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Thread: street legal mini trike build (or at least i hope its legal)

  1. 12-15-2011, 12:12 AM #46
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    oh nice man and im sure you have built your share of death traps or probably will..
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  2. 12-15-2011, 12:33 AM #47
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    is the rear shock mounted or just laying there? anyway the geometry of it doesnt look like it will really work
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  3. 12-15-2011, 01:54 AM #48
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    Quote Originally Posted by ben6626 View Post
    is the rear shock mounted or just laying there? anyway the geometry of it doesnt look like it will really work
    its mounted but it way to soft im going to compress the shock weld chain to it and put a spacer in and grind the chain back off it needs 2'' less sag to be good for 65 lb
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  4. 12-15-2011, 07:30 PM #49
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  5. 12-15-2011, 07:52 PM #50
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    i welded the washer on the bottom of the spring up the shock 4'' it perfect 3/4'' sag with rider and 8'' travel before the frame hits the ground but to bottom it out i have to stand on it with my hands pushing on the ceiling im 150 the rider will be 65lb so it should be perfect
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  6. 12-15-2011, 07:57 PM #51
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    interesting so far! And what happened to that sno mobile powered trike you built?! I remember seeing it in the stages where it had worm gear clamps holding the belt final drive to the frame lol


    keep us posted!
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  7. 12-15-2011, 08:29 PM #52
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    That thing is turning out pretty good. I always wanted to utilize one of those cheapy $150 66cc bike kits in something...
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  8. 12-15-2011, 09:17 PM #53
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    Quote Originally Posted by JasonB View Post
    interesting so far! And what happened to that sno mobile powered trike you built?! I remember seeing it in the stages where it had worm gear clamps holding the belt final drive to the frame lol


    keep us posted!
    i had that welded up started the motor as soon as the cluch grabed it impoded literaly im still pissed about that i couldnt even pull the motor out after with out cuttin it to peices it only ran for 15 seconds and my neibor was already yelling about the noise (no pipe) when he noticed what happed he was laughing his ass off i didnt even put a axle on it yet and i still manage to f*** it up
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  9. 12-16-2011, 10:47 PM #54
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    i put a few more hours in to it i finaly put the motor in for the last time got the rear brake done and hid the electroincs and cut a hole in the fly wheel cover so we can drill start it the motor spins backward so the bolt wont come off

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  10. 12-16-2011, 11:40 PM #55
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    Fire it up! You need to get some vids of these builds.
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  11. 12-17-2011, 01:12 AM #56
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    Quote Originally Posted by WisconsinJohn View Post
    Fire it up! You need to get some vids of these builds.
    my camera f***ed up when i ran it over with my mini quad in the garage i have to hold it at the right distance to take a pic
    its useles for a vid but im getting one soon
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  12. 12-17-2011, 08:10 AM #57
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    That is a hell of a long shock.
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  13. 12-21-2011, 02:37 PM #58
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    finaly got a sprocet on it but i tryed to get the motor running and it just wont start i got spark (when you get it spining fast) and gas and it wont even pop the wires on these suck the rubber is falling of so im shure its grounding out


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  14. 12-21-2011, 03:10 PM #59
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    Just throw the motor from that RM in there. Or maybe that boat has a decent powerplant to donate................


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  15. 12-21-2011, 03:58 PM #60
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    just got it running just needed more gas down the plug than you would think i let it sit for a bit and it fired up with no gas
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