Here's a thought: add a single castor wheel directly under the motorcycle - makes the whole thing a wheelie bar!

Wouldn't it be easier to tow the Smart car behind the motorcycle? Or maybe rig the motorcycle to help push?

"Influence from the Chief Engineer" is a fine euphemism.

"I'm gonna go find a heavier motorcycle, and a closed course" The most perfect ending I've seen in years.

4:06 That check engine light on the wall! Pretty funny, I like it!

The persistence and skill that you put into executing a bad idea is inspiring.

Ah yes, now you just need some casters on the motorcycle carrier and you'll have a proper wheelie bar for your 2000 ft-lb output Smart Car. A drag strip is a closed course, right?

Be honest, Matt, you just wanted a Wheelie-ing smart car.

I'm amazed the motorcycle didn't tear off the entire rear of the smart car

Man, if only "Mercedes" had a chief engineer available during the prototyping phase...

I love the approach of ‘this is dumb. I absolutely shouldn’t be doing it, but I am anyway’

Your welds are looking good Matt!

“My favorite saw of all” was a missed opportunity for a play on words for Sawzall.

I never realised when you watch a grinder in slo-mo it actually plays techno. Learn something new every day!

Thanks for talking about sendcutsend, that sounds useful for the heavy machine lacking DIYer.

Was absolutely prepared for a "tappy tap tap" from the "chief engineer"... been watching too much AvE...

I honestly thought this was just going to be a hilarious set up for motorbike engine swap in that smart car. But oh well. Now all you need is a sketchy abom79 motorbike mount on the front end and all with be in perfect balance with the world.

If I was your employer, I don't know if your creativity would impress me or scare the poop out of me.

the word sketchy definitely comes to mind looking at it.. LOVE IT

I have about 40 “Chief Engineers “. Now I have to rank them, Master Chief, Hauptleute und Rittmeister Engineer, etc. I look forward to your Hayabusa swap into the Smart. You know you want to.

Found this channel in my recommendation with the Tesla door handles and I'm now binging all your videos, amazing blend of humor and engineering, truly a hidden gem of a channel

All hail the algorithm.

The bumper beam is the normal method of attaching a hitch to a European car... but they normally use a more substantial beam to replace the non-towing part... they don't just weld a receiver box to the part designed with minimal torsional strength. But SuperfastMatt knows that.

This is gold man, I love this stuff, and I love the way you think. It feels like something dumb I would do myself, in every way possible, from "torx doesn't fit so I make it fit" to "small bike + small car = big brain". I look forward to whatever you do next. Time to binge everything you've already done.

Remember to add rear skate wheels to the bike rack. Dragging it will slow you down and end your wheelie.

A wheel-E, I love it.

This latest update on the tesla conversion is amazing !!

I had the "will it wheelie" question in mind since I saw the thumbnail.

You truly are a mad lad engineer and I love it!

The wheelie pun completed my soul xD

I think the Torx bolts were TX45. Haven't taken one apart in a long time. Also I have the suspicion the carrier and the bike slightly exceed the maximum bearing load of 99lb (45kg for German Matt). But you can actually tow 450kg (992lb) with the 451

Alternativ title: How to get arrested in a smart.

Looks like there’s one smart thing in the room and it’s got wheels.

E trailer sells hitches that mount to the frame underneath

I own a Smart, and a small motorbike. Your handy work has convinced me, to buy a pickup. Thanks, Matt!

Truly some of your best work yet, keep it up bro!

I keep finding your videos randomly pop up in my recommendations. Love your work mate

Your videos have been helping me keep my mind off of other things going on in the world right now. Thank you for this much needed reprieve.

That was absolutely superb old chap, so I have now cancelled my subscription to Netflix and you're going to have to get cracking on with more of these sublime feats of engineering excellence...

I was an expediter for a construction company for a time, young and dumb, driving a GMC W3500 short wheelbase, short box straight truck. Had to pick up a couple pallets of shingles from homme de potte, but their good fork lift was broken down. They were unable to push the pallets forward more than to barely be able to close the door. Every bump put the steer axle in the air. Longest delivery of my life.

Hm... ...all this time the “dammit tool” was actually the chief engineer. No wonder we keep having problems. The chief ain’t getting the respect it deserves.

So, you've gone from the large rock and blow torch method to the finer aspects of a ball-peen hammer and an arc welder method.

I just bought a Citroen Berlingo 2 seater van 2007 year with 1.4 litre petrol and manual 5 speed. Think French bead van. Sooooooooo much fun. Every journey is an adventure with people waving and me waving back. Small hills needs 2 or more down changers. The best ! Needs actual driving and it corners with so much roll it just puts a smile on my face

I also think that small cars are fun, but there are limitations. I'm impressed that you managed to reengineer the Smart's bumper beam to actually support a Honda Grom, but even though you managed to haul said Grom without turning your Smart to a 2 wheeler, I wouldn't recommend hauling anything heavier than a 50's vintage Schwin.

Had me laughing out loud for about 2/3 of the video. Praise be “the algorithm” for recommending you.

Those big holes at the end of your welds are usually caused by taking the filler metal away too fast. I ran into that issue when I learned stick welding. My instructor showed me to just hover over the spot about a second longer to compensate.

Amazing work, as always.

When are you putting the Hayabusa motor in the Smart?

You really make my day with your style of videos and your … wel … British style voice over. Thanx!

