The axle must be atleast 2 piece or 3 maybe. But then if both sides free wheel how does it drive?
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The axle must be atleast 2 piece or 3 maybe. But then if both sides free wheel how does it drive?
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Interesting discussion, I'm curious now as well. Must be 3 piece, where the middle always turns, and normally all 3 would unless one side's brake is pressed where that 1/3 doesn't turn?? That would mean the brake is stronger than the force turning the axle, so not sure that's it.
Really would like to find out...........
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I suppose if the axle is in 3 pieces, it could have a sliding splined coupling on each side...so when the coupling retracts, that side free wheels. My only problem with that is that I don't see how you couldn't see these "extras" sitting there when looking at the pics of the rear axle.
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Nice old post, I stumbled upon Doug Domokos by accident today and was wondering the same thing regarding his axle set up. Upon further study what I suspect it is is the sprocket connected to the center brake by a tube (you can see that in the Kirk Trainor vid linked in post #10) The center brake rotor then occupies the space on a differential where the ring gear would have been. both axles then tie into either side of the diff and the left axle passes back through the tube, pretty simple.
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Wow that's cool Mickey...I would have been maybe 5 years old. I'll never look at a 200s the same again, that's for sure...those have serious potential
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I saw him wheelie around the entire la colliseum mx track without dropping the front wheel. This included the peristyle. I think it was in 75 or 76 at the Superbowl of Motocross race. He also came to our shop once and wheelied some of our bikes around. That was cool.
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The AMA museum has his dirt bike that he set a world record wheelie on. It had a electric motor that spun the front wheel. I guess it helped his balance. Cool stuff!
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Yep, that was how he steered the bike. I saw him do a show when I was about 14 or 15 years old. Larry Huffmann was on the mic and all the bikes used pre-mix... those were the days.
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I saw him as a kid in the Detroit Silverdome. The year David Baley won the AMA Supercross series. They did have 3 wheelers racing after the dirt bikes. The wheelie King was cool in its day but he'd have to back flip it to feed his family today.
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Here is an awesome interview w the guy that owns his wheelie trike now.. he shows the rear end setup..
pretty cool to say the least
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqL-...e_gdata_player
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they did an article on the rear end in DIRT WHEELS or one of the old mags..its actually just a lawnmower rear end..if someone has the article they should post it..but it wasnt a real bizarre setup...Doug also rode a bike on a wheelie around the arena in the movie ON ANY SUNDAY and did an appearance on THATS INCREDIBLE..he actually got the bike stuck in the doors doing a wheelie..on of the best bloopers they ever had
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Theres a clip on crusty demons 4 of a klt185 doing cyclone wheelies - its awesome worth watching for sure! i can turn pretty good in a wheelie if i run the tires nearly flat but then i have to pump them up more just to ride...
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