08-14-2013, 07:42 PM
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"Cavalier trike"
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08-14-2013, 08:10 PM
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that looks and sounds just like it.
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08-15-2013, 12:25 AM
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Think about that some more, because it's downright silly.
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Sure it wouldn't be the smartest move to relocate the engine to get a chain-driven RWD layout in this tricycle, but I've already seen similar setups in artesanal motorcycles fitted with car engines  |
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08-15-2013, 09:36 AM
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The driver of that car looks a little like the actor in the movie Repo Man (1984), the one with the bi-polar glasses, one side blacked out.
the phantom country: May 2013
A few years have gone by, could be. |
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08-15-2013, 01:24 PM
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Who never considered a similar project?
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Everyone who really wanted one, has built his own, I guess ...
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08-15-2013, 02:11 PM
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Everyone who really wanted one, has built his own, I guess ...
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Or maybe didn't have either time or the space required to work on a similar project. I've been lurking to do a similar project for quite a long time, but still didn't have the time. |
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08-24-2013, 11:01 AM
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Why would you switch to rear drive when the front drive bits are completely unaffected by the mod?
Granted hacking off a few hundred pounds of steel and cutting your aero drag way down would make a much taller top gear look pretty appealing, if it can be done. Is there a taller fifth gear available, maybe for the *ahem* sporty, high-powered model of Cav?
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08-25-2013, 12:39 AM
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Why would you switch to rear drive when the front drive bits are completely unaffected by the mod?
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To increase the challenge?
But sure, it wouldn't be the smartest move. Altough an auxiliary electric motor in a setup similar to the XR3 could be a nice improvement, and also helping to deal with weight balance concerns... |
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08-25-2013, 12:50 AM
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What weight balance concerns?
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08-25-2013, 12:55 AM
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What weight balance concerns?
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Less weight in the rear-end, so eventually if brake loads weren't correctly balanced that could have a rear-lift.
This way:
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