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Old 03-25-2014, 07:06 PM   #110 (permalink)
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Do you have more info on this setup? Looks similar to my single wheel boat tail project...
This is a rear shot of the motocross motorcycle-based 1-wheel trailer I constructed for the CRX back in the 90s.There's a side view in the Phil Knox Aerodynamic Photos Albums.
I made only one test trip with it,across Texas,New Mexico,into Colorado,and back.At speeds up to 80-mph trying to keep up following my friend (who doesn't know what speed limits are)to Copper Mountain,Colorado;and 11,000+ foot mountain passes,I averaged 48-mpg for the trip.
In the other photo you can see black soot on the side of the trailer from the tailpipe.It turned out that 2-vacuum lines on the carburetor had hardened and broken completely through,leaving a vacuum leak causing a rich mixture.
I've never taken time to complete the project.With only a crude upper gap-filler,and nothing for the sides or underneath I figure there's still a little fruit to pluck.
The trailer maintains the original bike frame and fork.1-inch square tubing was welded into a triangulated space frame with opening lid to the saddle-bag pods inside.Two adults could bivouac in there.She was skinned in pre-finished Masonite,pop-riveted to the tubing,with a full plywood smooth belly.
The front axle was cradled in a custom hitch and secured with 4-C-bolts,kinda like Burt Munro did on the back of his Holden with the Indian Scout coming and going to the beach speedway.
The dorsal fin was really there to reassure me that she was back there,as you can't see the trailer at all from the driver's position.I put a red clearance light atop the fin which I could see at night,and a vertical LED brake light strip up the back of the fin as a 3rd-brake light.
Since the fork maintained its original rake,the trailer leaned during turning.She pulled like she wasn't there.
The weather hasn't been kind to her although she could be restored and improved upon.We'll see.
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