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[andyinchville1]

Hmmmm....nice bike Leonardo....Is there any possibility of a HT engine fitting in there?...Maybe one of the slant plug models?

Andrew

 

[SirJakesus]

That bike looks to have lots of promise Leo. I'm not too keen on all the mixed colors but that can be fixed. You're going to have a hard time finding kits to fit that well while retaining your rear disc brake unfortunately. You could go with friction drive and she would be an easy to build lightweight ride. You wouldn't have to do much messing with the bike at all except for changing out to good smooth treaded tires that are as wide as possible.
You could also install a staton nuvinci on there and retain your disc brake but it would take a lot more work to get the system installed. It's also considerably heavier than pretty much any other kit out there but its fairly bulletproof and will give you the ability to change gears on the move.

 

[duivendyk]

A long wheelbase like on a trike combined with a low GC are very nice to have.visibily is another matter.I am concerned about fatigue failures in thinwall aluminum tubing subjected to engine vibration, as occurs in frame mount HT setups.They are like booby traps,sudden,very hard to detect and often catastophic