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Posted on: Thu, May 29 2008 2:16 PM
Posted by: TotalMechanic Posts: 25
BINGO!
I don't know the fellow but gmail reccomended a link to a guy who makes trike conversions for Silverwing and other high powered scooters.
http://www.dansontrikes.com/
Still not for me. I would not be able to straddle the middle hump,
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Posted on: Thu, May 29 2008 2:30 PM
Posted by: ArkanzanWheeler Posts: 385
I do not really like how long the inline seater designs are, to me if you have two seats then they should be side by side otherwise just do one seat. But I did see a shifter idea I liked:
http://www.wheelchairjunkie.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/010049.html
Posted on: Thu, May 29 2008 7:48 PM
FANTASTIC! I had been day dreaming of a paddle shifting system to mount on the trike streering wheel that would include clutch and shifter in one unit and was trying to figure out how to design a solenoid just like the klicktronic unit! Many thanks for the link. Now I need to figure out a way of actuating the clutch electronically also. Maybe another solenid driving an off the shelf motorcycle type hydraulic clutch master cylinder?
Amen to critique of the inline two seaters. Can you imagine taking it around a tight corner on the street?! The T-rex layout has the advantage there. However the chassis would be much wider and keeping it from flexing too much might be a problem. I would need to see a T-rex without the farings to see how they solved the issue.
Thanks again!
Posted on: Thu, May 29 2008 10:14 PM
Posted by: Olivette Turbeville Posts: 508
Since you mentioned Danson Trikes...
Below is a Danson Trike that my sons assembled for me.
We had a BLAST on a 1500 mile trip within a couple weeks after building it – all rural, mountain pass, two lane roads thru 4 western states. (Puling a trailer with our gear and my wheelchair inside) Honestly, it was a damn fine ride.
Years ago I rode professionally (when I was a size 12 and walked of course) - so it was quite a slam to be 'reduced' to a Honda Silverwing instead of a Goldwing. But I sure wasn't bitchin'!!! I Never Ever thought I'd find myself on a motorcycle again - so this was absolutely heaven!!!
We modified the stock seat by inserting a chunk of honeycombed (Stimulite) cushion under the coccyx area, and overlaid that with thick memory foam, and refitted the vinyl. Looked great. But I hobbled off of it every night regardless - being entirely thankful for sturdy narcotics to keep me going. Well worth every minute!
The maiden voyage at 3am when it was built. (My sons can be heard in the background saying, "That's the purdiest wheelchair I've ever seen. - There she goes... we've lost her!") Here’s the assembly video.
Posted on: Thu, May 29 2008 10:16 PM
I thought you were using that 500 ninja, that has a cable clutch, right? Then you could just do it like the pic below but Ninja stlye...lol.
If you want a hydrolic clutch then you could do the same design but instead of straight up at the top, put a right angle on it so it points out like the handle bar.
Posted on: Thu, May 29 2008 11:51 PM
Ollivette,
Wow, I did not think that someone on disaboom would have experience with the Danson conversion. I only found out about it today randomly! I think the stock Silverwing is a nice looking ride but I think that with the conversion it looks almost like a scorpion. Do you still have the trike?
Arkanzan,
Ah yes! Ninja style! I could mount a nunchaku for a shift lever, add a spare brake lever for the clutch and..... ("Trike building skills , Computer hacking skills, nunchaku skills......")
After looking at the video of the T-rex running, I realized that a shift paddle or lever mounted off to the side requires the rider to release one hand from the wheel to change gears... While I realize that the conversion of the ex500 mechanical clutch system to electro/hydraulic might be more than I am willing to do now, there might be some benefit later for driving performance. If I had the clutch and gear change triggered by the same wheel mounted paddle it would make shifting super fast, if not fun! For now though I think I will do something like the trike above and what the indycycle guy did, which is not really any more complicated than the nunchaku joke above!
http://indycycle.net/media_files/images/carlisle_2003_pics/slides/shifter01.html
PS. I see now that there are some lurkers out there..... Welcome aboard and jump in!
Posted on: Fri, May 30 2008 12:24 AM
So you are looking for a listing like this?
http://www.ama-cycle.org/roadride/DISBresourcelistings.asp
Another thing to look into is Air shifters:
Posted on: Fri, May 30 2008 12:34 AM
Motherlode! Looks like a good resource.
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