Anyone game for motorizing one of these..?

Ludwig, hehe, can you even picture an engine above a 3' tall wheel?
That weight should be below the pedals just to keep your balance at low speeds I'd think.

It kind of reminds of this comic ;-}

Davezilla said:

A little rich for my blood, but put one in my shop with welder and plasma cutter ready... I'll get an engine to fit in there...

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I'll bet you could too ;-}

The problem is how close the front and back wheels are, like a 20" bike, only enough in the middle for the pedal cranks and back up to clear the front wheel.

KCvale said:

I'll bet you could too ;-}

The problem is how close the front and back wheels are, like a 20" bike, only enough in the middle for the pedal cranks and back up to clear the front wheel.

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Yup.. I keep looking at that area wishing I had some measurements, but stretching the frame does come to mind here.
One could cut out the down tube and use a KTM or one of it's clones as a stressed member to what would be left of the down tube and rigid mounted at the seat post. The bike would definitely need some type of suspension tho if the engine was used as a structural member of the frame to avoid cracking something expensive... maybe a slightly extended Monarch fork up front and convert the rear to a swing arm with a short travel shock/spring assembly or a polymer shock just enough to soften any road roughness would do...

I think I'll wait for the 42"er to come out. I always wanted to pick apples as I ride down the lane.
hehe

OK, mount the friction driver like Benelli's first cyclemotor unit. Behind the rear wheel.

36inch wheels, - they would be sooooo good for making veteran style horseless carriages like the Benz tricycle & etc