"Reshetnikov | Motor Club" Assistant "

February 17, 2009

"Reshetnikov"

It was noted: Reshetnikova the motorcycle

"Reshetnikov - AN Reshetnikov. Alatyr, Simbirsk Province. In St. Petersburg magazine "Car", № 11, 1906 was published the letter N. Reshetnikova, in which he reported on the unsuccessful attempt to order the Riga firm Leitner and Co. to buy a motorcycle or in a patent. Then he proceeded to the construction of the motorcycle on its own designs and completed its construction after a year and a half. Description Reshetnikova motorcycle does not give a full understanding of its structure, but also reveals some interesting technical solutions.
Unlike conventional bicycles bike had a low frame of its own design and the inventor of the wheel diameter of 24 inches (about 600 mm). On a motorcycle for the first time in Russia was a 2-stroke engine of the German firm "Comet Farrad-Werke (German motorcycle company it does not mean, but it is possible that it was little known branch of the British firm" Comet "). Reshetnikov made some changes to the engine: the exhaust valve is set and applied "a totally new way of sucking the gas mixture (the essence of innovation is not disclosed). The engine was converted to operate on kerosene, which was used carburetor evaporative type (temporary), which had a device for heating.
I must say that this was the first attempt to use kerosene as fuel for the motorcycle. The second attempt, but the vehicle was completed in 1912 during a military vehicle (car "Benz" was equipped with a carburetor pulverizatsionnym Riga inventor Charles Willer). The third attempt was made to use kerosene in 1923 AD Karelsky car construction "Namikar.
Ignition of a motorcycle N. Reshetnikova done by galvanic element of sour mercury, a circuit breaker was built into the engine flywheel. Lubrication of the engine to "auto-oiler": served from a separate oil reservoir, with the device to the control level.
It should be noted that we are dealing with an example of early use of "separation of lubrication on the 2-stroke engines. Typically, these engines lubricated with oil, added to petrol (fuel tank to pour the mixture of gasoline and butter). The disadvantage of this system of lubrication is the fact that a portion of oil burned, leading to opacity of exhaust gases. This has adverse environmental impacts, and is now becoming increasingly common separate lubrication system for motorcycles with 2-stroke engines (in cars, such engines are now almost no longer used). Motorcycle Muffler Reshetnikova launched in tube frame bike (in 1929 this device was used to test domestic motorcycle Izhevsk factory). Engine output was 1.5 liters. with.
Scherban
Scherban L. This inventor is known only that in 1911 one of the motorcycle competition in St. Petersburg, he spoke at the assembly's own motorcycle with an engine capacity of 4-7 liters. with. Perhaps the engine was used by the American motorcycle "Indian", 2-cylinder, V-shaped (with the size of the cylinders 79X100 mm and working volume of 0998 liters) capacity 7 liters. with.