Today's craigslist Death wish - drift trike

http://okaloosa.craigslist.org/cto/5689355266.html

probably not worth the grand, but there are some interesting parts choices going on there.

Oh they do look like fun too.....

I want to build one on the cheap, but I just haven't found a dirt cheap Green Machine to steal the front wheel assembly from yet.

eastsidemav wrote: I want to build one on the cheap, but I just haven't found a dirt cheap Green Machine to steal the front wheel assembly from yet.

I thought they used a 16-20" bmx front end

Grtechguy wrote:

eastsidemav wrote: I want to build one on the cheap, but I just haven't found a dirt cheap Green Machine to steal the front wheel assembly from yet.

I thought they used a 16-20" bmx front end

If you use gravity or an engine for propulsion, they do. If you want pedals, the easy button is a green machine front end grafted to a bicycle fork.

Unprotected rear chain drive just behind the seat pad, right where your nuts would land if you slid off...what could possibly go wrong?

In reply to GameboyRMH:

The clankers required to pilot that beast would smash the chain. NBD

Not as peppy, but this one is only $700.

This one is right beside it in the listings.

Are they using pieces of PVC pipe over the rear tires?

ultraclyde wrote: Are they using pieces of PVC pipe over the rear tires?

That's what it looks like. RC drift cars run PVC tires.

I'd call that worth the grand if you're incapable of building the frame yourself.

foxtrapper wrote: This one is right beside it in the listings.

ultraclyde wrote: Are they using pieces of PVC pipe over the rear tires?

Where do we get PVC that big?

http://www.jmeagle.com/plastic-pipe/pvc-pipe/big-blue.html

Chadeux wrote:

foxtrapper wrote: This one is right beside it in the listings.

ultraclyde wrote: Are they using pieces of PVC pipe over the rear tires?

Where do we get PVC that big?

i know a guy who knows a guy...

but seriously...now i have to keep an eye out for large pvc scraps. I already have a shop full of spare bike parts and a welder....

Go to Youtube and watch some of the videos of people wrecking themselves on drift trikes. It's fun right up until you drift into a brick wall.

our town has an annual soapbox derby on a local hill. It's a community-spirit type event with costumes and rickety pieces of crap. So I'm thinking...

...What happens if you build a simple 4 wheel cart and make all 4 wheels PVC covered drift wheels? It's a pretty steep hill...pavement's a little rough... do you think it would be as controllable as, say, an ice racer? I've seen the powerwheels downhill drift videos, but I'm thinking about a really wide wheelbase and using PVC caps on the tires that have a beveled outer edge so they don't catch a lip and highside you..

Think that's survivable?

Chadeux wrote:

foxtrapper wrote: This one is right beside it in the listings.

ultraclyde wrote: Are they using pieces of PVC pipe over the rear tires?

Where do we get PVC that big?

Commercial piping store.

HA! HA! Laying pipe....

stuart in mn wrote: Go to Youtube and watch some of the videos of people wrecking themselves on drift trikes. It's fun right up until you drift into a brick wall.

That applies to most of the amateur drift videos you find on the YouTubes.

GameboyRMH wrote:

ultraclyde wrote: Are they using pieces of PVC pipe over the rear tires?

That's what it looks like. RC drift cars run PVC tires.

Thats exactly what it is.

I've got a really nice atc70 with a roots blower that I'm trying really really hard not to turn into one of these. I keep thinking that if it's got three wheels, it might be not incredibly difficult to make street legal. Dumbest idea ever but it would be fun on quiet roads. I wonder if 6volt charging system would power some cool led head lights.

ultraclyde wrote: our town has an annual soapbox derby on a local hill. It's a community-spirit type event with costumes and rickety pieces of crap. So I'm thinking... ...What happens if you build a simple 4 wheel cart and make all 4 wheels PVC covered drift wheels? It's a pretty steep hill...pavement's a little rough... do you think it would be as controllable as, say, an ice racer? I've seen the powerwheels downhill drift videos, but I'm thinking about a really wide wheelbase and using PVC caps on the tires that have a beveled outer edge so they don't catch a lip and highside you.. Think that's survivable?

Unless you have some sort of grip or propulsion on the front end to steer, you'd plow magnificently into the nearest solid object and earn the nickname uncle cripple, i would think.

sesto elemento wrote: I've got a really nice atc70 with a roots blower

Wait, what?

The local go kart track runs a drift night by sleeving the rear tyres of a couple of the hire cars. Much hilarity happens.

There's quite a few YouTube tutorials that show you how to build from a bmx. I imagine making a crank powered front wheel wouldn't be overly difficult if you wanted pedal power. Personally I'd like to try and make one from a 24" mountain bike.

That said, some guys down the street from me found putting an engine or pedal power on their trike to much like hard work and just towed each other up to speed behind a car. I kept waiting for the sounds of flesh splater to occur.

BrokenYugo wrote:

sesto elemento wrote: I've got a really nice atc70 with a roots blower

Wait, what?

Exactly