How do you like this trike?
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The_Aleman
Active Member
Pretty cool, but I see a broken frame in it's future. Right under the seatclamp!
I like that deck tho.
I like that deck tho.
wheelbender6
Well-Known Member
I like it. The whitewalls kind of compliment the circles on the front hub motor. Makes a great parts chaser.
Large Filipino
Member
That seat should be okay. My Worksman trike is designed the same way and it's pretty solid.
That bike is pretty sick!
That bike is pretty sick!
Actually that is the only thing it does not do. Between the low CG & weight on the rear axle it is very stable. Drifting is not possible.
The pedals work, and you can pedal it away from a stoplight. Street legal, and fun transportation. A true adult Big Wheel. Ride quality is better than I expected when I was building it.
I need to take some new pics, that was a couple of years ago. Some small changes since then.
It gets a lot of attention. I parked it in the lot @ Viva 2 years ago, and a week later there were pics all over the internet. Never even took it inside the show.
I may clean it up a little & let JB use it in a photo shoot later this year. He wants to do a post - apocalypse theme sometime soon in the desert.
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I may clean it up a little & let JB use it in a photo shoot later this year. He wants to do a post - apocalypse theme sometime soon in the desert.
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Goat Herder
Gutter Rider
I like that first trike. I would run it in the ground doing parking lot repairs at my work.
What up guys. I was surfing this site and saw my trike at the beginning of this thread. Very cool, yes I was at Windansea beach that day.
At first the thought of an electric trike with a battery did not appeal to me in the least but since I built this trike I have a total change of heart and have since built another.
I built them strong enough to never peddle unless going up very steep hills. It tows a matching trailer with lights that connect at the back with a lighter outlet that doubles as in iPhone charger.
The spec are
Motor - 1000W electric motor kit purchased for $249 off eBay from China
Battery - 48V 20amp hours
Top Speed - 30mph on a flat road with no wind
Distance - around 20 mils of flat road no peddling
At first the thought of an electric trike with a battery did not appeal to me in the least but since I built this trike I have a total change of heart and have since built another.
I built them strong enough to never peddle unless going up very steep hills. It tows a matching trailer with lights that connect at the back with a lighter outlet that doubles as in iPhone charger.
The spec are
Motor - 1000W electric motor kit purchased for $249 off eBay from China
Battery - 48V 20amp hours
Top Speed - 30mph on a flat road with no wind
Distance - around 20 mils of flat road no peddling
With regards to the frame breaking, thats not going to happen if it hasnt already. We took our trikes to Burningman and rode about 300 miles on very bumpy desert terrain while towing a small trailer and my girl standing on the back.
The reason I went with electric vs gas. We live in San Diego and they are classified as bicycles. We ride on the beach at low tide for miles, we ride on the boardwalk in Pacific and Mission beach, we bar hop down town San Diego without the cops hassling us. Its just more simple and we've never run out of battery yet. On this smaller trike I mounted the battery under the rear platform so its kind of stealth however in California there's no real need to be stealth.
Here are some images of my kind of matching smaller etrike.
Torker Trike
750W motor
36V - 10am hour battery
Top Speed - 25mph on flat
Distance 12-15 miles no peddling on flat
The reason I went with electric vs gas. We live in San Diego and they are classified as bicycles. We ride on the beach at low tide for miles, we ride on the boardwalk in Pacific and Mission beach, we bar hop down town San Diego without the cops hassling us. Its just more simple and we've never run out of battery yet. On this smaller trike I mounted the battery under the rear platform so its kind of stealth however in California there's no real need to be stealth.
Here are some images of my kind of matching smaller etrike.
Torker Trike
750W motor
36V - 10am hour battery
Top Speed - 25mph on flat
Distance 12-15 miles no peddling on flat
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Below are photos of my larger trike. I have to tell you this is the most fun I've ever had with $1200.
We take it out almost every weekend. The most we've carried is me driving, my girl standing on the back platform and our two 12yr old girls in the trailer and the trike pulls no problem.
Me and my girl love dressing up in steampunk / goth style so this trike was perfect for Burningman Mad Max style plus we rode around downtown San Diego during Comicon and were swarmed by Japanese tourists wanting to get a photo of us ha ha we felt like celebrities.
I own a furniture warehouse and often I use the trikes to carry heavy furniture to customers cars or carrying large heavy tool boxes around the business.
We take it out almost every weekend. The most we've carried is me driving, my girl standing on the back platform and our two 12yr old girls in the trailer and the trike pulls no problem.
Me and my girl love dressing up in steampunk / goth style so this trike was perfect for Burningman Mad Max style plus we rode around downtown San Diego during Comicon and were swarmed by Japanese tourists wanting to get a photo of us ha ha we felt like celebrities.
I own a furniture warehouse and often I use the trikes to carry heavy furniture to customers cars or carrying large heavy tool boxes around the business.
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Intrepid Wheelwoman
New Member
What fine looking trikes! They are really nice clean builds and I like them a lot. Thanks so much for sharing the build details and the extra photos 
quocviet1291
New Member
pretty cool. I got a little more done today...