My French moped (a Solex, singl clyinder 2 stroke 49cc, engine on the top of
the front wheel with a stone drive on the tire) starts just fine in reverse.
Hardest part is to push the bike backwards and jump on while in reverse.
lets not talk about steering!
> I'm told that a the 2-stroke will run in reverse (can't be well though).
> you're right it was momentum that kept things going. The momentum was that
> of the mass of the car and, with the included roller clutch on the trans
> input, all one had to do was let the engine idle until the car speed
dropped
> then open throttle and pick it back up.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Sorkin <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>
> To: Spridgets List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, October 15, 2000 10:18 PM
> Subject: Re: fastest in reverse bug-i in Fresno
>
>
> >Toby said:
> >
> >>wasnt it the early 2 stroke v4 saabs that had no reverse. You had to
stop
> >>the engine, turn the key the other way, and it would start in reverse.
How
> >>cool is that.
> >
> >I don't remember doing that when my father had such a car as his daily
> >driver in the early 'seventies. His was the first model year that didn't
> >require oil to be mixed in with the gasoline.
> >
> >No LBC, but that car had an unusual sort of transmission that somehow
> >managed to store momentum very efficiently so that the engine could run
at
> >lower RPMs under certain conditions, a sort of rudimentary overdrive
> >concept. Does anyone know what that was called, and the basicis of how
it
> >worked?
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Charles
> >'74 Midget
> >'68 Sprite
> >Bloomfield, NJ
> >cdsorkin@cdsorkin.com
> >"How about we duck inside for a Hen?"
> >
> >
> >
> >
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