I am fascinated by the first ever cyclecar - a car built on motorcycle technology, the Bédélia, a French design from 1910. I am also crazy about cyclekarts, which are very essentially go-karts built to look like racing cars of the inter-war years - though these are not replicas but tributes, which are "inspired by" the original. Cyclekarts are single-seaters, powered by 200cc utility engines, driving on 17" Honda 90 wheels with a wheelbase as close to 66" as possible, which is what makes it particularly challenging. And everyone involved has to build their own.
I am therefore building a cyclekart inspired by a Bédélia.
Since this sketch, I have abandoned the idea of foot steering
and now plan to have a series of UJs so that my shaft can avoid the foot-well.
Since drawing this design, I have re-shunted stuff so that the back wheels are now at the back of the car, so that while it be a lot shorter than the original, it will still have wheels in the corners.
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