I suppose we are still talking Isetta/BMW. The ones I heard running at
the show last week definitely did not sound like two stroke engines
unlike the Messerschmidts. They were the standard BWM single cylinder
motorcycle engine and I would assume the motorcycle gear box that comes
with it. Motorcycles don't go in reverse either.
Winsor
Long Beach, California
USA
On Aug 17, 2004, at 8:59 AM, Paul Laughlin wrote:
>
>> AFAIK there is no reverse gear...!
>
> As I remember, it had a two-stroke engine and for reverse you just
> started
> the engine running in the opposite direction. Same as the three
> wheeled
> Messerschmit. There was a switch for reverse. The darned things
> would go
> just as fast in reverse as they did forward. Had the same gears.
> Paul in Portland OR
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