Reverse drive assembly for motorized vehicle

A motorized vehicle comprising:

• an engine;
• a starter motor having a motor shaft, the motor shaft selectively coupled to the engine to start the engine;
• a transmission main shaft assembly including a main shaft gear provided on a main shaft and rotatable therewith;
• a transmission counter shaft assembly including a plurality of gears supported on a counter shaft, wherein the transmission counter shaft assembly couples to the transmission main shaft assembly in multiple configurations to create multiple forward gear ratios;
• an output drive wheel supported on the main shaft and drivable by the counter shaft, wherein a forward power transmission path is established from the main shaft through the counter shaft to the output drive wheel;
• and
• a reverse drive assembly including:
• a reverse drive gear train in constant mesh with the motor shaft of the starter motor, the reverse drive gear train including an output gear, and
• a pivot carrier carrying the output gear, the pivot carrier movable between an engaged position in which the output gear is meshed with the main shaft gear, and a disengaged position in which the output gear is spaced from the main shaft gear;
• wherein in the engaged position a reverse power transmission path extends from the starter motor, through the reverse drive gear train to the main shaft, and wherein in the disengaged position the reverse power transmission path is broken.