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12/21/2015 09:00PM
tom in nh
Hi Ben,
Tom from Derry, NH here.
Thinking of acquiring parts for my steam bike project. 14" burner of yours sounds interesting, please describe.
Could use anything else you can think of, all I have
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08/12/2015 11:03PM
BillB
I biult a steam bike also. I would,nt put door locks on. I locked myself out twice. And it overheated. It would have been ok If I would had air condition. Bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r91R
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08/12/2015 07:45AM
Arnold Walker
Finally got the measurements on the space I need to work with for the boiler on the steambike. Retangle box 5ft longX2ft width and about 3to4 inch thick mounted like
a muffler under the bike needing
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08/02/2015 10:30AM
Arnold Walker
Well,got the turbine price from the suppliers and steamtrike just jumped about 10,000dollar to use garrett.
At the same time it does not look good with Cyclone for a piston engine....which was as exp
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12/03/2013 01:02AM
laheyth
5. Re: Playing
HI Bill,
What size boiler are you using?..... do you want speed or accell?...a slower engine speed could translate to less steam consumption and a smaller boiler, which could help with weight and han
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01/10/2012 03:05PM
SSsssteamer
Coburn,....Bonham's is having their Las Vegas motorcycle auction this coming week end in Las Vegas. Find it at: I have not found the Roper steam bike in their auction catalog yet. It this the cor
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01/03/2012 10:37PM
Ben
Having the bike in tact as it was on that day in June I think is very important,,
The bike is not deteriorated,,
The boiler shell is ,062" ,,Well stayed by tiny stay bolts,,
The whole machine whei
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01/03/2012 03:00PM
SSsssteamer
Which Roper steam bike will be sold in the Las Vegas Auction, and will it still run or is it just a static display? I have heard rumblings that it will set a new record price for a motorcycle auctio
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01/02/2012 09:45PM
Ben
Roper was no hobbyist,,It is thought he had a work crew of about 60 men at the time he was prudicing a hot air engine in Ny,,,,,,The firebox was pressurized,,,wow,,
This bike was one of [ several] ?
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12/21/2011 11:08PM
Stanleyguy101
Hello everyone I found this on Youtube today and its quite remarkable what they did. They were provided an engine and some other parts it seems and built a stanley pacing bike essentially for $400 ou
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06/28/2011 08:54PM
Stanleyguy101
Hello Everyone,
I haven't given an update in a while so I probably ought to. At the end of the Summer last year I got a plug in the boiler which is discussed in another thread on the forum. The b
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06/08/2011 01:27AM
Stanleyguy101
Well this weekend I finally got around to working on unplugging the boiler so I put some vinegar in it saturday night. The next morning I decided to try and use pressure to force the water out since
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03/10/2011 03:51AM
Stanleyguy101
I finally have gotten much needed work done on my steam bike machining a new ball for the throttle valve, which is just a homemade ball valve. It is now basically ready to go back on the bike. I hav
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10/25/2010 03:52PM
Stanleyguy101
Hello everyone,
The last time I ran my steam bike, a some sort of problem occurred and I couldn't get water into the boiler and it wasn't making steam. The time I ran it before this everything ran
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07/29/2010 11:31PM
Stanleyguy101
Hello,
THe SACA sells Richard Smith atomizing type flash steam boiler plans in its storeroom that are 35 dollars, I was curious if that was the automotive boiler like that I've heard in the barrett
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07/24/2010 01:36AM
Stanleyguy101
Hello Everyone,
As many of you know I have a steam bicycle. On the steam bicycle is a 2 cylinder single acting westinghouse type Stuart Sirius. This engine is capable of speeds up to 4000 rpms an
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07/02/2010 08:06PM
Stanleyguy101
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=668PJw-i2jo
This is the youtube url for the video of the bike running. I accidently deleted a section of video on the camera of the firing up process and the good fi
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06/24/2010 03:38AM
Stanleyguy101
This is an update about how my Richard Smith bike is doing. I've run it 5 times the second time it ran relatively well, but the spindle was slipping far too excessively to allow for any acceleration
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06/24/2010 03:08AM
Stanleyguy101
Hello again Dave,
How is the project going?
I have acquired a bike designed by Richard Smith plans are SBD on SACA website.
It uses a spindle sitting on the wheel instead of a chain drive for sim
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05/26/2010 02:28PM
Stanleyguy101
I actually live in maryland, but I go to UD
Though in two weeks I might but not likely bringing the Bike to a Steamin Day at Auburn Heights in Yorklyn, DE
The organization is Friends of Auburn Heigh
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05/26/2010 12:56PM
DFlowers
Hey I just realized your sorta local, Im here in Stanton Delaware. Maybe we can meet up sometime so I can get a look at your steam bike in person.
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05/26/2010 04:04AM
Stanleyguy101
THere is a company which is advocating a different way about building steam engines and claim models that range from fractions of hp to 50 hp.
http://www.greensteamengine.com/
It appears that th
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05/26/2010 03:56AM
Stanleyguy101
I will make a video of it running, but I am at college and my bike is at home and it isn't running currently.
On thursday I will get home and make a video of the bike, but not running.
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05/24/2010 03:41AM
DFlowers
you have to do a video of the bike in action, that would be more exciting.
But hay you have your steam bike now and all I have is a bunch of wood patterns. Maybe next year I will actually be steaming
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05/23/2010 05:20PM
Stanleyguy101
I made a video of the history of my steam bicycle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR-F5rfj__E
Not the most exciting video, will make another next weekend maybe with the bike
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05/17/2010 04:21AM
Stanleyguy101
Hi Brian,
I've seen the clip before a long time ago, but thanks for reminding me of it. It's a cool project do you have any idea of the rpms it may be going or can go?
How many solenoids have you
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05/06/2010 01:00AM
Stanleyguy101
I was looking around on youtube and found this video showing how easy it was to convert a 2-stroke weed whacker. I'm sure many of you are experts on converting engines, but I didn't have any interest
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05/06/2010 12:44AM
Stanleyguy101
28. Re: Steam bike
I know this is sort of old now, but you never know.
Hello Alex,
I recently acquired a steam bicycle built to plans still available on SACA website. It was designed by Richard Smith and it's boi
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05/06/2010 12:36AM
Stanleyguy101
I think these smaller engines now that I have my steam bike are very much capable of higher pressures then they say, definitely not 500-600 psi, but I was running my stuart sirius on my steam bike at
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01/19/2010 12:39AM
Stanleyguy101
Hello everyone,
I mentioned the idea sometime in august of possibly building a steam powered bicycle and I was curious if there were any small high pressure steam engines whether designs or prefera
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