Someone else here has experience with the CVT, can't recall who but... I used a light duty Hoffco/Comet. I tried using the heaviest weights and no springs but I lost about 600 rpm of my usable rpm range which limited my top speed and my acceleration. I shoulda went with the heavier duty unit, which are said to engage at close to zero rpm with the heaviest weight, no spring set-up. But the main reason I dropped it was the CCW rotation not good for the Perm-132 motor (brush wear).
Dale Henderson had a heavier duty unit for sale at one time. Keep in mind CCW rotation. Ideally for people who live in a hilly area a simple two speed trans would make a huge difference, because with the single gear drive current rises as you attempt to maintain your speed up hill and a lot of that just goes into heat. Also starting on an incline same thing. Unfortunately there is no ready supply of two speed trans. There are Harley 5 speed trans pulls (they went to 6 speeds) on ebay ($500-700) but they take up a lot of space and you have to put a sprocket onto the clutch disk or work something else out to use a sprocket input. Output is nowadays usually a belt pulley. I am thinking of using one of these on my three wheeler as I have lots of room (sorry) and maybe 1000 -1400lbs to move. Jeff On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just something else I'm looking at. Has anyone used a CVT setup on their > motorcycle? If so, please provide info. I'd assume you'd loose the ability > to have a regen braking setup. But would there be any gain in efficiency? > Personally I've had a CVT setup on a ATV I had in the past, wasn't a real > fan of it though. >
