Well guys – it has been a while since you have seen me put my expert D) hand to any sort of build, so I thought it would be high time to share something with you again.
Here is the backstory to this build:
I got a PM from someone called TANKSAREUS (Daniel), over at OMB. He is also a South African, and doing a search over there he found out that I was too. (I had posted the build of my minibike there too). He wanted to know what I was doing and if I was still building. We traded a few PM’s and then emails. He lives in Port Elizabeth, about 500 miles from me.
I got curious to see what he had been building and posting at OMB, so I started checking out his builds. He is a VERY talented guy, and seems to be able to do anything he turns his mind to. His fabrication work is also brilliant!
One of his build was a Trike that another OMB forum member had come up with. Daniel had done a recreation of it. It looks so simple and so cool, that after a week or more of thinking about it, I just had to try it myself.
Last Thursday, I went around to a place I know in town where I could get 8” quad rims quite cheap. I found loads of 6” rims, but will also be able to get 8” if the guy orders some second hand ones for me. I gave Daniel a call to make sure I was getting the right rims, and he has offered to help me out with measurements and a parts list for all that I might need. He is also going to help me out with making the hubs for the trike. Thanks Daniel!!
I am going to use a Honda GX140 with a 2:1 reduction box on it. It will be geared low, so it is not going to be built for speed. I still have brakes and a lot of steel left over from my minibike build that I didn’t use, so that should come in handy too. I have also got 2 tyres that have been lying under a workbench for about 2 years now that would work out perfectly. They are 17" AFAIK. I hope they are not going to be too big, but we will see what the gearing is like.
Here are some pics of what I have so far as well as what it is going to hopefully look like. The pic of the motorbike wheel is to show the brakes I will be using.
Here is Tanksareus's build thread for those that want to have a look. Mine will be built using square tubing though
Here is the backstory to this build:
I got a PM from someone called TANKSAREUS (Daniel), over at OMB. He is also a South African, and doing a search over there he found out that I was too. (I had posted the build of my minibike there too). He wanted to know what I was doing and if I was still building. We traded a few PM’s and then emails. He lives in Port Elizabeth, about 500 miles from me.
I got curious to see what he had been building and posting at OMB, so I started checking out his builds. He is a VERY talented guy, and seems to be able to do anything he turns his mind to. His fabrication work is also brilliant!
One of his build was a Trike that another OMB forum member had come up with. Daniel had done a recreation of it. It looks so simple and so cool, that after a week or more of thinking about it, I just had to try it myself.
Last Thursday, I went around to a place I know in town where I could get 8” quad rims quite cheap. I found loads of 6” rims, but will also be able to get 8” if the guy orders some second hand ones for me. I gave Daniel a call to make sure I was getting the right rims, and he has offered to help me out with measurements and a parts list for all that I might need. He is also going to help me out with making the hubs for the trike. Thanks Daniel!!
I am going to use a Honda GX140 with a 2:1 reduction box on it. It will be geared low, so it is not going to be built for speed. I still have brakes and a lot of steel left over from my minibike build that I didn’t use, so that should come in handy too. I have also got 2 tyres that have been lying under a workbench for about 2 years now that would work out perfectly. They are 17" AFAIK. I hope they are not going to be too big, but we will see what the gearing is like.
Here are some pics of what I have so far as well as what it is going to hopefully look like. The pic of the motorbike wheel is to show the brakes I will be using.
Here is Tanksareus's build thread for those that want to have a look. Mine will be built using square tubing though
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