Velorex Car, Not sidecar

[Turin]

This looks neat. Anyone see one of these?
https://www.cycletrader.com/dealers/Blue-Moon-Cycle-Inc-840030/listing/1966-Velorex-Cycle-Car-123351239

( I am not a prospective buyer )

[Arizona Wayne]

Never heard of that trike and no way I would pay $12.5K for it.    Don't even know if I would pay $3K for it.

[Guzzi Gal]

First thing that popped into my head was it looks like a 3 wheeled Hebmuller.

[Sasquatch Jim]

 How do they start the engine backwards?  I understand how a two stroke can run backwards but how do they start it running backwards?

[Rusty goose]

They come up for sale on "Bring a Trailer" every so often.  They all seem to have come in the same color.

[tazio]

If ever in the Atlanta area, Blue Moon in Norcross is a "must see" in my book.
Upstairs full of old bikes, nearly all for sale !

[RinkRat II]

 Here's a nekkid one that might 'splain some things.

     https://bringatrailer.com/2017/08/17/jawa-powered-czech-trike-in-chicago-1959-velorex-oskar-16250/

      Paul B

[JACoH]

Pretty sure those wheel hubs are same as on my old Velorex sidecars. I think they still make Jawa/Yezdi parts in India.

[Lumpy Idle]

i like it. i'd love to have one but then again i have always wanted a messerschmitt bubble car too. i find micro-cars fascinating. this one, with its skinned tubular frame and a gas tank in your lap seems a bit more of death trap than most BUT still i want one.

[Tom]

Cool! but not for the price.   

[Kiwi_Roy]

How do they start the engine backwards?  I understand how a two stroke can run backwards but how do they start it running backwards?

Run the starter backwards I guess
Any DC motor will run backwards if you reverse the direction of the current in the armature.
Of course the starters we are used to have a 1 way clutch.
But the Bosch Dynastarter comes with just a double V pulley
Note it will also charge the battery while running backwards.

http://www.dynamoregulatorconversions.com/dynastarter-kit-shop.php

[larrys]

Run the starter backwards I guess
Any DC motor will run backwards if you reverse the direction of the current in the armature.
Of course the starters we are used to have a 1 way clutch.
But the Bosch Dynastarter comes with just a double V pulley
Note it will also charge the battery while running backwards.
http://www.dynamoregulatorconversions.com/dynastarter-kit-shop.php

Timing has to change to get the motor to run backwards. I have a 1960 Mercury 800 outboard motor that runs backwards for reverse. The starter has two sets of brushes and two bendix's, one for each direction.
Larry

[rodekyll]

A lot of marine engines have gear reduction, but no direction changing capabilities.  They were shut down and reversed to make the boat go the other way.  Also, a lot of early electric-starter vehicles did double-duty operating the dynamo backwards to start the engine.  Modern slab sleds like the Goldwing also run their starter backwards to get reverse.  That's why when I get challenged to a race by another trike owner my one condition is that we go backwards -- I have engine powered reverse and can go as fast that way as I go this way.  It's the only way I can win.  No, no takers on backwards racing so far.   

[Kiwi_Roy]

Was it 40mph you told me you tested it at?


Sent from my shoe phone!

[Tom]

A lot of marine engines have gear reduction, but no direction changing capabilities.  They were shut down and reversed to make the boat go the other way.  Also, a lot of early electric-starter vehicles did double-duty operating the dynamo backwards to start the engine.  Modern slab sleds like the Goldwing also run their starter backwards to get reverse.  That's why when I get challenged to a race by another trike owner my one condition is that we go backwards -- I have engine powered reverse and can go as fast that way as I go this way.  It's the only way I can win.  No, no takers on backwards racing so far.   

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