Belt tensioner needed?

[illMATTic]

It looks like the previous owner mocked my bike up without a tensioner. The belt would be tightened without he rear wheel.

Am I going to want to use a larger belt and add a tensioner?

I am running a Comet CVT to a whizzer sheave.

[Mike Sal]

A photo would help, but you've got to have a way to take up the slack created if you're running from a variable pulley to a fixed one.  If the belt isn't big enough to make the transition from one extreme to the other, you're not getting all the available drive ratio possible.
Mike Sal

[Ricks]

If this belt is just between 2 fixed pulleys, you do not need a tensioner.  Adjust by moving the wheel back or forward.

[illMATTic]

Yes it is between two fixed pulleys.

This is all I have currenlty. Keep in mind I am in the super early mock up stages.

[Ricks]

I see no need for a tensioner, except with one you may never have to adjust the belt! 

[Mike Sal]

I can see the problem from here.....the garage floor is way too clean & uncluttered....how do you get anything done??
Mike Sal

[bill marcum]

illmattic, how about a few more pictures of your drive system. I have a honda GC160  to mount in my frame but have not decided what to use for my drive train yet. Bill Marcum

[illMATTic]

Bill, I will get a few going this week. Everything seems to fit so far.