Motor trike disappointment

William A. Hall said:

One other thing I forgot to mention....watch for cats, squirrels, & other animals getting killed from the flywheel. They didn't feel there was a need for a flywheel cover & it would be very easy to put one one it. Its killed my cat & one squirrel so far. Didn't like the cat anyway. But, I've had a scare or two when getting around new highway construction....they use 1/4 mile rolls of binder twine to mark the paint lines to be painted. Can you imagine the twine getting sucked up & wrapped around the flywheel/driveshaft? Wow!!! Somebody lost their thinking cap & then went to work & started designing trike conversions. I grew up around a guy that could fix anything, even if he'd ever seen one before. He'd take things apart, lay it out so he could see what was going on & then when he found the broken part, he'd see why it broke & build it back fixing the weak link & fix it where it wouldn't break again. I turned out a lot like him & although I've never worked on my trike, its easy to see why things break on it. Very poor design. I still can get over the angle the driveshaft has. Especially putting it behind a power house like these Rockets. I've never tried to squall the tires or "pour the coal" to my trike. I was scared it'd break because of how its built & all the torque the engine has. Have you ever had your front tire/front end go into a violent snake at 65 mph & up? Like to never figured this one out. When your back tires get about wore out, this will happen. I spent slot of money & even went to the extent of getting out squaring equipment to make sure the front end wasn't out of square. Finally, by accident, I found out what it was when I put new back tires on the trike. Its very dangerous when this happens so get those back tires changed & the violent shake will go away. I have a video of this incident. I took it around & showed mechanics what was going on when I was trying to find someone to find & fix the problem.

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William A. Hall said:

One other thing I forgot to mention....watch for cats, squirrels, & other animals getting killed from the flywheel. They didn't feel there was a need for a flywheel cover & it would be very easy to put one one it. Its killed my cat & one squirrel so far. Didn't like the cat anyway. But, I've had a scare or two when getting around new highway construction....they use 1/4 mile rolls of binder twine to mark the paint lines to be painted. Can you imagine the twine getting sucked up & wrapped around the flywheel/driveshaft? Wow!!! Somebody lost their thinking cap & then went to work & started designing trike conversions. I grew up around a guy that could fix anything, even if he'd ever seen one before. He'd take things apart, lay it out so he could see what was going on & then when he found the broken part, he'd see why it broke & build it back fixing the weak link & fix it where it wouldn't break again. I turned out a lot like him & although I've never worked on my trike, its easy to see why things break on it. Very poor design. I still can get over the angle the driveshaft has. Especially putting it behind a power house like these Rockets. I've never tried to squall the tires or "pour the coal" to my trike. I was scared it'd break because of how its built & all the torque the engine has. Have you ever had your front tire/front end go into a violent snake at 65 mph & up? Like to never figured this one out. When your back tires get about wore out, this will happen. I spent slot of money & even went to the extent of getting out squaring equipment to make sure the front end wasn't out of square. Finally, by accident, I found out what it was when I put new back tires on the trike. Its very dangerous when this happens so get those back tires changed & the violent shake will go away. I have a video of this incident. I took it around & showed mechanics what was going on when I was trying to find someone to find & fix the problem.

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idk said:

You do realise that this is an 8 year old thread.

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William A. Hall said:

No sir I didn't. I guess I'm so mad & hurt by what's happened to me I didn't notice. I apologize for being so ignorant. I've been poor my whole life & I got a little money, thought I did my research & now my moneys gone, I've got a broken ride & don't have enough money to pay for fixing it myself & shouldn't have to. I'd just gotten of the phone with Triumph dealer, who has been great with me & was all down & saw the old post. Guess I thought I could help someone. Thank you for pointing my goof up out to me. This trike thing so far has been like going thru a divorce. I'm loosing everything I had, nobody seems to care & there's not much I can do about it. Thanks again for letting me know what I did.

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Jvheli said:

Sorry to hear your troubles! Its never too late to share whats happening! Who knows, someone right now may be researching this trike kit and your insight could be useful.

Hang in there dude! Wish you the best! Plus I cant see the post dates either on my phone....

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