

I found the Real MRT site
And they havn't filled in the engine/drivetrain specs
http://www.fsae.mcgill.ca/en/engineen.php

iirc it's a Honda CBR600 engine in the MRT5, although the later cars might change engines to take advantage of equivalency standards as they arise, with a teeny little turbo and a 20mm restrictor after the throttle (but before the turbo).

Quote from Dumpy :

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=220512#post220512

bah! there isn't such a post

Quote from Tweaker :

You don't have to get out and move the MRT to back it up, you could just reach forward and move the front wheel to get the car moving backwards.

much to complicated, just take the engine, turn it around by 180° (z-axis, everything else isn't very useful ) and reconnect the driveshafts. Now you have 6 reverse gears

Quote from herki :

bah! there isn't such a post



much to complicated, just take the engine, turn it around by 180° (z-axis, everything else isn't very useful ) and reconnect the driveshafts. Now you have 6 reverse gears

you would have to turn the seat and pedals around too XD