Trike trucks
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srdavo
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this is not diesel....but looks like a truck.
http://www.motoredbikes.com/album.php?albumid=357&pictureid=2043
http://www.motoredbikes.com/album.php?albumid=357&pictureid=2043
SimpleSimon
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Wow! I love that thing! Somebody got very, very creative there. Any info on who built it, and/or more pics?
srdavo
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yes....popuna's gallery.... http://www.motoredbikes.com/album.php?u=6524
lots of beauties.... all art!!!
FYI... here's a link to the rest of the gallery! http://www.motoredbikes.com/all_albums.php
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SimpleSimon
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Thanks, Dave. That is one creative guy. I really like the tadpole truck interpretation - now I'm wracking my brain trying to figure out how to make the steering inputs work for me - no left hand, can't use the seperate swing arms he used.
I actually considered using a diesel engine before. But I don't like loud engines. There is also the added cost of using a hydrostatic transmission to transfer all that torque at the low end.
Diesel would be perfect for a workhorse. Power, great mileage. Just as long as you can handle the noise and vibration.
Diesel would be perfect for a workhorse. Power, great mileage. Just as long as you can handle the noise and vibration.
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can't stanz it nomoe
what I realy need is a two wheel drive recumbent delta trike with half inch trail and a 50 degree steeer axis making it much easyer to handle. the seat should not be higher than 20 inches, and a nice fairing over the cockpit to keeep the rain off.
what I realy need is a two wheel drive recumbent delta trike with half inch trail and a 50 degree steeer axis making it much easyer to handle. the seat should not be higher than 20 inches, and a nice fairing over the cockpit to keeep the rain off.
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SimpleSimon
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Here ya go, jawnn
Attached is what you asked for - a delta trike, 26" wheels intended, 45 degree rake, as drawn intended to have a NuVinci hub as a mid-drive, a Shimano 3 speed internally geared hub as "differential", driving both rear wheels through freewheel hubs. That give you an, in effect, 3 speed rear end under it along with the full range of gearing through the NV hub.
Seat height is 13", bed dimensions are 20.75" wide by 32" long (plus the forward cornere). There is plenty of room under the bed for a small engine - I see it using one of the horizontal cylinder pocket bike engines to drive the NV hub through a jackshaft then chain to the secondary input sprocket.
You end up with 4 chain loops - chainring to the NV, NV output to the Shimano, two final loops of identical size to the axle. If you add power, you add more as necessary.
Design is still a work in progress - I can see it in my minds eye with sheet metat sides rising about 15 inches on the lines of the two main bed support members running back from the forward edge of the wheel frames (which will take up to 3.5 inch wide tires), top edge rolled like old pickups, stake pockets on each side, and the crowning touch - fenders flaring out to the outer support arches of the wheel wells from each side - like an old Dodge pickup.
I'll get that modelled soon.
Attached is what you asked for - a delta trike, 26" wheels intended, 45 degree rake, as drawn intended to have a NuVinci hub as a mid-drive, a Shimano 3 speed internally geared hub as "differential", driving both rear wheels through freewheel hubs. That give you an, in effect, 3 speed rear end under it along with the full range of gearing through the NV hub.
Seat height is 13", bed dimensions are 20.75" wide by 32" long (plus the forward cornere). There is plenty of room under the bed for a small engine - I see it using one of the horizontal cylinder pocket bike engines to drive the NV hub through a jackshaft then chain to the secondary input sprocket.
You end up with 4 chain loops - chainring to the NV, NV output to the Shimano, two final loops of identical size to the axle. If you add power, you add more as necessary.
Design is still a work in progress - I can see it in my minds eye with sheet metat sides rising about 15 inches on the lines of the two main bed support members running back from the forward edge of the wheel frames (which will take up to 3.5 inch wide tires), top edge rolled like old pickups, stake pockets on each side, and the crowning touch - fenders flaring out to the outer support arches of the wheel wells from each side - like an old Dodge pickup.
I'll get that modelled soon.
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cooltoy
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These trikes seem to offer a lot of advantages but don't you trike riders feel like you are a pain in the arse for car drivers out there?
I always see a guy in Town with an un- motorized trike and there are always a bunch of cars trying to get around him.
I'd love one because for me, in the country, this is my only form of transportation but I don't want to limit myself to the roads only, creating a traffic jam.
I always see a guy in Town with an un- motorized trike and there are always a bunch of cars trying to get around him.
I'd love one because for me, in the country, this is my only form of transportation but I don't want to limit myself to the roads only, creating a traffic jam.
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