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Old 05-28-2018, 10:38 PM   #54 (permalink)
HHOTDI
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Location: Northern Idaho...way up north!
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Sippy2 - '15 Honda NC700XD DCT
90 day: 59.51 mpg (US)

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Nice work!

Several years ago, there is/was a guy named Jeff from Ontario Canada i believe that built a Polygon body for his "Facet V1" Velomobile trike that had shapes/Coroplast body that turned out fantastic!

I had been wanting to build my own motorcycle powered trike for many years, unable to find accessible parts/funds i simply shelved the plan and started riding what i had! My 2012 Honda NC700x is getting high 70's-mid 80's. At 6'6" 225lbs, that's sitting upright and comfortable at real world freeway speeds 65-70mph. My personal best is 99mpg keep it about 45-50mph!

You might consider the engine out of one of these bikes. Honda designed it to lay forward so far that it has an amazingly low cg, check it out. Following your build/progress with excitement! :{)
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