It ocurrs to me that I should give a little background on this project: I am working on building a shop and house out at a place called Mosquito Lake. It's about 27 miles out of town. When I first decided to experiment with motor assisted bikes, the idea was to come up with something I could use for the 27 mile commute. I have a Subaru for the winter, and a Mercedes for carrying passengers in the summer. But I wanted something for the regular, daily, 50+ mile round trip. I'm getting older, and the legs ain't what they once were, I want to be able to make the trip in an hour, and I will sometimes want to drag a trailer to carry groceries, propane, etc., thus the motor. I'd like to be semi-comfortable, thus the trike.
I plan to put a Windwrap GX fairing on the front, for both aerodynamics and comfort. I plan to build a fairing for the rear, for both aerodynamics (from what I've read, the airflow behind a rider is as important as that in front), and aesthetics
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Forrest, anything over 50cc would violate the rules on motor assisted bikes
. I bought the bike new.
Pete, there may be periods when this project holds up for periods of time (waiting on parts, etc.), but I'll post progress as it happens. And I will be pushing it as fast as I can.
I just had correspondence with The Wheelmaster. He says he can lace the HD Hub to a rim with 10g (or maybe even 9g) spokes in a four cross pattern. Four cross sounds tough on these little 20" wheels, but it would look good. I'll be sending the hub off to him next week.
It's not snowing this minute, so I may spend the day riding while I can. I'd like to have some mastery of the trike before I get the motor on it. I still haven't tried it on a steep, long hill (either way). There's a hill here they call "Cemetary Hill". Over 1/2 mile and more than 10% grade. Winding. That should be fun.