friction

I recently purchased a chinese knockoff Tav 2 for my predator212 mini bike. It was kind of a pain to install( had to raise the motor in the frame to clear the mounting plate and driven pully) but I got it on and working. Now when I roll the bike forward, the friction from the belt on the pullys...

I recently picked up a used Max-Torque clutch at a local swap meet for a 3hp Mini Bike I'm putting together. I pulled the clutch apart to change the gearing and I noticed what appears to be metal friction shoes in the clutch. Is this normal? I know the clutch came off a racing cart. I would post...

These are some sort of NOS friction shocks. At least that's the way they were listed when I bought them a few years back. I don't see any sort of markings/stamps on them anywhere. They are very nice, cosmetically, not a speck of rust on them. I just never ran across anything to try them on...

Does anybody have any pics of how the friction brake mounts up to the frame? I need to fab one up and would like some ideas. I bought a stick of 1/2 and a piece of 1/2 i.d. pipe that i will use for bushings and plate steel for the stopper. Thanks.

Working on my Sears mini. I have a few questions. 1 - My front springs are both broken. Does anyone know where we can get springs with an ID of 1.25" about 3.5 - 4" long? 2 - My Jackshaft clutch has no teeth. Does anyone know where to get one? A friend of my dad's brought one over, but it...

I saw this pic in the projects section, and it reminded me of a design for a friction drive minibike... Anybody have one, or have you seen one?... Any ideas/ thoughts/ advice on adapting friction drive to a mini?...