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I am indeed landuse! While I don't much like the thing, I got I've enough trinkets I've picked up along the way to finagle something with this trailer - a small example is this lil setup I threw together just to jam out while setting up the tent; & I've two of the solar panels so far & I...

It's defo "different" heh & yea, it's getting to be more and more fun to ride as I figure it out & learn the thing - glad ya'll like it :) ...been a bit busy lately, but I've been tinkerin' away the little stuff & riding when I can - it's all down to detail work & fine tuning now, stuff like...

Thanks Desertduler! I wondered if it was an appropriate build to share here, but then I thought "it's pretty dang close to a kart, heck it's got kart parts" lol, this place helped me w/the Yerf Dog info (A arms/bushings) so I figured why not ;)

Threw together a test ride vid, the original footage helped immensely with diagnostics; www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNLTLRx8sTI

Well, it's a tricky gray area as it's a multi-motor and there's no provision for hybrids as motorized bicycles or mopeds - but I was very careful to keep it compliant otherwise as either a legal motorized bicycle, or if I choose to register it - as a moped, which was another reason I went...

I am landuse, relieved too as honestly - there was a terrible amount of improvisation, guesswork, winging it & hoping for the best while I was building this thing lol I'll try to get some vids shot this weekend if all goes well, for now I just spent a couple few hours fiddlin' around with the...

Jackshaft oopsie sorted & my new front rims built, this time indexed out (spoke/hub alignment) as much as safely possible to widen the front wheelbase width & gained just a lil over 3/4" (10mm each side = 0.39"x2 = 20mm or 0.78"). The thing was rock stable in turns already, but every lil bit...

Jus' to carry on the example heh; 244 disposable Alkaline 9v batteries @ $3ea = $732 595mAh x 244 = 145.18ah/20a draw = the cost of operation for Spoonman's motor is $732 every seven hours & fifteen minutes best case scenario... or almost exactly $100 an hour. oooouch, but thanks lol -...

First, I fully understand and respect the fact you're not looking for maximum preformance, I too love to tinker just to see what I can get myself into & I am not recommending you go out and spend a ton on some fancy-pants batteries that cost eleventy-billion dollars each, in fact I'm not even...

I've one of these lil duppers and it's particularly nice as you don't need to leave your keys in it to jangle around - the round keyway helps discourage any immediate thought of sticking a screwdriver in it, not that it'd deter any real thief lol, it's enough to keep most kids honest; On/Off...

Yep, that's exactly it - the front tire & rim combo was a bad match for lateral stresses, not because the wheels couldn't take it (36 spoke double wall "freestyle" BMX rims), but because I erred in judgement early on when I bought them. The rims were simply too narrow for the size tire I need...

Not yet, not only was this just an impulsive "quickie" test that wasn't s'posed to happen in the first place lol, there were ofc some teething pains - as it turns out I'd bunged up a jackshaft bearing (for transfer of pedal & gas power) the last time I removed it due to the keyed shaft being...

Thanks for the welcome toystory & best I can do :D http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21364

Thanks landuse & toystory, yea it's a bit of an odd beastie & it really doesn't quite fit in anywhere lol, still we've an empty lot nearby that's used for both "official" & unofficial kart races & while they'll doubtlessly smoke me - I'm so looking forward to at least trying on the sweet...

Out n'about & wanderin' the interwebs I stumbled on this forum & had the thought that in fact my latest project may have more in common with the karts here then the motorized bicy... erm tricycle it's meant to be lol, some of you may even recognize a repurposed component or two as I tried to...

New member here, forgive me - but I've just about sorted a similar project & thought I'd throw down another 2¢ I agree very much with toystory, hybrids are nothing new and they've been designed in all flavors from the insanely complex to bone basic, the latest of factory hybrid cars require a...