rear drive for trike

Hi Sandhopper2 and welcome to the forum and we're always kind. That's why we're the greatest bike forum.

If you look up Cyclone Bike Motors on Google you will get an idea of how to set up the motor on the trike. They mount their kit on the seat post and have a double chain ring on the crank. You can pedal the bike and the motor and the chain wheel, free wheels as you ride. When you use the motor the pedals free wheel unless you want to pedal along with the motor.

Look up Sick Bike parts on the ads at the side of the page. They sell the complete 24v kit, less the battery, for $249.00. They may also sell the crank set up by it's self. I bought the complete kit. Uninstalled as yet since the bike and sidecar are waiting to get their chance to get into the garage.
This will allow you to use the gears on the trike if you have any and the installation is easy.

Hope this is of some help.

Steve.

welcome sandhopper. we have a member that did just this and i will pm him a link to this thread and i am sure he would love to help you. his name is deacon and he is really good and making bikes that don't break the bank will do what you want. great to have you with us

well the bad news is its pretty hard to do a diy rear wheel drive for a trike. The good new's you can do a friction drive on the front wheel with what you have pretty easily. If you want detailed directions send me an email and I'll try to walk you through building one.

I'm getting ready to start a new one myself using the same technology. Usually friction drive gets a bad rap but if you want to do it fast and nasty it's the way to go. It isn't as fast or as efficient as most other drives but it is quick and cheap.