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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Turin on October 31, 2017, 09:56:10 PM
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This looks neat. Anyone see one of these?
https://www.cycletrader.com/dealers/Blue-Moon-Cycle-Inc-840030/listing/1966-Velorex-Cycle-Car-123351239 (https://www.cycletrader.com/dealers/Blue-Moon-Cycle-Inc-840030/listing/1966-Velorex-Cycle-Car-123351239)
( I am not a prospective buyer )
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Never heard of that trike and no way I would pay $12.5K for it. :wink: Don't even know if I would pay $3K for it.
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First thing that popped into my head was it looks like a 3 wheeled Hebmuller.
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How do they start the engine backwards? I understand how a two stroke can run backwards but how do they start it running backwards?
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They come up for sale on "Bring a Trailer" every so often. They all seem to have come in the same color.
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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 !
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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/ (https://bringatrailer.com/2017/08/17/jawa-powered-czech-trike-in-chicago-1959-velorex-oskar-16250/)
Paul B :boozing:
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Pretty sure those wheel hubs are same as on my old Velorex sidecars. I think they still make Jawa/Yezdi parts in India.
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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.
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Cool! but not for the price. :tongue:
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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
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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
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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. :angry:
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Was it 40mph you told me you tested it at?
Sent from my shoe phone!
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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. :angry:
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