Hello! I share some of your concerns about 3-wheelers. I want mine to have air conditioning, highway speed capable, and with room for some carry-on luggage. ...
Woody, I just had a crazy idea :-) you being 6'4" was the catylist. Ok, here it is. I have a fab shop here in fl, and have built 4 trikes so far, including a...
Thanks, I love Sheps vortex, i literally drool looking at it. I like the XR3 also but the price is out of my range but i guess i need to look at it more. ...
im interested but i think i need to have it built local to me, sorry. I need to see if im going to fit it. since youre in florida you shoudl check out...
I built an electric trike and I will be re-building it to fix some things and document it for kit building. I’m starting an “open source” forum, email...
the goal is a simple economy electric trike so yes, it will use lead acid but with a generic battery box so that it can be upgraded to lithium the second model...
Remember that nimh is between lead and lithium in power/weight, and you can get substantial sized packs out of Prius and other hybrid cars at reasonable...
The new high temperature fuel cells use LPG at roughly 80% to 85% conversion so thats about 4000 watts per pound of lpg, they run at around 600 deg so add on a...
They are being manufactored for RVs right now, so commercially available. The numbers i quoted came straight from the website, and a WHE is a Waste Heat...
Did you look at the cyclone technologies MARK II engine? i found it extremely interesting in that it runs much cleaner than a diesel and add a WHE with it...
gee Carl thank you so much for your points. Since you are so well versed on this can you maybe assist and educate those of us that are beginners instead of...
Way to go Carl. Mine has only been on the road for just over a couple of years but I have gone all over the place with it and it gets form 35 to 40mpg. It was...
Carl, Said so well...but then again talking is so much easier than building...even if you fail. I to am a builder. Thanks. Bob Evans (who uses his true name &...
Kevin, I'm sorry I missed your messages. In any case, just FYI, I have a heavy duty harley transmission between the electric motor and the final drive. Dustin...
Hey Dustin! I was going to do that also, that way you can get by with a smaller motor, also will give you better battery life for range and if the low end...
Hi Folks, I've had a look at the archive, but cannot see anything about any builders of the Vortex in the UK. So.... does anyone know of anybody who has...
Hi, I did get interested in the vortex some years ago and could find no reason why it would not be legal in the UK currant build regulations being used. ...
I haven't put it together yet but I talked to the company I bought it from and compared weights, torque, etc., and the unit I bought should be a very good...
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