Recent content by NormL1

If you need some humor, this is acceleration with all the weight to the back.

That they are! This is just stupid fun now, which is what I wanted. If you enjoy yours as the cambering machine that they are, I do not suggest electrolizing it as it has lost that. It is more of a riding challenge now than exercise with the lack of traction and the huge understeer under...

I got the fork back from the machinists and they did a great job. Even made a cool little notch for the air nipple. The didn't understand my sketch and got the offset about twice what I requested from the center line of shaft or1.1 inches not 0.45 inches. After riding it, it doesn't matter...

The key component here is the printing medium. http://www.apworks.de/en/scalmalloy/ This is very cool, I have printed in sinter and deposit steel, but, this is something new and very exciting. When this stuff filters down, hang on it will get very awesome!

I am bored waiting for the fabrication of the new fork, so, I 3D printed some brackets to hold on the battery plates. These are for the plates that Golden Motors uses to slide on their 48 volt 10 amp/hr packs. Notice how I made it for a pack on both sides?, that is the confidence that I have...

OK, my bad assumption from the name "vincent", sorry. I am a big guy so I drive German for the most part

Thanks Ravi, my big fear is that I need to add the length of the tire patch into the calculations as that does deliver leverage. A 12" tire does have less leverage than a 16" is what I am saying, but, since the leverage is more or less linear with the basic line of travel I am ignoring it at...

Your a car guy, ... well I bought my first ebike in January and also am a car guy. I have lost about 35lb now and being in my upper fifties it has been not as smooth as I had hoped. It is just so nice to be able to go out and lunch and go for a ride, I wish I had done this years ago. It would...

Yes, Shareroller would work. There would be some design issues though. The portion of the shaft that pivots isn't very tall (2-1/8") and the Shareroller has to pivot with the tire to function. You would end up printing your own attachment for the Shareroller, but, I see no reason why it...

More silliness.... I still think that the offset from the steering axis to the center of tire patch is the important one. I modeled an inflated tire on a quick model of a Magic Pie 4 and added that to the model of the tubes and floor from the laser scan. I come up with the entire Trikke having...

My Magic Pie should be here later this week, so, I am getting ready for the fork re-design. Hoping there are some people with a mechanical engineering background. I laser scanned the Trikke to determine what angles it was designed with in mind. (Link Removed - No Longer Exists) (Link Removed...

This entire train of thought has me thinking though, as we are increasingly getting projects to bid on that have "No Parking" zones for the construction workers and a bus provided. That does not work for us in so many ways, not the least of which is that we are generally in and out in a few...

Hadn't thought that through, glad you did! Now all I would need is a 2KW hub motor in it and a big battery, .... kidding

The suspended IBEX looks perfect for the project, that one trailer should carry everything, thank you!

Chris, we already have an Izip Express or I would completely agree with you. A Rad Wagon might be a great add though. I was going to use the Express for the heavy lifting and a non ebike for transport of the second person. Some of the equipment cannot go on a trailer or a rack because they...