Strange arrangement of controls... why the rider in the back gets to adjust the speed, but can't see if the bike and riders are likely to run into anything... that doesn't seem like the best idea.
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Look close at the chain, it's the only one I've seen like it. I wonder why they thought this double roller type would be better than a single link and roller
Makes sense, it runs just like our economy....Congress in the back, the bureaucrats in the middle and us in the front seat, watching the wall coming at us with no way to stop...
ReplyDeletethe reason why the rider in back makes the speed adjustment is this bike was most likely built to pace a racing cyclist and the person in back could better hear and see the rider to know if he needed to give it more "bunny". motorcycle brethren need to know the advancement of the motorcycle has a LOT to do with bicycle racing and people who shout at me to get off the road need to realise their wouldnt be paved roads without bicycles.
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ReplyDeleteI saw it last night at our monthly Encinitas 101 Classic Car event.
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Definitely unique! It was next to an equally one-off steam powered bicycle.
At 63 I missed the opportunity to become a pilot. My father was a pilot during the war. I have been a bicycle and motorcycle enthusiast as well for my entire life. I also collect and restore antique 2 stroke engines so I am going to cobble together my own 250cc air cooled air bike.
ReplyDeleteIt will be fitted with hydraulic disk brakes and enough fuel capacity for me to travel across the city without running out of gas.
Look for the
1904 SILVERWOOD
if you have the parts to assemble, and the tenacity to create, a 1904 2 stroke? Then you have my esteem! The brake and fuel tank upgrades, great idea.
DeleteI googled 1904 Silverwood, and there were no search returns for a motorcycle.
I hope you are out to change that! Will you be putting photos onine of the build, and the finished bike?