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| NormanV:
Hi Lykle, that's a really good vehicle, shame you got the steering wheel on the wrong side! I look forward to seeing your trike develop. |
| tom osselton:
Interesting design but I'm thinking about the front wheels being so close together and am wondering about it rolling when the center of gravity is changed. I have a quad that I rolled 2 years ago I stopped on a hillside and was suprised how fast it rolled (750 lbs) luckly I had the 2 seater version with pasenger backrest and only recieved 2 cracked ribs! |
| Lykle:
Hi Guys, Thanks for the encouragement. There is no build log of One, it just happened. Took me 7 years to design and build. The difficulty was to make sure that it was road legal. That took some doing as the Dutch rulemakers do not like you building your own car. But I managed to do it. I sold the car before moving to Cyprus. Because yes Norman, here the steering wheel would have been on the wrong side. Anyway, Swift Flyer. It will be a long process as money is tight and I am doing this carefully. Because the whole bike tilts and the centre of gravity is so low, I don't think tipping over will be a big issue. I will post a side view soon. The idea is that I will not need to use a lot of foot force tilting the bike over, as I can do most of it with simple weight transfer. But that is one of the big unknowns here. It does "feel" right tho. |
| Lykle:
Oh OK....Here you go, side view. The top of my head is about 1 meter off the ground. The main bearing tube can be seen just left of my knees. That is the tilting point. The tube is horizontal and the whole thing will tilt along the axis formed by the rear contact patch and the tilt bearing. So one of the things I am looking forward to figuring out is, how that will behave while tilting. Will it create a jacking up effect or not. |
| Noitoen:
Look at the way Toyota's trike wheels pivot to get an idea. |
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