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"Repositioning of the rubber feet under the Verus motor allows for fine tuning of the drive pressure."

Posted by J.D. on August 16, 2007 at 13:39:14:
Chris,
This has got to be the last go-round on this.
The beauty of idler drive is that it gets you away from the hoplessly feeble "two islands" approach of separated engine and load...
that you have with the standard tiny-motor-and-rubber-band beltdrive situation.
Various idler models I've mentioned do in fact have very precise mechanisms to adjust the coupling characteristic. Internal adjustments, not front-panel-dial kinda things.
This integral precision-mechanics approach, again, is the beauty of these models.
They represent the opposite side of the world from the Slush-Instead-Of-Pace effect you get with beltdrive.
You may forgive me if I'm incredulous that
"Repositioning of the rubber feet under the Verus motor allows for fine tuning of the drive pressure."
or
"If the placement is off the motor will tilt slightly ..."
represents anyone's idea of an improvement on simple rim drive.
Let alone an assault on the qualities of vintage idler-drive.
Especially, as mentioned, with the examples out there being so mechanically impressive (Emts, etc).

I am underwhelmed.
And Harry's, (with the scout-ac-synch) --is laughable.
J.D.

.... I was cured, alright.