Getting old...

[GURPS]

Well yeah. The lawnmower axle had a lot of reduction built in. Not enough...but a lot. And it was a large industrial weed-eater power head..they have pretty robust centrifugal clutches.

... the lawnmower has a belt between the motor and drive axle with a further reduction via pulley size ....

that would be like building a motor cycle with a direct drive sb 350 ...

Oh Wait some guy did that in the 60's with a 327 IIRC

 

[Gilligan]

... the lawnmower has a belt between the motor and drive axle with a further reduction via pulley size ....

that would be like building a motor cycle with a direct drive sb 350 ...

Yeah..so? I mean he was 3, so he had some skills.

 

[glhs837]

Yeah..so? I mean he was 3, so he had some skills.

And the natural resilience (see "drunks and babies") of youth, and the extra healing capability of a young body.

 

[Larry Gude]

Yeah..so? I mean he was 3, so he had some skills.

That's how we find out who are the racers and who might become one after they heal up...

 

[Gilligan]

That's how we find out who are the racers and who might become one after they heal up...

Ed zachary!

He could ride ATVs like a boss by age 9...had his own 300EX by then. Started wheeling a '74 Bronco trail rig when he was 12...on the difficult trails ;-)

 

[b23hqb]

I'm 61, and not old, just getting older. But why is youth always wasted on the young? Why?

 

[Larry Gude]

I'm 61, and not old, just getting older. But why is youth always wasted on the young? Why?

The body gets strong quicker than the mind and then the body declines faster than the mind.