CycleKarts GB
Forums => For sale and wanted => Topic started by: petrolderek on 05 Jan 21, 07:18 pm
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I built a cycle trike a few years ago and its just sitting in the shed its a honda gx160 linked to a villiers 4 speed gearbox so its a sequential gear change. Honda 305 Dream rear wheel and James front hubs The king pins are from a mobility scooter and it has a tractor steering wheel. I have fitted a kawasaki starter motor and it has a slide carb and a pulse fuel pump. The main chassis rail is a scaffold tube with a mobility scooter subframe on top. The body is plywood and the tail is fiberglass. email me if you are interested d.evans09@btinternet.com its a total one of. I am getting a bit too old to get inside it now anyway.
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thats an interesting build. A neat suspension set up at the front!
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The front suspension needs a bit more tinkering. At first it just had two motorcycle shocks but I found that when the kart leaned one way it didnt come back so I modified the shocks so they only worked on compression one way so the frame would return to the center this worked a bit too well as it tended to lean over too far on corners its was a bit scary so at the moment the front end is locked in the center position and its far more stable as a result. I am not sure it needs any suspension as the whole thing pivots around the rear wheel. Its all good fun.
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Hi. That looks like you had some fun building it and even more trying it out.
I am very interetsed in the four speed gearbox arrangement, can you tell us more about it?
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hello
The gear box is a standard 4 speed box from a villiers 2T or 1H engine, There is no primary chain case so the clutch and chain run dry open. I made a frame that holds the engine and gearbox together and in line. I had to fit a very small engine drive sprocket to gear it down or it would have been geared to go 80 mph. I have only had it to 20 or so in second gear its gear for about 40 but I dont know if the engine would have enough power to pull full revs in top gear. Its very fast to 20 though similar to a 125 motorbike