Gear-driven Machines.
An example of a gear-driven motor bicycle, with the engine contained within the wheel is seen on the stand of the Buckley Patent Motor Wheel and Carriage Co., of Sheffield. In this machine the engine is mounted on a sleeve around the hub proper and drives by a pinion on the crankshaft of the motor on to an internally toothed wheel bolted to aluminium arms on one side of the wheel, the opposite side of the wheel being left open, so as to give a means of ready access to the motor. One of the machines on the stand is fitted with a 2 h.p. engine having magneto ignition. A spray type of carburetter is employed, spirit being supplied to it from a petrol tank, which occupies a position between the seat-tube and the rear wheel...
Continued: Buckley Motor Bicycles
A Tandem Motor Bicycle
for a lady and a gentleman is the sole occupant of Stand 62 (Pitcher and Bartlett). The details of this machine were given at some length in our forecast of the National Show in the last issue of The Motor Cycle, and need not therefore be recapitulated here. The machine as a whole is attractive, and one which has every appearance of power and strength. For those who are attached to tandem riding we can strongly recommend a visit to this stand. (Stand 62.)
The Raleigh.
At the time of our first visit to Stands Nos. 7 and 8, occupied by the Raleigh. Cycle Co., Ltd., two types of motor bicycles were staged. The first of these is a belt-driven machine having a vertically placed 3 h.p. engine, which is supplied with gaseous mixture by means of a Longuemare carburetter. In this machine the regulating levers are provided with a quadrant, in which are a number of holes, engaging with which is a tooth on each lever, so that the position of the levers is positive wherever they may be placed, and there is no fear of their working loose. A V-shaped belt is employed...
Continued: Raleigh 1903-1904 Models
The Motor Cycle November 25th, 1903. Page 846
Crystal Palace Show 1903 Index
