Re: Villiers board tracker
Don't understand the clutch problem. Will it physically fit on the engine shaft? If it does it doesn't matter which way it spins. It will still expand either direction and grip. As Beau said, the front brake is important. Over 70% of your brake force is on the front wheel because when you stop most of the weight of the bike and rider moves to the front tire contact patch with the road. Also this means the rear end of the bike gets lighter. Coasters are ok for slow speed stops and flatland stops, but if you are going fast or down a grade and your coaster overheats it won't work very well. If the chain snaps off then you lost 100% of your braking power! :shock: Not a good feeling. Yeah, the early board track racers did not have brakes of any kind and some didn't have any throttles as well so they ran full out all the time. This was all in the name of saving weight so they would go faster. :shock: I can promise you that after the race they rode their street bike with brakes home from the track! :lol: I don't even think road motorcycles had front brakes till 1915-17 or around there, but this may have been a technology issue. They didn't know they needed them or didn't know how to make a good front brake. Disk brakes are the very best, but they were invented in the 1950's on fighter jets and then came on cars in the 60's. It isn't period correct for an old school build. If the look doesn't need to be classic 100% with you disks are the way to go. Like my Indian I made, it's based on a 1911 model. It isn't even supposed to have a front brake, but I have a Sturmey-Archer drum that works better than expected and it's low profile. There is no way I would ride in traffic without it. Drums are still good. Hey, 18 wheelers still use them. Disk brakes never took to big rig trucks for some reason. The drum brake is king in this domain.
Don't understand the clutch problem. Will it physically fit on the engine shaft? If it does it doesn't matter which way it spins. It will still expand either direction and grip. As Beau said, the front brake is important. Over 70% of your brake force is on the front wheel because when you stop most of the weight of the bike and rider moves to the front tire contact patch with the road. Also this means the rear end of the bike gets lighter. Coasters are ok for slow speed stops and flatland stops, but if you are going fast or down a grade and your coaster overheats it won't work very well. If the chain snaps off then you lost 100% of your braking power! :shock: Not a good feeling. Yeah, the early board track racers did not have brakes of any kind and some didn't have any throttles as well so they ran full out all the time. This was all in the name of saving weight so they would go faster. :shock: I can promise you that after the race they rode their street bike with brakes home from the track! :lol: I don't even think road motorcycles had front brakes till 1915-17 or around there, but this may have been a technology issue. They didn't know they needed them or didn't know how to make a good front brake. Disk brakes are the very best, but they were invented in the 1950's on fighter jets and then came on cars in the 60's. It isn't period correct for an old school build. If the look doesn't need to be classic 100% with you disks are the way to go. Like my Indian I made, it's based on a 1911 model. It isn't even supposed to have a front brake, but I have a Sturmey-Archer drum that works better than expected and it's low profile. There is no way I would ride in traffic without it. Drums are still good. Hey, 18 wheelers still use them. Disk brakes never took to big rig trucks for some reason. The drum brake is king in this domain.
