saw this strange contraption in a museum in france while on holiday - yup the engine is located inside the front wheel! the "crank" does not rotate, the rest of the engine turns round it, turning the front wheel.
bizzare motorbike engine
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bizzare motorbike engine
saw this strange contraption in a museum in france while on holiday - yup the engine is located inside the front wheel! the "crank" does not rotate, the rest of the engine turns round it, turning the front wheel.
Last edited by picky on Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
1969 Four door Saloon Old English White 1275 with ported head and HS4 carb. Wolseley 1500 front brakes. Currently off the road with a leaky master cylinder!
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I bet the people who used the same principle on vehicle electric motors thought they were being very novel!
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Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
If you look carefully the carb supplies the engine with charge through the middle of the wheel bearing... must get air leaks alot!! also I wonder if it has a clutch? otherwise it would stall everytime you want to stop...
Picky
Picky
1969 Four door Saloon Old English White 1275 with ported head and HS4 carb. Wolseley 1500 front brakes. Currently off the road with a leaky master cylinder!