Well I ran into a couple issues. No details but I managed to tip the trike over at almost a standstill, no damage to the trike just embarrasement to me. Worse was the geared hub motor was not built properly by the factory in China, most of the spokes are loose. So I've ordered a direct drive hub motor from a reputable dealer here in Canada. Once it arrives it will get installed and then I will look into some proper spokes for the geared hub and try my hand at replacing spokes and truing a wheel. To kmccune 2 old steel mountain bikes were harvested for the rear triangles. A square tube was inserted thru the bottom bracket tubes and then welded up. The motor and the upcoming motor are both rear motors of the screw on freewheel type. No gears were placed on the motor. This works because hub motors are triggered by a pas system which is just a disc with magnets placed on the left side crank. A sensor is zip tied to the bottom bracket and it acts as a trigger (sensor) for the motor. So I pedal the left side rear wheel, and by turning the cranks the hub motor is triggered and it powers the right wheel. The motor that is coming is a direct drive, no gears so it needs to have power flowing to it to prevent whats called cogging which is just the drag from the magnets when its unpowered. One small bonus is the direct drive offers regenerative power when braking or going downhill.
