Tricycle Options...

[lilffihn]

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...

[Creative Engineering]

Contact Saddletramp here on the forum...he has done trikes.

Jim

[trailblazerpete]

Hi,I'm going to build a Trike with a 4 stroke bike engine kit, I purchased a nearly new Workman Trike for my base build...Pete

[fall_down_stand_up]

Originally Posted by lilffihn

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...

Spookytooth sells a tricyle converion kit for bicyles....Scroll down and it shows alll the pics of the bike when its done....


Tricycle Conversion Kit for Bicycles & Motorized Bicycles

John-John

[Ezra]

That Tricycle conversion if to make a two wheel bike a three wheel bike.

I want to buy a Schwinn Tricycle and add an engine to it....

[the new ausped]

once you get skilled at u can learn to drift those things and do donuts

[42blue15]

Originally Posted by lilffihn

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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[hot rodder]

I built this out of a west coast chopper made rear out of 3/16 plate and dom tubing 3/4 axle shaft, hand built fenders. front and rear disc, hand built exhaust