Monday, November 25, 2013

Drive system and finished wheel




 These photos show the drive that I am going to use. It is from a smashed up four wheel motorbike. The engine is cactus and that is not the brand name and will be driven threw the crankshaft from the magneto end.
 The photo below is the finished wheel with tyre.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

This was my one of my first cycle cars

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Alas this was removed from my property and its where abouts is unknown.

Friday, November 22, 2013

The flying feather on wiki

 Flying Feather looks like a modified mini minor to me!
File:1955 Flying Feather 01.jpg

Seen on the net

This is a true cycle car.

Marking out the wheel stud holes

Making the wheels

 This shows the pointer used to find the center after the wheel is set to spin true on the jig, the wheel is not held down as there is no maching to be done.
 This shows the jig made from a wheel bearing held in a vice with the particle board table for the wheel to sit on.
Setting the wheel true in the jig using a stationary hammer handle note the pointer arm (blue) that holds the pointer.

 The wheel mounted on the hub.
This shows the front end and wheels attached.  The front end is ready to weld to the rest of the car. I have to make the rest first.


Thursday, November 21, 2013

wheel bolt holes

I have been working on the space saver wheels and have completed three and bolted them to the hubs and they run true. I will get the tyres back on the rims in the day or so. making the new rim centers has been a case of careful marking out and welding. Jigs help. I made a spinning table from a car wheel stub axil assembly with a piece of particle board bolted on with the wheel nuts then placed the welded wheel on this all held in a vice. Then I set about running the wheel true then put a pointer above the wheel to find the true center and marked out the holes with good accuracy. I will get photos up in the next day or so.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

There is another fun sport with small engines

Lawnmower racing is less on construction and more on the fun stuff.
Check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zjMf8JgF6k
then there's this onehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl0CB6v4QzY

Sunday, November 10, 2013

What to make

I saw these on the web and thought it to be an interesting subject.



927 Amilcar CGS Cyclecar Grand Prix DuvalThen there is this.



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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Air screw cars

Propellor driven vehicles are a preposition but the draw back is the spinning propeller. I had a push bike with a 12x10 propeller and it could reach 60k/h with a 50cc engine. mine was a pusher propeller.

drive system

Wheels

Another day and the wheels are made.
The jig below is made from flooring and carefully marked out.
 Surprise surprise the wheels are not all the same diameter and are from the same make and model and from the biggest to the smallest is a difference of 5mm in diameter.
More to come so keep watching.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Where do you get the right wheels from

I have been looking for the right wheels and found the space saver wheels the right tyre shape and diameter. I cut the centres out and then set about making a jig for the new wheel centres and came up with the wheel in the photo below. Three to go..


Friday, November 1, 2013

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Fair ground car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlMWshLx2dc

Shell Mileage Marathon transmission devolopment trophy


Scootacars

Scootacars were originally used in fair ground rides, these were then taken to the roads for use there on a daily basis. They had engines up to 250cc and no suspension.



Scootacars were made with streamlined bodies like the photo below.

The wheels were usually smaller, There is a marque with the name scootacar as well.  The Peel 50 is a scootacar.
Photo below


Then smaller again is the monkey car which was a slot car that carried a live monkey

I am no expert on the subject but I hope this helps
Other small cars can be found under Shell Mileage Marathon.




Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Cycle car or cyclekarts

Cycle cars are machines built from bicycle and motor cycle parts and usually had small engines but the Bedelia cycle cars had larger engines up to 1200 cc.  The micro car market are cars usually only had 1000cc engines and were specifically a car. From here you entered the car market with any size engine.
Scootacars were originally used as fair ground rides and were then made for the roads.

Now cyclekarts are home grown hand made cars with the unwritten rule of about 200cc and made to look like a cycle car or of something larger made small. There is no rules just have fun and enjoy one's self, The other rule is no one gets hurt.
Go karts are specifically for racing and there is two types dirt and on road. There is some new classifications streamlined and gearbox jobs. as well.
Then there is dune buggy's which are specifically driven on sand and dirt roads elaborate ones are road registered.
Mopeds were vehicles with two or three wheels with and engine size of up to 50cc and power output of only 200 watts which are legally driven on roads with out a license or insurance.
There are some who would like to ban these as there has been some deaths on the roads in NSW Australia in recent weeks. These were driven by youngsters at night with out lights or safety helmets or the permission of there parents.
I hope this my clarify things in some peoples minds.
I forgot to add in the 1/4 midgets which were raced on speedway tracks and had motor bike engines usually 500cc and they ran like a scalded cat. Some photos can be seen here.http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=210638

I have edited this as I was proved wrong so I hope the revised information helps.

