bodhi
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I am building a motorized recumbent trike. The base trike in a greenspeed gto. It has 20'' wheels, two in the front and one in the back. hope hydroic disc brakes in the front and no brakes in the rear. The frame is cromoly steel.
I ordered a Staton chain drive kit with a Honda gxh 50. It has a 22 tooth sprocket at the hub and on the gear box. For my new rear wheel I am having a 20" velocity tai pan rim laced to the Staton hub with 36 12g spokes. I also got wald folding rear baskets and a old model bob trailer to make up for losing the use of my rear racks.
I have had to modify the mounts quite a bit to get it to fit this bike, err well trike. First I drilled out an axle bolt hole in the six hole plates. Then I cut the hole into a slot to match the drop outs. Next I drilled holes in the plates to match the eyelets. When the wheel is bolted on and two eyelet screws are in the six hole plates are very solidly fixed to the frame. The eyelets can suport the motor by themselves when the axle bolt is removed to change a tire. The seat stays on my trike are too far apart for the U bracket to fit so I cut a longer backing plate and a front plate to make up for the extra width. The U bracket bolts directly on the front plate and the seat stays a clamped between the front and back plates.
I will take some photos and continue this discription tomorrow
I ordered a Staton chain drive kit with a Honda gxh 50. It has a 22 tooth sprocket at the hub and on the gear box. For my new rear wheel I am having a 20" velocity tai pan rim laced to the Staton hub with 36 12g spokes. I also got wald folding rear baskets and a old model bob trailer to make up for losing the use of my rear racks.
I have had to modify the mounts quite a bit to get it to fit this bike, err well trike. First I drilled out an axle bolt hole in the six hole plates. Then I cut the hole into a slot to match the drop outs. Next I drilled holes in the plates to match the eyelets. When the wheel is bolted on and two eyelet screws are in the six hole plates are very solidly fixed to the frame. The eyelets can suport the motor by themselves when the axle bolt is removed to change a tire. The seat stays on my trike are too far apart for the U bracket to fit so I cut a longer backing plate and a front plate to make up for the extra width. The U bracket bolts directly on the front plate and the seat stays a clamped between the front and back plates.
I will take some photos and continue this discription tomorrow