Help ID this bike

[Sulley]

Can anyone tell me any thing about this bike.Its belt drive its just missing the belt. Thanks for any help. Sulley

I found a better picture of one.

 

[ridingtoy]

Hmmm....seems like I've seen one of these somewhere before. That's gonna bug me until I remember where...maybe on an old thread here?

Dave

 

[Sulley]

I should be getting it next week, i will look it over good to see if i can find any ID on it. Keep thinkin. Sulley

 

[ridingtoy]

Found these two photos on photobucket, but still no name associated with them.

The digging continues...

Dave

 

[Sulley]

Well if nothing else at less i now know there is still 4 of them out there. Sulley

 

[Sulley]

Well i got the bike yesterday, the rear wheel was pretty ruff, i needed to replace it, so i went to the local tractor store and bought two wheels the same, i cut the pully off the old back wheel and welded it to the new one, looks good but i really would like to use the old Firestone tires that were on the origainal wheels, whats the best way to remove the hard rubber tires from a wheel, some one told me to soke them in hothothot water and they should come off, pictures to follow. Thanks Sulley

 

[ridingtoy]

Sulley, that's the method I've always heard to use - scalding hot to near boiling water for several minutes. It makes the rubber pliable enough to stretch on or off the wheel. I once cheated and replaced a trike tire on a very hot Summer day by leaving it out in the sun for a few hours. It didn't soften it like the water would, but made it just soft enough to pry it onto the wheel without it splitting open. I tried putting a tire on the wheel cold, previous to that attempt, and it split completely open on me.

Dave

 

[Sulley]

All painted and back togiether just waiting for some red handgrips, the back wheel turned out nice, i think i will just use the tires that are on these wheels for now, the only ID i found on it was a #2 on the bottom, there was a faint remnace of a decal on the neck but i couldnt make it out. Sulley

 

[ridingtoy]

Beautiful restoration job once again! Is there a belt tension adjustment at the pedal crank assembly, or does the belt have to fit exactly?

Dave

 

[Sulley]

Thanks Dave, it has an acentrice adjuster, it two hafts that the crank shaft gos through and you can adjust the belt tension, very crude but it works, i an looking for a vintage belt for it. Sulley