Tks for the reply Jim. Yeah, square section tube is a butch to bend cold. The ring roller as I said, does a nice
job on the large radius, that is, like 20-30". On the smaller ones like 3-6", which is called for at some of
the bonnet corners, I've found that clamping disks of similar diameter to the welding table and heating it
works pretty good.
I've duplicated the rear leaf spring that Miller used on all his cars thru the 20's, only mine are dummy springs
used as axle support members. But, the way I've built them, they could easily be swapped out for a real
leaf if I decide to do that in the future. Which.....I just might do as a matter of fact.
And yep.....we do tend to stretch out the distance over here. I don't know what sort of revs you're pulling
with your engine, but the Lifan in my Riley with stage one mods and a Mikuni runs about 5k (no governor)
and that will pull me down an open flat stretch a little over 50 mph. I'm running a 72/12 or 6:1 gear and
with the 17" Honda CT90 wheels, that would make short work of a centrifugal clutch.
I'd post a picture here but Rhys has mentioned before, that this is a site for you guys in the UK,
so I'll respect that.
However, I do have a build thread going on the cyclekartclub.com site, if you care to see it.
https://www.cyclekartclub.com/forum/cyclekart-tech-forum.2/mothers-little-miller.61660/Thanks again, and hope you guys get some seat time in before winter.
Denny G
Sandwich, IL USA