Friction mounts

I made a friction drive 25cc weedeater once. Not the most thrilling ride, but enough for a few kicks. I forget how it mounted, but i made a sort of scissor pivot for the motor. There was a lever on the side, like a suicide clutch for engaging/disengaging the drive roller from the wheel. The roller was just a plain 7/8" socket attached to the flywheel.

It didn't last long. The amount of pressure required to keep the socket from free spinning was a lot, which fatigued the crankshaft and eventually broke it. It was awesome. Parts went everywhere. The flywheel came off and whizzed down the street in front of me.

Many different ways to accomplish this can be found here;

http://motorbicycling.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6

You'll have to sift through it all to find what will work for you.

Good luck, and keep us posted.

Welcome aboard. There are a lot of friction drive builds. Cannenball has done a lot
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partne...495#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=cannenball friction drive and there is a friction drive section...........Curt

Well damn... there is a friction drive section. I thought I looked.
Thanks Curt!

What is Kool is cannenball has built a new one using a three speed hub as a drive roller,and Silverbear has fallowed and built his version................Curt