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broken_spokes
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WOW!! just awesome. Very cool me likey!!!! where did you find the engine????
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1915 Dayton Motor Bicycle
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kunzog
I live for the CABE
I havent tried a single tube tire as I dont have one but I think it would be too narrow and probably would take the abuse of a driven wheel. The motor was actually given to me by a friend a long time ago when he found it under his house. Then last year I bought another motor and the wheel from someone who found my website. There is more information there if anyone is interested in Dayton Motor Bicycles. http://oldbike.homestead.com/
Robert Dean
Look Ma, No Hands!
Looks a lot like a Smith motor wheel. a foreunner of Briggs. On them, the wheel drove off a strong cam shaft with a 8 to 1 ratio and 4 lobes for exhaust. intake was worked by a very weak spring and atmosphere pressure.
I make 28 x 1 1/2 , 28 x 1 3/4 and 28 x 2 1/2. Rim size would help make a detumination of size and curve of rim.
If interested,
[email protected]
I am going out of town. answer machine message to 304-722-3115
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Robert Dean
628 Jefferson Street
Saint Albans,WV 25177
I make 28 x 1 1/2 , 28 x 1 3/4 and 28 x 2 1/2. Rim size would help make a detumination of size and curve of rim.
If interested,
[email protected]
I am going out of town. answer machine message to 304-722-3115
or
Robert Dean
628 Jefferson Street
Saint Albans,WV 25177
Robert Dean
Look Ma, No Hands!
http://general-wheels.blogspot.com/2010/06/auto-red-bug.html
I did a little digging and found that RED BUG took 20 x 1 5/8 or 20 x 2 tires. I can make 20 x 2. My former boss had a Smith Red Bug
I did a little digging and found that RED BUG took 20 x 1 5/8 or 20 x 2 tires. I can make 20 x 2. My former boss had a Smith Red Bug
chitown
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Awesome ride! Great piece of engineering history there.
Are you looking for a period tire, or just to roll and hold air? I like the Odyssey Mike Aitken P-Lyte Tire. It comes 24x2.25 and the tread, although modern, doesn't stand out like a Maxxix hookworm tire would. It's says on the tire "Designed in Salt Lake City & made in China" which I thought was kinda funny to put that on there. Mike Aitken hails from Salt Lake City b.t.w.
Are you gonna keep that sweet Troxel on her? I am looking for that style saddle for one of my projects. Looks later than 1915.
Here's a link to the tire. It comes in tan wall, red wall or all black.
http://www.odysseybmx.com/catalog/tires/aitken-tire/
Robertriley
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
That kicks a##! I love it!
kunzog
I live for the CABE
The tire does not have to be period, just something that fits. A 24 x 2.25 bicycle tire will not fit, the diameter is too small to fit over the rim. I am not stuck on that saddle, I just used it because I had nothing else. To reply to Robert Dean, My motorwheel was made by Smith but used a larger rim that calls for a 24 x 2.0 tire, the tire will have a hooked bead not a single tube.
fordsnake
I live for the CABE
Check this video out...the Dayton Motor Wheel bike was a ladies motorcycle that used a pneumatic tire. Wait until the end after they've mounted the sidecar...the bike is mentioned http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Va7-OMRuw
sounds like you need a fuji roadster tire.Japan made 24" rod brake roadsters ---their tires were in the 1.75 to 2" witdth and rim size was an odd size--I think a bit larger than our american 24" size.Have you tryed the schwinn 24" (thin) tires to see if they fit?Even if they are too narrow it would give you something to go by.
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