what mini bike brands had a slant motor mount other than fox and rupp ?
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Powerdyne.
nearly everyone by 1971 switched to 20 degree motor mounts. At least any bikes with 10" or bigger wheels and a torque converter did, so it seems.
I've been meaning to ask... what is the advantage to a 20 degree slant application? Better oil distribution in the motor? or is it to fit torque converters more efficiently?
nearly everyone by 1971 switched to 20 degree motor mounts. At least any bikes with 10" or bigger wheels and a torque converter did, so it seems.
I've been meaning to ask... what is the advantage to a 20 degree slant application? Better oil distribution in the motor? or is it to fit torque converters more efficiently?
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That seems to be the consensus. I was pondering this the other day however and came up with a different possible answer, and that is the use of a torque converter on a larger 10" wheel size, without having to stretch everything out to fit the drive system. In all of those slanted designs, the driver is sitting higher, which allows for more compact placement of the driven and ensuing sprocket/chain/brake.
It seems to me that designing a bike around a slanted engine plate to make a Tecumseh look like a Yamaha is a huge waste of resources, and that instead was the result of building large wheel based "mini cycles," that looked like Japanese machines with integral gear boxes, and not wanting them to look longer, like Tote Gotes with spokes.
It seems to me that designing a bike around a slanted engine plate to make a Tecumseh look like a Yamaha is a huge waste of resources, and that instead was the result of building large wheel based "mini cycles," that looked like Japanese machines with integral gear boxes, and not wanting them to look longer, like Tote Gotes with spokes.
