Basically it's best practice to have the steering arms pulling on the steering knuckles in a controlled way that helps keep the inner wheel in a turn from fighting the outer wheel so much. On a shopping cart there is a large amount of caster, plus sloppy axles. This series of sketches and photos of the bike car I built can serve as a good jumping off point for the bike car of your dreams. We only wish it were better looking. Or, relatively simple, and I'm keeping is simpler or at least cheaper by removing the need for reverse, for example. For example, the spacing on various rear hubs varies.
But when it's raining cats and dogs, even the most adventurous soul might trade saddlebags for a cozy cockpit. Which cookies and scripts are used and how they impact your visit is specified on the left. I don't mind doing that, and I rarely need to alter the cockpit for anyone else. However less bending may still be too much for bike part tolerances. Access to the passenger compartment is gained through a sliding canopy that locks in any desired position, from fully opened to fully closed. I think this second idea more likely to succeed but no guarantee.
It would certainly be possible to put a motor of some kind on this bike car. In-board single mono shock wishbone front with single-sided swing-arm rear suspension. It has the job of resisting internal pressures on pipe walls, and in house plumbing it must be supported at intervals. Accuracy in measuring and cutting, and so on. Other things like height of canopy, width of steering bar, etc, you can work into the design to suit your build as you go.
Visit for a great history of three wheelers! Well what are we waiting for, let's get started, shall we? Others are more expert than me. Thanks for looking, any comments appreciated. The weight would be similar, you'd need more tubes and more joints if using small diameter. This might seem like it is too big for what you want, but anything less than that will only underpower the 3-wheel motorcycle Placement of Engine Again, when building a 3-wheel motorcycle, there are some considerations that are not in the typical motorcycle build. But with this bike car, unlike my racing bikes, it has not been an obsessive goal to be nuts about weight.
We have two different plans, but both are essentially the same. Here I am at Phoenix Int'l Raceway in 1992 getting ready to race the electric Vortex. That may sound ridiculous, and it may well end up being ridiculous. With 2 people pedaling you can make this car go!! This instructable can't hope to completely walk you part by part through an involved project like this. There are probably more ways to build a 3-Wheeler than there are to build a 510. Maintenance of Engine There are several maintenance duties that must be performed on your motorcycle engine to keep it operating efficiently.
Some of our earlier efforts functioned well but rode harshly, or required excessive steering effort, or just plain didn't work. I would try to locate related hardware away from the back wheel, maybe set up the battery at least under cargo platform that is made of expanded metal mesh. That was an option, but the look of I4 engine up front isn't the look I'm going for. The barrel-bodied design isn't as pretty as the prewar Aero models, but it's distinctive, and the cockpit is roomy. It's called the BugE, and there's just one catch to it — you have to put the thing together yourself.
Basically the back half of a bike is intact and everything else is fabricated. It's a process of designing and executing as you go. McShagger510 wrote:Not too bad for one guy from a small shop, eh? Make good tight fits before entertaining weld-up. As for length of the cockpit, it's good to have some room for adjustment. The plan set includes 12 drawing sheets 17in.
You will have a lot of fun cruisng around your neighborhood in your home built 4 wheel Corvette Pedal Car! This balance is needed to not only keep the front of the bike on the ground, but also to give a smoother ride. Top speed of electric trike is limited to 78 mph, but the gas version is unlimited. The lithium battery packs can be fully charged over 3000 times, which is over 8 years of daily charges. Many setups use a one-sided bell crank that runs off to one side, this can be a space problem depending on cockpit design. And it does function impressively, but only because we developed — and scrapped — at least six previous designs before we came up with one that could prove itself under the various conditions that most drivers are likely to encounter.
Much more importantly for my project, however, was the very useful feature of the Wings - shaft drive! Pedaling isn't that hard with this gear range. That might change the game entirely, at least for those of us who like tinkering and aren't afraid to get our hands dirty. I park at the business across the street to get a picture as they leave. Double wishbone front suspension, double-sided swing-arm rear. I have a source for the big skinny wires at Coker. The simplest way to explain our prototype is probably to acknowledge that it's a unique hybrid of motorcycle and automobile.
If you use a smaller size wheel, you can widen the frame triangle with more room before hitting the tire. Brakes and other small parts were on hand early too, to help with the design process, and to be sure what I wanted was available. None of the kits are practical due to budget, even if they're still available. Electric scooters and motorcycles are considerably cheaper, but not everyone is comfortable on two wheels, or likes being exposed to the elements. For most of us, cars are something we buy, not build. No part of this website or Vortex Plans may be reproduced without the expressed written permission of Stephen Pombo.