Recent content by beezerboy

my understanding is that the chain driven balancers cancel the fore & aft moments that the crankshaft counterweights generate at the 90/270 degree positions. the crank weights on the cheeks are supposed to cancel the pistons' moment I'd leave them in too if I was going to drive it around very much

I built up a 440 a few years ago & hung around on a 400/440 forum for a while. there was a couple guys building hot rod 440s & they were leaving the balancer off all together.... saves weight & makes RPM changes quicker so they say. just a thought if you want to get really silly.

hey... somebody just sent me this thread.... sweet looking ride you made. I have my own steampunk in progress. I started it 2 years ago. the bike was in a garage fire & then left outside about 10 years so I had to start off with a frame strip & total engine build. should be a runner by summer. I...