my henderson tribute

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charliechaindrive.

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Hehehe, finaly have figured out how to post pics!! I think but here it goes I'll try to put up a pic of the engine with the crank starter :)


Arg! It won't work! I was able to put up a avatar though. :D trying to put the pics in the album. Be right back
 

charliechaindrive.

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Its a steampunk motorcycle that I think is based off a strange simplex made bike that looked similar. Don't remember the exact name of the simplex bike but there was one on epay a while ago. I put a few pic's up in my album :)
 

Mr.B.

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Thanks, I'll check it out.

If you’re still having difficultly posting images to threads perhaps you could use a photo sharing site...

For example my Daughter recently turned me on to one named Imgur

http://imgur.com/”

It’s pretty simple to download your images there (There’s no resizing or anything involved) and then just copy and paste a link to your album here... ?

-Kirk
 

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Checked out your album....some cool stuff. The crank starter is very unusual...in 40 years of working around engines, I have only seen pictures of them....are you going to motorize that little red wagon in the background???? I couldn't resist it :)
 

charliechaindrive.

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If my old wagon was in better shape I would think about it but after having used it as a trailer behind my motorbike for the last 6 months has raly taken its toll on the flimsy sheetmetal.
 

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Any progress on the build??? I've been too busy with motorcycles this winter to get serious with the bicycle builds, so I'm living vicariously through you guys!
 

charliechaindrive.

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Haven't really did anything to it, since my has started remodeling the kitchen the welder has a good quater inch of sawdust on it. I got the perfect set of wheels and spokes for the henderson but I threw them on my china bike just to get to work after I popped 3 spokes on a vintage new departure wheel :( I've found a older sears and roebuck engine, and its very very heavy but its all in one peice and the tank dosnt have a speck of rust inside. I'll eventualy sneak all the peices to school after we comlete the high mileage car races and have mr.lindgren weld it up.
 

charliechaindrive.

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I've finaly laced up the wheels, puch moped hubs and a set of worksman rims. They're not pretty but I guess they will work. A few days ago on the facebook page for here I posted pictures of my belt shieve tht I made from what actualy turned out to be a part from a snowmobile clutch. it was very simple to do and it automaticly centers itself on the spokes (it mounts like a whizzer shieve).

A belt idler pully mounts on the motor, where a conventional clutch band brake is usualy mounted.
and I've actualy welded part of the frame together my self so,

all the best.
 

charliechaindrive.

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On a belt drive, would a 3 to 2 to 3 to 10 inch set up be workable? I dunno the ratio tables or where to find a calculator online that has 4 fill-in-the-blanks.
 
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curtisfox

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You need to switch the first two around.# 3 to 2 then back to 3 you don't gain anything. That is seping up then back down. It would be the same as 3 to 10 to start with. With belt drive you just devide 3 by 2 and it will give you the ratio. With out geting the calculator out I think you should be around 2 to 5 or 6 then 2 to 10 hope that helps........Curt
 

charliechaindrive.

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Thanks!, my jack shaft/clutch pulley is just a triple step with bushings pressed in. just as simple as flipping it over to work then.
 
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