I did something similar for my prius v modified a new hitch with a 2 inch like you did and it works great with bracing from cables underneath

4:18 I felt my heart tense up, felt like whole car was gonna fall, it didn't

I bought a Honda 600 couple new in 1972. What a wonderful car. I had Astrali mags, 20x800 10 tires. Orange. Although I was from Tulsa, my first duty station was Jacksonville Florida. After a year I was stationed at MCAS El Toro, Santa Ana, Ca. Coast to coast with a top speed around 86mph. A wonderful time to be alive. I would still drive one. 598 CC's, 38 hp, 10,000 rpm. Just 100% exhilaration!

I wish that I could show you the photos that I have seen of a Smart that was rear-ended by a drunk in a VW Golf 1 (think 80's VW Rabbit and you're close). The Golf was totalled. The Smart was driven home, and repaired within a week. Plenty strong in that brace.

I love these videos. As one who thinks wrenches are cool art and welding is done with magic they are very educational. i am ;looking forward to seeing the first 1950 Jagutesla on the road

"We later found out that it was not square, oh well" - Story of my life

Bro i had a smart as a daily for a super long time. I have a 100 pound dog, and it perfectly fits in the back . As for the RWD and traction control, there is a hack where you short a pin in the OBD, and you get sideways like no other. Of course, on snow.

I had a feeling that the Smart Car factory rear bumper strengthening was actually the front bumper, but your solution is superb!!!!!

Well done for tiptoeing around the obvious question until 8:48. There aren't many you-tubers who could've resisted asking it sooner...

Don't forget that you add a torque in the opposite direction when you get in the car. This is your funniest video ever!! 🤣🤣

So excited to see what you do with this. For an amazing paint job paint the roof yellow and the body red like a cozy coupe.

You could increase the loading by mounting the mountain bike rack to the tube at the rear of the motorcycle rack… then it would be one of those stylized-art-deco letter “E”s

Beautiful engineering on box beam and triangle mount.

Back in the day I put a hitch on a Geo Metro. It worked if you were careful. And didn't have to stop too fast.

That's the hot spark action I am looking for

This video resonated so much with me! I have a prius c hatchback that I installed a hitch on. I'm sure you know this, but 1UP does sell their racks with a 1-1/4" hitch.. thingy. That's what I have on my car!

Mom had a 2 wheel trailer. Half of a leaf spring with a 8 or 10" caster with a pneumatic tire. I can think up several ways to us a small air bag like used on big rig sleeper cabs.

I just found your channel, it's great! Minor suggestion about the thumbnails; on mobile the length of the video covers the bottom right of the thumbnail which can block the text you've got there. Anyway, good stuff, I'm looking forward to your future videos!

This was super fun to watch!

Love it! Isn't the piece of stamped metal you welded the hitch to made of some super high modulus boron steel usually? How was the weldability?

This is the silliest channel i know of and i love it :D

Nice welding!

Once again the YT algo for the win and also Matt, you had me at the Ace Ventura quote @ 00:02:34

I always called the chief engineer a "mechanical persuasion device".

Basically a torsion beam suspension mount for your bike rack

Put a wheel under the mc carrier. Thing of a large caster wheel. You can get them for highway use.

Good free body diagram, but you may have wanted to go into the effect the cantilevered load has on the weight over the rear axle and how that influences the center of gravity of the vehicle and consequences of longitudinal stability during acceleration.

I've never heard of "leftover" birthday cake.

4:20 *me awaiting some cool engineering term* “Bad” 😂

There are a couple of companies out there making air bag suspensions for the Smart. You'd probably only need half a kit on order to do the rear...

Maybe some solid bump stops to stop the rear from sagging would allow the front wheels to come up.

Simply amazing!

You know, OneUp makes a 1 1/4 hitch (with a 2" adaptor). Also, OneUp is the best rack ever.

You need a carrier that basically sits on that hitch as opposed to one that has extra length on it for some reason.

I forgot hitch mount motorcycle carriers were a thing. I might get one of those for my motorcycle someday.

As someone who installed a class III hitch on the back of a Ford Fiesta, this is good for the soul.

We used to have a Smart- the weird part about the car is that the main aspect of the design- the being small part- works perfectly fine- but then the normal car stuff sucks... mostly the automatic gearbox- changing gears is sooo slow.. and since the car is so short you rock back and forth a lot... Also changing wheels on that car was a major pain for some reason.. the tires would fuse with the hub every time and needed ridiculous force to come off..

why is this channel soooo good wish i could sub twice keep it up dude!!

One of your best vids!

Love your humor.

Stick a swivel wheel derictly below the the Grom

Make a Sketchy roof rack for the motorcycle. You can figure out the small details. You know, like mounting it on the roof.

Great video 👍 Add some wheelie wheels on the bike rack just for those ramp moments that happen time to time.

I went through this EXACT same saga on my gf’s TJ. Glad I’m not the only one who looked at the bumper bar and thought “this is fine” before realizing what a horrible mistake it was and boxing it in 🤣

I think casters at the rear of the bike ramp , would have fit the spirit of the project.

Very entertaining. The 450 has two hole holes in the frame designed for this purpose. A person has to drill another hole in each side, and you can place a $150 trailer hitch. Or, in the two 3 3/4" holes in the back of the frame, insert two 90 degrees elbows, pointing upward, and weld across a 3" wide piece of alum channel, and you can have an E bibe, bike, or motorcycle rack. That is an excellent shop and equipment you got. I know you are just having fun. Thanks for the video.

This guy is the most optimistic man I've seen in a while. SMART!

At this point, wouldn’t it make more sense to get a carrier so the motorcycle hauls the car?

I saw the other day a Prius C with trailer hitch ... same thing.

You could install a single castor wheel on the bike rack , perhaps for smoother riding add a spring to the castor mount, she'll be right mate.

I must know where you got that neon check engine sign! So damn cute.