Jason James wrote:
> "RainbowWarrior" <anemailaddress@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Jason James" <at@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> I've noticed 3 motorised pushbikes getting around. One has a small
>>> 2-stroked
>>> motor-bike engine in it mounted halfway up the seat-strut with an
> exposed
>>> chain driving the wheel sprocket. He doesnt seem to change gears tho.
He
>>> has
>>> the clutchless thing, which is easier to run than the next 2 below.
>>>
>>> The others have whipper-snipper donks on them and go
****house,..noisey
>>> and
>>> gutless. Fuzz must be slacking off,..tho I toyed with the idea a while
>>> back.
>>>
>>> Dont know about everyone else, but motor-bikes are something every one
>>> should try once.
>>>
>>> Jason
>> We used to have a guy at work that had a mower engine mounted on the
front
>> wheel of a BMX with a friction drive, balanced horribly too, other guys
> had
>> clocked it keeping up with cars at 60kph, apparently it was a handful
> though
>> and he was too scared to go any faster.
>
> Aye, its too heavy. I've seen a friction driven front-wheel years ago.
It
> seemed to go pretty well. It had a what I can onnly deduce as a
w/snipper on
> it. Other w/snipper efforts must have the gearing wrong, as they were
> pathetic.
>
> Jason
>
> Jason
>
>
I had one way back around 1955. Did a lot of miles on it delivering
telegrams. The motor was called a Barini, 33cc mounted on the front
forks. Cylinder was mounted upside-down on one side, flywheel/magneto on
the other. Drive was by about a 2" roller in the middle onto the front
tyre. Used to peddle up to about 5MPH and drop this thing onto the wheel
to start it. Was good for almost 20MPH.
Disadvantages were, on wet days all the water that sprays forward off
the tyre would collect on the roller, run down the forks and soak your
shoes. And, any hot unburnt oil would run down the exhaust and drop on
your bare feet.
Apart from that it was fun.
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