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Offline gerhed

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Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« on: December 06, 2007, 05:05:43 PM »
Two up front.
It only makes sense.
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2007, 05:41:07 PM »
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2007, 05:52:53 PM »
hehehe...Tri Magnum anyone?

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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2007, 07:09:53 PM »
Somewhere...

Rube Goldberg is laughing his ass off.
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2007, 07:54:57 PM »
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2007, 04:35:58 AM »
Quote from: gerhed on December 06, 2007, 05:05:43 PM
Two up front.
It only makes sense.

Sheesh!!  I hope he has a chain guard :o  Wouldn't want to be riding that thing when a chain lets loose.
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2007, 10:29:36 AM »
Quote from: Steve F on December 07, 2007, 04:35:58 AM
Sheesh!!  I hope he has a chain guard :o  Wouldn't want to be riding that thing when a chain lets loose.
My thoughts too!  :o

The saddle bags add a nice touch.  :D And why go through the trouble of routing the exhaust all the way back? It would be cool if it dumped in front of the rider driver operator. After all, if it's good enough for the OCC guys...  ::) ;)

Cool machine. I'd love to be able to tinker like that.  8)
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2007, 10:36:15 AM »
Two up front makes sense, yes.
Operating a chain saw in line with your crotch.  :o !!!  Small wonder there are no Freeway photos.

I was also wondering about the practicality of lashing a fire extinguisher to a major support member... and down by your feet?  ??? 

It does look like something that happens when mechanics try to be engineers.  One phrase you will never hear by the creator, "back to the drawing board!", as that implies there was a design beforehand.

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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2007, 10:38:53 AM »
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2007, 01:59:16 PM »
Incorrect 3-wheeled configuration--Same guy !
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2007, 02:36:06 PM »
Is there really a correct or incorrect way when talking about backyard engineering?  I've been a fan of the more traditional sidecar to get my 3 wheel fix.  I even built one for a CB125S once.  And before you say it, I built it for my 45 dog.  While I didn't finish it cosmetically, it did make it around the neighborhood, and was proven a sound design.  I now wish I'd at least taken some pictures.
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2007, 04:02:08 PM »
Trikes.....I like 'em. Here's two I've built.



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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2007, 05:24:38 PM »
Cyclone,

Very nice.
Wondering how the power is converted to shaft drive on the bottom pictured machine.

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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2007, 05:27:39 PM »
Used a Yamaha XS1100 middle drive (bevel box).
see here http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=5970496
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2007, 06:09:17 PM »
wasnt the one you posted at the begining of this thread yours gerhed?
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2007, 07:01:25 PM »


          Hey Cyclone, while Both of your 3 wheel creations are pretty cool 8), I am leaning towards the top one. 8) Would you happen to have any pictures of the work in progress and some details, that you would like to share? I don't have any pictures yet but, I have acquired
a 79' CB750K that someone swapped the original swingarm with an ATV swingarm (w/axle and 2 wheels). Kinda tempted to try to get it runnng and Very Carefully see if it will go and just how well. ::) Who knows, I may just try to improve on it and either do up some kind of extended axle setup (with proper support, of course) and change to some kind of street tires on the back or I could put some kind of an offroad type tire on the front! Hey, on 2nd (or would that be 3rd) thought, I could leave it basically as in and add a blade on the front and call it a CB750K DOHC "SnowPlow"! Course, down here in Arkansas, we don't usually get much snow! ::) :-\  Just how far apart should the rear wheels be, to be practical, on a traditional trike?

                                   Later on, Bill :) ;)   
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #16 on: December 07, 2007, 07:53:50 PM »
what you could do bill is add some pavement tires and some spacers on that rear axle. is that rear axle rigidly mounted or does it use the CBs original dual rear shocks or shocks of somesort?
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Re: Correct 3-wheeled configuration
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2007, 03:46:01 AM »
Quote from: OutlawZ24 on December 07, 2007, 06:09:17 PM
wasnt the one you posted at the begining of this thread yours gerhed?
Yes it was.
Exposed chain was only a problem one time when it
grabbed the waistbelt buckle on my motorcycle jacket
and tried to pull me into the rear sprocket.
« Last Edit: December 08, 2007, 04:38:59 AM by gerhed »
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