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Motorized Tandems, Trikes 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.

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Old 03-08-2010, 11:38 PM
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Amazon.com: Huffy Green Machine Bike, Green/Black: Sports & Outdoors

The Green Machine. My son has one of these. The frame is steel from the front axle to the rear steering. The front wheel is a spoked wheel with a tire and innertube. There's caliper brakes on the front. And the kicker - there's a freewheel axle in the front, too. Also, it's rated to carry up to a 180 lb rider.

Someone with more skill than I have should be able to do a friction drive on the front wheel, and make the most dangerous big wheel in history.

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Old 03-08-2010, 11:57 PM
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Umm Try Bolt on a Sproket on one of the small wheels and put a weed wacker motor on it
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Old 03-09-2010, 12:17 AM
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Small wheels in the back are hard plastic, so you can do spinouts easy. No traction on those. It would have to be in the front.
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you mean like this

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....wdc06_2337.jpg

http://carsmedia.ign.com/cars/image/...2043204096.jpg

http://www.techviva.com/wp-content/u...2009/12/17.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCMBE4bhm1o

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Old 03-09-2010, 01:03 AM
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Oh DAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYUUUUMMMMMMMM lol
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Old 03-09-2010, 02:47 AM
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that drifter trike video is too funny.

i remember straightening out the cranks on our bigwheels so we wouldn't have to pedal, then bombing some big dirt mountain downhills.
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Put an engine on the rear wheel like this:
YouTube - drift trike powered

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Old 03-14-2010, 12:09 AM
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As for a drifting bike... Maybe this?
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
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Old 05-01-2010, 11:19 PM
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Personally, I'd rather have a bike/trike that goes straight down the road, and does something productive and usefull, than something that just 'fish-tails' all over the place. Of course, that is just IMHO.
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Old 05-02-2010, 03:08 AM
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anyone know where to get a solid plastic rear 26 inch tire ? all that fishtailin reminds me of riding on the hockey rink when i was a kid
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