Monday, October 14, 2013

I just happen to know a bloke with this type of suspension ready to go.

Streetliner Cycle Kart (sorta)

I found the following at
Project Streetliner
I happened on Project Streetliner, a scooter based commuter vehicle, that I thought was worth mentioning here since it is “sorta” like a Cycle Kart. It is home-built, so in that capacity, it embraces the “figure it out and have fun doing it” mentality of Cycle Karting. The front end would also look nice on a Cycle Kart, especially if someone would tackle a wishbone suspension like the Streetliner, while maintaining a vintage look.  I am using an independent swing arm suspension, but utilizing a single transverse half elliptical leaf spring, so it will be in front of the body.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

The rules for cyclecars

! have fun 2 No one gets hurt 3 Cheap 4 No competition These were the rules I had back in the 1980's when I started and are the ones I work by today. Simple for the dyslexia people and dummies out there which I am both.

Reverse

I have this old outboard motor leg and it has a simple forward and reverse gearbox and has fifteen horses driving the thing. I guess three hp wont trash the thing just a thought..

Name change

I have changed the name from Cycle cars Peddle cars and Tot rods. This is because the search engines do not find the site. The new common name is cyclekarts so I will go with the times. Cheers

Friday, October 11, 2013

Just something a little unusual watch out for the cycle car at the end

http://www.theoldbicycleshowroom.co.uk/ Cut and paste into your browser

Saturday, June 1, 2013

This is the road registered version

Placed first in the experimental section of the Energy Challenge. The wing was placed on the car for visibility on the road. It kept up with Sydney Saturday morning traffic but our support vehicle had trouble keeping up as spaces opened up for the little car. The car still has the Shell Mileage Marathon paint scheme. My old mate Alex at the UTS University Technology Sydney helped in the final stages in the set up of the car for the Energy Challenge. The where abouts of the car is unknown. Top speed was about 70k/hour as the car started to bounce on the front tyres, It was a rough ride and to sit in the car for any length of time was uncomfortable. When the car was in Orange in NSW the speed was great on the open roads. Just south of Orange at a small town we drove the car into the pub and they lifted it onto the bar for repairs. Several photos were taken in the pub by some but I do not have any. As stated in a previous posting I will build another one but that is after my gypsy wagon is completed. I am gathering materials for this build.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

My cycle car

This was built out of steel sheet and was sponsored by Alex Revel from the UTS university in the Shell Mileage Marathon. This was an extremely versatile car as it is probably the only ever road registered Shell Mileage Marathon car in the world. It also got first in the experimental section in the energy challenge. It also won the transmission development award with a hydrostatic drive system.
The car was removed from my possession and its where abouts is unknown.This is the car in one of the first posts.

Cycle car gun platform

This car was unusual as it had leading arm suspension with about 200mm of travel and it was articulated,the front could turn clockwise and the back could turn anticlockwise along its center line giving more suspension travel. It was a great shooting platform and was powered with a ten horse power engine. The seat in the front was wooden fence palings and was quite comfortable. It was entered in the Shell Mileage Marathon in the 1900s.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Some early work



This is our first car to enter the Shell Mileage Marithon

This car won the Gas  Guzzlers award for the most fuel used at 94miles/gallon. It was also suggested it be given to the Australian army for service in the gulf war in 1990 because of it being built like a tank. It served for many years as a paddock basher. More can be read about this car in the first post.

This cycle car is electric

I was privileged to be a member of the Bushranger team in the solar car race from Adelaide to Sydney some years back. I am the one in the drivers seat, We stopped across the road from a primary school and I went over and addressed the school and they all came over to view the cars first hand  The race was delayed due to no sunshine.

My first streamline cycle car

 This car was made from steel and fiber glass. It was extremely roomy inside. The front wheels had a single roller bearing. Steering was by moving the front axil. No other photos of this car exist and I was lucky to get this one.


One of my early cycle cars