comet/whizzer drive

[glennbo]

anyone ever given any thought to running a comet torque converter to a whizzer sheave just replace the sprocket with a pully HMMMM!!!!! any thoughts from the whizzer or four stroke pros on why this might or might not work??
glenn

 

[motorhedfred]

WayneZ did something similar on his vari-speed drive.

http://motorbicycling.com/showthread.php?t=35942

 

[professor]

Actually, I have been thinking of using a normal cent. belt clutch on the engine> going to a driven CVT pulley on a jackshaft, then from that jackshaft back to the rear wheel with another belt.
An idler with a lever could push on the primary belt> changing the ratio on the driven pulley for a higher gear.
My reason for this combo rather than using the normal CVT driver is it is quite wide and I need the space for pulley to drive a generator.
The driven part of the CVT needs to go on a jackshaft regardless of the configuration.