chain again By mike6736 (Read 3,553 times)

[Alleyoop]

Lee,
Good to hear you enjoy some of the funnies and jokeing around.
No, no supercharger on the rinky dink 150, I may just re-wire the sucker and drop in a V8
Alleyoop

[tvnacman]

Al from what I hear the 300cc trikes are slow compaired to a worked 150cc .

[Alleyoop]

Well I didn't want to make them feel bad so I didn't mention that they would be SUCKED up by my SupperTrapp IF they even were able to get that close
Alleyoop

[royldoc]

Hey Alley, I wish you coudl dyno that engine. I'd like to know what horsepower and torque it puts out.

Roy

[tvnacman]

Interesting Roy , here in NY inspection stations have dyno's for emmisions . I wonder if one could use it for a trike .

John

[mike6736]

That Rabbit is on the Carrot Juice again. Hey Lee.. lets ride over some day and paint that little 150 pink and name it front and back -Al's Poopy with a happy face flag over the trunk box on the back..

Mike

[mike6736]

Roy, the Magnum is a blast to ride for sure... If you are out to ride distance or 2 up all the time your better off on the side streets... I just use mine around town any moire or I have to tighten this and that all the time....

John, I know if my Honda Reflex motor was on my Magnum it would run stronger and faster and it is a 250cc but puts out much more HP. The only problem than is the trike would shake rattle and row and fall apart at higher speeds.

Mike

[royldoc]

They sure are fun. But Some times all the little stuff is a pita. On my ride the other day I noticed I lost a rear deck screw and on the left side a bracket broke. More fixin'.

Roy

[mike6736]

Had to replace both the brackets for the side beck mount, nore than once

MIKE

[leenark]

Yeah Mike I'm with you...maybe we could add some training wheels too.

Seriously though I have been looking at possibly swapping a 400 quad runner motor into the Magnum. I've been drawing up some schematics for it. I think it's doable with complete drivetrain swap.

[leenark]

John they probably could but you are going to get a terrible dyno read from the cvt. Other than a baseline it wouldn't be good for much nor very accurate.

[leenark]

Alleyoop: Just thought of something. The perfect little motor for these things would be a Mazda rotary. Torque is great for the size...trouble is adapting the rest of the drivetrain.

[tierod]

Guys back in my motocross days we would buy a chain tensioner that would bolt up to the swing arm. It had a roller that the chain would ride on and a spring that would keep tension on the chain so that it would keep it tight. I am going to look into it and get back to you on it, john

[fido64]

That chain tenisoner will work /When in Miami I mod some 750 Honda Automatics to trikes for the meter maids
we used the same thing to keep the chain tenison right/ I dont remember where I got the bracket but we did use a wheel off a skateboard for the roler//worked great/ I will look in my old paper work to see if I can find it Fido

[mike6736]

Yes it can be done Lee had mentioned it last year when we were changing the tires to the 255/50s. Still... I say get a real chain first

Mike