This is my recumbent sun electric bike trike

[kev123]

sun recumbent ebike

 

[kevinmccune]

Looks pretty good to me, have you put many miles on it yet? I am still trying to find a donor frame for my reverse trike, if I can't find one soon I am going to take the new Schwinn frame and use it and use the new FWD hub motor on something else. During my trials and tribulations, I finally came across a new style torque arrestor, this Guy that made this combo is really unto something its a little on the heavy side-OTH even if both nuts came off the axle that wheel is going nowhere. On the bike if I use it it already has a 15 ah 48 volt rack battery installed and already has the rack installed I decided to put the controller in a large Huffy toolbox I mounted on top the new rack, plus it has a fair amount of storage in the box, the leaning trike kit from Ali Baba came in about 10 days and I have mounted a direct-fed its rated for up to 60 volts so it should be plenty bright 5 led light on the front brace( it worked perfect on the existing brace)

 

[kev123]

I bought it used how's the 24 Volt motor on it , This is a picture from the place that designed the kit for it , it's called an E4 motor style ,I tried some E trikes but the recumbent trike is more stable , The kit comes from a company in California who designed it ,

 

[tomjasz]

new style torque arrestor

Pictures or fantasy?

 

[kevinmccune]

Pictures or fantasy?

I cant get synced with this friggin Windows( soon to be gone machine) its a guy that uses apparently one of those programable cutting machines and he welds up the rest it cost almost $50 and it goes on both sides( I think one side is a plenty) it fits over the axle( snugly and hugs the fork for about 6 inches and on top of that it has a set screw of sorts that really tightens the cutout over the axle and is held on the forks with 2 hygear clamps, I was skeptical at first till I got it installed even if the axle nuts come off its not going anywhere.

 

[kev123]

I cant get synced with this friggin Windows( soon to be gone machine) its a guy that uses apparently one of those programable cutting machines and he welds up the rest it cost almost $50 and it goes on both sides( I think one side is a plenty) it fits over the axle( snugly and hugs the fork for about 6 inches and on top of that it has a set screw of sorts that really tightens the cutout over the axle and is held on the forks with 2 hygear clamps, I was skeptical at first till I got it installed even if the axle nuts come off its not going anywhere.

So the motor fits over the axle , do you have a picture of that bracket , Yeah I tried several different ways to mount a motor over the axle but it didn't work out , this seemed to be the best way on this recumbent , mount to motor

 

[kevinmccune]

So the motor fits over the axle , do you have a picture of that bracket , Yeah I tried several different ways to mount a motor over the axle but it didn't work out , this seemed to be the best way on this recumbent , mount to motor

The axle is built into the motor( its part of the stator, the reason to use a torque arrestor is so the motor torque will not spin the axle out of the dropouts, the dropouts are the part of the fork the axle rests in if I can find this torque arrestor I mentioned I will drop a link on this site.

 

[kevinmccune]

A Guy named John Bry makes this, this is the view on the left front fork, a setscrew tightens the cutout around the axle or positive grip and the body rests along the fork held in place by 2 hygear clamps,I do not believe the motor will shift with this thingy attached.

 

[kev123]

That's good to know, didn't think about that, don't want your wheel running away without you, that'd be bad,

 

[kev123]

Here's some pictures of my recumbent trike as it looks today,I use it mainly for riding the round a neighborhood, going to yard sales or taking the cruise

 

[rich c]

When the motor is spinning, the pedals are too? I can't figure out where the freewheel is at. Must have a really large turning radius, looks like the front wheel can hit the pedal.

 

[kev123]

When the motor is spinning, the pedals are too? I can't figure out where the freewheel is at. Must have a really large turning radius, looks like the front wheel can hit the pedal.

ok I don't have a picture of it right now, but on the motor there's two sprockets the outer ones are free wheel and the inner one is not a free wheel so the outer ones connected to the crank, and the non Freewheel part of the is connected to the rear shifter and sprockets, so when not peddling the crankshaft does not turn but I don't have a picture right now couldn't find itWell it looks like if you click on the third picture above and enlarge it you can see what's going on with the chain and the motor Drive anyway thanks, turning radius is fine and no my feet don't hit the pedals,

 

[Jason Knight]

Backwards gooseneck always looks funny to me... but it's not like what way it faces really matters.

If I have one complaint about my e-bike is that it feels too short. There's just not enough distance between the seat tube and head tub. You certainly don't have that problem!

Since you've got custom frame connected to the head tube, I probably would have put more rake on it... But I'm weird like that. Costs you a little turn radius, but let's face it at that length like it matters.

 

[tomjasz]

A Guy named John Bry makes this, this is the view on the left front fork, a setscrew tightens the cutout around the axle or positive grip and the body rests along the fork held in place by 2 hygear clamps,I do not believe the motor will shift with this thingy attached.

Better quality picture? Please. I’m curious but can’t make out details! Thanks!

 

[kev123]

Backwards gooseneck always looks funny to me... but it's not like what way it faces really matters.

If I have one complaint about my e-bike is that it feels too short. There's just not enough distance between the seat tube and head tub. You certainly don't have that problem!

Since you've got custom frame connected to the head tube, I probably would have put more rake on it... But I'm weird like that. Costs you a little turn radius, but let's face it at that length like it matters.

Yeah I noticed that too, the gooseneck backwards , I just haven't changed it, yet,

 

[kevinmccune]

Better quality picture? Please. I’m curious but can’t make out details! Thanks!

 

[kevinmccune]

This picture is a little better, there is a square cutout with a set screw that really tightens it around the axle shaft.