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Old 08-31-2009, 04:24 PM   #21 (permalink)
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----------------- 44 MPG across Wyoming!!! ------------------

Here's the story of the trip to get the Wildfire.

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Old 09-02-2009, 07:33 AM   #22 (permalink)
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That's a cool story!

I wouldn't have thought of a Smart for a tow-rig, but glad to see it worked!
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Old 09-05-2009, 11:32 PM   #23 (permalink)
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with a boat tail or something it would be easy to beat the 60 mph i think .
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Whatever's happened to the "wildfire"
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Old 06-04-2017, 12:43 AM   #25 (permalink)
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I'm turning it into a reverse trike. I won't drive a trike. Too dangerous.
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Old 06-04-2017, 05:13 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Sounds like more work than just making it 4-wheeled.
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So either the wildfire was very reliable but tips over or was a turd and your rebuilding it because it's failed?
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>>Sounds like more work than just making it 4-wheeled.

No. 25% less work.

>>So either the wildfire was very reliable but tips over or was a turd and your rebuilding it because it's failed?

All that (except for the reliability part) and it's boring.
Underpowered. Slow. Dangerous. Uncomfortable.
I'd rather it be fast, powerful, safe and comfortable.
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Considering that its cockpit is beside the front wheel, the weight bias gets more adversely affected when compared to other cabin-tricycles such as the Reliant Robin or even some other Chinese models that have the cockpit behind the front wheel.
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Old 06-05-2017, 03:25 AM   #30 (permalink)
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I've got a Macpherson strut front assembly from a Z or something that would give me room for a big fat seat right in the center.

A totaled Triumph Rocket for the engine back would work.
What's the name of this forum? Ecomodder? Whoops.
Maybe I could coast from 150 mph.

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