Author Topic: Just one minor problem... (Read 8418 times)

Cheese · « **on:** March 25, 2015, 04:59:40 AM »

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes-Sunbeam-S7-/271813821259?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3f495dc34b&item=271813821259

Love it! Sorta' like building a boat in the basement..

Peter

Crusty · « **Reply #1 on:** March 25, 2015, 05:29:07 AM »

Waste of a perfectly good Sunbeam Frame.

smdl · « **Reply #2 on:** March 25, 2015, 05:30:10 AM »

Ouch! That must have been a painful realization!

Shaun

pyoungbl · « **Reply #3 on:** March 25, 2015, 05:51:55 AM »

I am actually laughing out loud....."engine runs backwards"....runs in reverse.

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #3 on:** March 25, 2015, 05:51:55 AM »

190 Octane · « **Reply #4 on:** March 25, 2015, 10:21:39 AM »

He just need to turn the seat around and rig up a rudder system. ???

Triple Jim · « **Reply #5 on:** March 25, 2015, 10:24:26 AM »

"The solution would be to get the final drive gear cut opposite or just
find a BMW wheel and modified it to fit"

Yeah, just get the gear cut opposite. What?

oldbike54 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 25, 2015, 10:49:41 AM »

Hope they installed a throttle that only opens 1/2 way , because even if someone sorts out all of the other issues , that oilhead engine will completely overwhelm the Sunbeam running gear :o Probably 3X the HP and torque of the stocker .

Dusty

pressureangle · « **Reply #7 on:** March 25, 2015, 10:49:52 AM »

I can't imagine the crushing feeling of investing that much time and money to realize that I missed something so obvious and fundamental. Even if it worked, it was a piece of crap though.

Bill Havins · « **Reply #8 on:** March 25, 2015, 10:53:44 AM »

Oh my! ;)

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #9 on:** March 25, 2015, 11:14:02 AM »

No hill for a climber. Just get a cam ground to run it the opposite direction, put carbs (and a throttle stop to let them open no more than 1/4) on it, and yer good to go..
As mentioned above

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Waste of a perfectly good Sunbeam Frame.

Triple Jim · « **Reply #10 on:** March 25, 2015, 11:21:19 AM »

Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on March 25, 2015, 11:14:02 AM

No hill for a climber. Just get a cam ground to run it the opposite direction, put carbs (and a throttle stop to let them open no more than 1/4) on it, and yer good to go..
As mentioned above

Right, and get the starter modified to go backwards. I have one on those on my Correct Craft Mustang (Ford 289). Cam, water pump, and starter are different, everything else is the same.

nc43bsa · « **Reply #11 on:** March 25, 2015, 11:22:24 AM »

Don't forget the oil pump.

oldbike54 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 25, 2015, 11:25:34 AM »

Wait , maybe the original builder lives in Australia ;D Remember the Delahaye , 4 speeds in reverse also .

Dusty

ken farr · « **Reply #13 on:** March 25, 2015, 11:41:20 AM »

WHAT THE HELL DID HE DO THAT FOR ????
IS THERE SOMEONE I CAN REPORT THIS TO????

jeez, just, jeez

kjf

Penderic · « **Reply #14 on:** March 25, 2015, 12:27:26 PM »

He ran out of money.

That's all.

Lots of money.

Drive by Prussian Percussion.

Triple Jim · « **Reply #15 on:** March 25, 2015, 12:27:43 PM »

Quote from: nc43bsa on March 25, 2015, 11:22:24 AM

Don't forget the oil pump.

Funny... I rebuilt the 289 and didn't change the pump because it was in good condition. I never thought about that being different. I suppose if I had bought a standard oil pump I would have noticed that it was different looking from the backwards one.

rodekyll · « **Reply #16 on:** March 25, 2015, 02:59:19 PM »

I have dreams of completing my trike, putting it in "this way" gear and going "that way". It's a recurring dream. Sometimes I go out and check the direction of rotation just to make it stop -- but it won't. After all the dreaming and checking if it DOES go backwards I'm gonna do something desperate. **C **C **C

Tobit · « **Reply #17 on:** March 25, 2015, 03:12:36 PM »

Quote from: nc43bsa on March 25, 2015, 11:22:24 AM

Don't forget the oil pump.

camchain tensioners won't like being on the load side either.

Get rid of the Sunbeam's worm drive and mate a BMW rear end to the wheel. And modern brakes. A 4" kickstand under the left cam cover would be nice.

:P

Triple Jim · « **Reply #18 on:** March 25, 2015, 03:31:33 PM »

After taking a closer look at the photos, that thing appears to have a lot of work left to do before it's finished. I wonder if the bids are real.

oldbike54 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 25, 2015, 03:39:18 PM »

Quote from: Triple Jim on March 25, 2015, 03:31:33 PM

After taking a closer look at the photos, that thing appears to have a lot of work left to do before it's finished. I wonder if the bids are real.

Yeah , but all of the hard work is done ::) Noticing the angle between the trans and driveshaft looks a bit uncomfortable ???

Dusty

Triple Jim · « **Reply #20 on:** March 25, 2015, 04:01:12 PM »

Another reason Tobit's solution is the only realistic one. But the finished bike isn't something that would give me incentive to do the work. Maybe if it had the original engine...

jbell · « **Reply #21 on:** March 25, 2015, 05:51:47 PM »

Quote from: Penderic on March 25, 2015, 12:27:26 PM

He ran out of money.

That's all.

Lots of money.

Drive by Prussian Percussion.

Thumper takes on a whole new meaning.

guzzitime · « **Reply #22 on:** March 25, 2015, 06:41:58 PM »

Now He tells us! ;D

sib · « **Reply #23 on:** March 27, 2015, 01:44:13 PM »

Could be standard issue for the WWII-era Italian army: 1 speed forward, 4 in retreat.

Lannis · « **Reply #24 on:** March 27, 2015, 01:49:27 PM »

Quote from: Triple Jim on March 25, 2015, 10:24:26 AM

"The solution would be to get the final drive gear cut opposite or just
find a BMW wheel and modified it to fit"

Yeah, just get the gear cut opposite. What?

Well, if you take the gears to a machinist and tell him to "cut the gears opposite", and he jibs at that for some strange reason ....

It's obviously very simple (hence the cheery "just find") to modify that BMW wheel.

Reminds me a lot of those ads that say "Just needs the battery charged to run". REALLY? So instead of charging the battery and selling a running bike for $4,000, you're just going to blow off the $5.00 battery charging and sell the bike as a $1,000 non-runner parts bike ... ?

Lannis

drums4money · « **Reply #25 on:** March 27, 2015, 02:19:28 PM »

That's some fancy plumbing at work up front, too...

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Author Topic: Just one minor problem... (Read 8418 times)

Cheese

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190 Octane

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Bill Havins

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Penderic

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