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Like you said it does seem like an obvious idea once you see it, but most great ideas are like that. I must praise you both for the idea, brilliant.

And i can imagine the difficulty of getting all the rockers just right to get it to work.

I love Bills setup. It must have a lot of people scratching their heads. When i took my Villiers bike to Greazefest i noticed many people would stand there looking at my bike trying to figure how my belt drive setup worked, but Bills bike would really confuse them.
 
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It does look like it would work from the drawings. I wonder what the behavior of the belt in neutral would be when in idle? If it isn't noisy and flappy it should be good.
 
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cobrafreak said:
It does look like it would work from the drawings. I wonder what the behavior of the belt in neutral would be when in idle? If it isn't noisy and flappy it should be good.
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I was thinking about that today, i was wondering if the idle belt was heated and therefore stretching the belt?
 
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It works really well, he has around a 1000 miles on it.

I remember that when he added the idler above the primary drive pulley it really helped keep the belt that’s in neutral from flapping and also from wanting to catch too much traction.

Notice from the photos he added a turn buckle on the linkage, and his jack shaft can be moved- Both of those adjustments are important to be able to fine tune things.

-Kirk
 
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Mr.B. said:
It works really well, he has around a 1000 miles on it.

I remember that when he added the idler above the primary drive pulley it really helped keep the belt that’s in neutral from flapping and also from wanting to catch too much traction.

Notice from the photos he added a turn buckle on the linkage, and his jack shaft can be moved- Both of those adjustments are important to be able to fine tune things.

-Kirk
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I used a guide plate above my primary drive to allow my belt to slip when in neutral. Luckily fellow member Msrfan suggested that to me quite early on to avoid headaches.
 
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This years show starts tomorrow!

http://www.chiefblackhawk.org/

Forecast is hot, humid, & sunny.

I’ll be there Friday & Saturday with Excalibur ‘09, Robert Thumper, and a hopefully a new 1955 Schwinn Spitfire/China Girl project.

If you see the bikes, look me up!

My friend “Bicycle Bill” will be there too.

Still just have my old crummy camera, but I will taking a lot of photos this year!

-Kirk
 
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I really got off to a slow start this year!

Just before I planned to leave my wife was rear ended, fortunately no one was injured and there isn’t really a lot of damage to her car.

But by the time we got things sorted and I give her a ride to work I determined it was too late to even go Friday. And with the antique/vintage races Friday night, it’s typically the best day to go.

On the other hand Friday it was 98° and with the dew point in the mid 70% so I imagine it would of been a very uncomfortable day to be outside.

Bill and I did set up a vender space Saturday monday (first photo in the Imgur album). We actual got a good spot with shade as one of the long time regulars had already left. But that’s not unusual and most of the venders start to pack up early afternoon on Saturday and some leave in the morning or Friday.

The weather was a little nicer, but I still managed to score a sunburn, Ha!

Bill sold every thing he brought! I only sold a rusty basket from a old John Deere factory Worksman bike. Never the less it’s always fun to see the show!

Because I was 1/2 responsible for the spot I only did a single quick walk through in the morning, and at that I did miss several venders in the farthest corners.

But I did attempt to take a lot of photos along the way...

And since sidecars seem to be popular here now I was on the lookout for them this year.

http://imgur.com/a/oRzy2#0

The American Pickers had already abandoned their usual spot so I decided to stop by their nearby Le Claire shop on the way home (last two pics).

It was the most crowded I’ve even seen it and with so many people in frame I didn’t feel comfortable taking pictures of the handful of antique bikes Mike has on display there.

I did take a pic of the new building under construction that they discussed in very recent episode. I’m a little disappointed to see they knocked down a old house to do it...

-Kirk
 
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Kirk,
Certainly glad your wife wasn't injured nor the people who hit her. I hope no injuries show up later.

Thank you for taking us for a walk through the show. I spent about $5,000 grand and filled the trailer twice and that was just the bikes and parts as I walked along with you.
I really liked the white, hand cranked trike and the off road tike with the all terrain tires.

Next year we'll be there with you.

Steve.
 
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LOL. My brother and I have often talked about what would happen if someone made a solid offer on the tri car when I had it out somewhere. Like Excalibur, is there an offer big enough to make you decide to sell it after putting so much of yourself into it.

I hope that I'm never faced with that decision.

Steve.
 
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Thanks for sharing those pictures... And Yet another year, I'm disappointing that I didn't make it down there...
 
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