reverse trike, low, recumbent, 80-250cc (anyone else made one besides hyperrocket?)

[Giovanni LiCalsi]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Sometimes the old ways are the best:



I started a thread here

Parts/complete vehicles are available: http://http://www.modernmicrocars.co.uk/index.html

The entire care is reproduced in Germay.
This would make a very nice roller for an EV car.
A rear wheel hub motor would work well and LiPo battery packs could give it a 100 mile range.
Oliver Herbolzheimer is well known in the Messerschmitt community. He restores cars for a living in Germany. He makes replacement parts.
http://www.radsatzwerkstatt.de/referenzen/

[ScotD]

A quick update:

My project has evolved. I now expect to use a Ninja 250 as the donor machine. Front end will probably still be based on the California Commuter design, though both lower (bottom) and higher (top, less flat recumbent), and with wheels outside the narrow body. Haven't decided for sure on solo or passenger capability, but fore/aft, not side-by-side if with passenger.

I'm still trying to get clarity on state requirements to successfully license a vehicle with homemade/modified frame and front suspension. For quite a while the State Patrol and Department of Licensing kept referring me to each other. I now have clarity that it's State Patrol I need to satisfy. Latest exchange of messages suggests that all the frame requirements apply to autos and other larger vehicles, not to motorcycles (3 wheel), but it's not totally clear yet. I hope it will be within a week or so . . . one is ever hopeful. I now expect to fabricate the frame myself. I'll post again whenever there are significant developments.

[Christopher Jordan]

In 2011 or 2012 Monster Garage television show built a reverse-trike but is was way too long. It would slip and spin around in circles very well. I do not know where to look for that 3-wheeler.

[Giovanni LiCalsi]

I can't find it on the net.

[Christopher Jordan]

Originally Posted by Giovanni LiCalsi

I can't find it on the net.

I found the larger diesel truck Monster Garage built but that was not like that long reverse trike. That TV show ran about 2008- I think that the vehicle was a failure so it might be an embarassment to show. All I remember is that it was blue, about 15 feet long, and went around in circles spinning the tires (intentionally) .

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by HydroJim

This one looks nice.

[ScotD]

I've seen that picture before. Does anyone know more about it?

Any opinions on narrow body with front wheels and suspension outside vs wider body that completely covers it. Better aero, but greater area . . . ???

[JeffM]

Originally Posted by ScotD

I've seen that picture before. Does anyone know more about it?

Any opinions on narrow body with front wheels and suspension outside vs wider body that completely covers it. Better aero, but greater area . . . ???

The IndyCycle Home Page

[ScotD]

Thanks! It's an excellent web-site, but he doesn't mention anything about mpg . . . doesn't really sound like one of his priorities. Still, it would be interesting to know how it does.

[JeffM]

The indycycle has been around for quite a while. However, there is a more modern tadpole trike toy Scorpion Motorsports | Three Wheel Motorcycle | 3 Wheeler | Miami, FL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTxFqNmaeAA

A bit pricy at 32K. However, I think you can still purchase plans for the Indycycle and roll your own.