Cargo bike with DAX Titan, geared jackshaft

My latest ride, see below. Used it today to get 2 propane tanks filled and a 25 lb. bag of chicken food. It uses a Dax 49cc Titan engine with a jackshaft. Can pedal, motor or both. Pretty darn fast when not loaded, and very capable of carrying a heavy load. They guys at the feed store liked it. I'll be bringing it and my motorized Raleigh 20 to the gathering in Longview on Labor Day weekend.

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Just finished a full writeup on this with more/better pictures. See:

http://www.outsideconnection.com/gallant/hpv/mblue/

 

[nwguy]

I can't imagine it's not getting oil. The filler cap is on top, and I filled it all the way up. Also used this special, extra viscous magic oil. If it was flipped, how would you fill it with the filler hole on the bottom (besides flipping the bike upside down)?

 

[Large Filipino]

I see that now. I had to run upstairs and look at my ride. It seems on mine that plug is on the side and the smaller plug is across from that.
I imagine that doesn't matter because yes,the gears are getting the oil bath.

(The image tag deletion is because we have people here on dial up that may take them a while to see loaded pics.)

 

[andyinchville1]

Very nice build....I can see it took a lot of thought and time to make...Good Job!....I like the simplicity of the gas tank!

Andrew

 

[pmarkwell]

Yes...very nice! I took wood shop in school instead of metal and now wish I took both. This has to be the cleanest build I've ever seen! Great ingenuity and talent, for sure. I have to agree with the trike idea. Did you think of that as well when you were building this project?

I've also have a large interest in growing chickens but my present circumstances don't allow it. Instead, I just buy from a local grower here in S. Oregon.

Great build, I'm definitely inspired by this. The white cedar rack is beautiful!!!

Paul

 

[Chain theory]

The truck of Bikes

Wow, That is an absolutely elegant design. I like the canoe-trimaran sailboat too. Great job nwguy.

 

[nwguy]

I'm not a trike fan. I feel they're too wide to ride on public roads. With a wide bike you can hang almost half of it over the shoulder if you ride at the edge. With a trike you're out in the lane of traffic unless you have a wide shoulder.

 

[pmarkwell]

Hey Jim, I might be missing something here, but doesn't your cargo rack stick out as far as a trike would. I would think you could find a narrow trike that would fill the same needs.

How is balancing on that two wheeler? I suppose I would rather have a bike than a trike as long as load and balancing weren't an issue, mainly for mobility's sake.

Paul

 

[ibdennyak]

I'm not a trike fan. I feel they're too wide to ride on public roads. With a wide bike you can hang almost half of it over the shoulder if you ride at the edge. With a trike you're out in the lane of traffic unless you have a wide shoulder.

Have to agree. Bike lanes are too narrow for a trike here in many cases. Like your stand. I went with a single trailer setup, and it can be tippy on a side stand. It is more stable if I jack knife it, but then it takes up too much room. Looks like cargo capacity is similar....I have carried ~ 100#. Definitely know it is there, but it is controllable. Working on a full suspension setup with a similar design, but it will be a while. Hope mine turns out as well as yours. Great job.

Denny

 

[nwguy]

Hey Jim, I might be missing something here, but doesn't your cargo rack stick out as far as a trike would. I would think you could find a narrow trike that would fill the same needs.

How is balancing on that two wheeler? I suppose I would rather have a bike than a trike as long as load and balancing weren't an issue, mainly for mobility's sake.

Paul

Yes it's as wide as a trike, but like I said earlier, you can hang almost half of the width off the road when you ride as far to the right as you can, so the effective width when dodging cars is narrower. I don't find balancing to be a problem with a heavy load. Of course at speed balancing only gets easier. My 600+ lb. Honda ST1100 motorcycle is considerably more of a handful for balancing when at a stop.

 

[Bigwheel]

Another very well executed design NWGuy. You are right that a bike like this could be very useful in our society here in the near future, or today even! That design would very easy to build as an electric model also.