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i found this forlorn old girl at the back of the workshop today and gave it a good home it needs a tidy up and a grassbox but its a runner

glad to be of assistance and I think the new plan is more sensible than using the wh transmission... plus who needs reverse

Looking great! Once it's finished don't paint it! Have a rat rod, Instead of the normal... Taking rust away, make rust, have a nice looking rat rod. Get the exhaust pipe chromed, make the rear rims wider have wide semi slick tyres on the rear, one of them fancy looking chain steering wheels, there's so much you could do to.. 'Tart' it up, or then again you could paint it, stick a few racing decals on there with a racing number, either way this will look great!!! Top work,

I'm guessing it once contained oil Mark I'm feeling a bit unsteady today, so rather then start using tools that produce hot sparks I'd have a gentle potter in the shack and move a few bit's about on "Why Not" to create a bit more drive shaft space.. The front axle moved forward of the hood and the engine slid forward as much as it could. The engine will go even more forward once the front axle mount is out the way.. But it gave enough space to show the two prop shafts could be lined up and made into one.. Here's why the angle gearbox drive doesn't need an extension Norm.. Line the angled gearbox prop up with the shaft on the bike trans.. And the angled drive gearbox would stick out so far the pulleys don't stand a chance of lining up.. Not that any of that matters any more, your see why in a min. While I had the Honda's final drive to hand I stuck it on the end of the drive shaft to have a look... It almost lines up with the Wh trans pulley But due to the final drives gearing it would give a very slow top speed... Oh, and a lot more reverse gears than forward And then Mark who has been kind enough and also has the maths brain power that I'm lacking came back with a few calculations for me! It's the final number that hit home!! That sort of top speed from a 48hp V twin would just be embarrassing, and could be got from a 10hp Kohler with a lot less work!! Looking at the final drive on the end of that shaft did get me thinking though.. If the final drive was bit further back to line up with the Wh trans axles then maybe it could be used to drive a cart axle!! Yes it's the same photo again So, off to the shed I trundled and grabbed the Honda's rear wheel to unbolt this bit.. It shouldn't be too hard to get a sprocket to fit that And that bit happens to slide onto the final drive Sooo, the new plan is to use the Honda's swing arm and final drive then take power back from there via chain and sprocket to a rather strong kart axle.. I can even use the Honda's rear brake which is more than up to the job and very easy to fit The new plan kinda moves this build up a few levels as it could be very easily geared to reach the bikes level of top speed or even more should the suicidal urge take me!! I'm happy to gear it for a bit less top speed but certainly more than 14.20422 MPH Oh, and while the front axle was off I lowered the front end quite a bit to see how it looked

Here's a couple of better pictures of how far I've got...

I've been looking at that photo, Ian. Would it be possible to shorten the Honda drive shaft behind the UJ, machine a sleeve/adapter to fit the angle gearbox and weld it to the shortened shaft? You would only have one UJ then.

I think that it may be an Eaton hydro. Been used on a lot of garden and ground scare machinery of that era including a Dennis Premier cylinder mower that we used to look after. Unfortunately I left all my hydro stuff behind at my old business but try Googling Eaton .com. Edit. This may be a better link, even shows a fan but make sure that it's the right rotation. http://htluk.co.uk/Products/light_duty_hydrostatic_transmissions/700-040 Or this http://www.truturf.com/pdf/old_manuals/5.pdf