Hey Ther Everybody...i Was Wondering If Anyone Had Put A 2 Stroke Engine On There Trike...not Like A Recumbent Trike But Like A Sit Up One...i Was Thinking Of Doing This So I Could Ride It In The Winter So I Wouldn't Slip On The Ice And Snow...thanks For Your Help...
I haven't dealt much with motorized trikes.
I have read of others' efforts for normal (non-motorized) bicycle/trike conversions.
The main drawback of these kits is that unless you can do machine-shop work (or you pay to have it done) you are limited to only a single-speed or a 3-speed setup. All of these "granny" trikes I've seen, including the "industrial" ones from Worksman and Husky, all only offered a single-speed or a three-speed option. If you live anywhere there's hills, three speeds isn't going to cut it. The "bicycle" hub needs to have a second cog fitted to the left-side spoke flange, that is used for the shorter second chain to drive the rear axle.
A second problem I have heard of is that these kits are not built very rugged. They have problems with bearings going bad, the rear frame cracking and so on. I don't know that they are all the same, but most of them (from lots of different sellers) appear to be identical. Some of the low-rider sites sell them very inexpensively.
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