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Motorized Tricycles and Recumbents Motorized trikes (tricycle) and recumbent bicycles can give the ultimate in comfort for cruising on long trips or just around town plus they will really turn some heads.

Trike Conversion


Discussion at Motorized Bicycle Engine Kit Forum in the Motorized Tricycles and Recumbents forum. Ok folks all this watching videos of you riding your bikes or trikes got me wanting to add a engine ...
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Old 12-17-2008, 09:41 PM
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Talking Trike Conversion

Ok folks all this watching videos of you riding your bikes or trikes got me wanting to add a engine to my trike but I have a springer fork on my trike and I want it to be a friction drive trike/bike.And who sells this kind of engine I have been looking for a while here I guess I could set it up on the back wheel should not be to hard I don't think. Never the less I still want it to be friction drive.I love to ride my wife trike here thats what started me looking in to building my self one.I like hers but for me I wanted it to look different and mine should look pretty cool I think wife sure thinks its going to be.Like I have said before it going to be all chrome and for the tires I going for the red whit and blue tires I found online cost is not to cheap 34.99 each.
Oh well its going to be a cool looking trike.But I do need help on find a place to get a good engine.Not sure if I can find one to work on a springer fork setup.Any Ideals let me know thanks for any help on this.I,m not in a hurry at all money is slow coming here.But I will get it done by this summer just in time to get hot.
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Old 01-16-2009, 05:11 PM
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Default Re: Trike Conversion

I am an avid triker myself. I have had a 2 cycle sears free spirit (70s vintage) front friction drive on a trike, and at present have an Electric Bile Factory double 12 volt motor. After having used friction drive for several years I have found they are nice in dry weather, but they are not too good on wet pavement. I am now looking at a 4 cycle that mounts on the back of our Trailmate Desotos. This would run via chain to the dead axel.
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