Comments on: 1911 Curtiss Marvel

By: KIK

KIK — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:26:00 +0000

i wonder if you can do burnouts with it.

By: RobL

RobL — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:18:00 +0000

That’s a lot of technology which has merely been refined in the subsequent 100 years.

Must’ve been like a nuclear rocket bike suddenly appearing today.

By: Emmet

Emmet — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:10:00 +0000

Excellent craftsmanship, and thanks for another blog to put in my Google Reader feed!

By: DEZRCR

DEZRCR — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:15:00 +0000

What will people think of today’s machines a 100 years from now ??

By: pete @ occhiolungo

pete @ occhiolungo — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 04:41:00 +0000

Emmet, the belt was called a Wata Wata belt. It is made from continuous inner and outer strips of leather with little leather segments in between them every couple of inches.

Here are some photos of a repop Marvel frame being brazed up: http://www.flashbackfab.com/pages/1911_Curtiss.html

I have some additional Marvel and Curtiss stuff on my site here: http://occhiolungo.wordpress.com/?s=marvel The last article on that page has a decent photo showing how that push/pull rod works to open both valves.

The restorer did a great job, but he might want to change the angle that the handlebars were brazed.

By: Emmet

Emmet — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:36:00 +0000

That belt drive in neat, I only wish there were high-res photos so I can see the brazed joints on that frame…