This project required two bicycles and the reason is, I don't like those step through trikes, too flemsy for me.
First junker from Walmart is the Hyper beach cruiser, simply because I liked the style of the bike, for a 100 dollar bike I knew it's components would be trash, and they are.
Second bike is a Ridgeyard trike I bought off of eBay for 180 dollars, to be honest, not a bad bike at all, actually was a good deal.
Now it needed a kewl fork for the look I'm after, the monarch Springer was just the added look it needed, costing a 110 dollars. I had to shorten the head tube to fit the length of the new forks 1" shaft.
Now it needed power, 48 volt hub motor kit will be the power it needs, I paid 170 dollars for the kit.
Now it needed better stopping power, due to the uncertainty of a hub motor mounted to a Springer, I felt it necessary to remove the hydraulic disc brake from the forks to avoid a push pull wear on the monarch.
The trike came with a worthless band brake, it was noisy and not enough braking power for higher speed, so I removed the band brake and replaced it with disc brake on the rear axle.
Also wanting a park brake, I'm using a caliber brake up front with a locking brake lever so my buggy doesn't roll away.
All is needed now is to add a lift up flat bed and beefy 24" tires on the rear wheels.
Today's test ride was very positive, just minor adjustments was all I had to do, it was a good 25 mile ride...
Updates to come as I build the flat bed.
The name Black lightning comes from a pioneer in motorcycle racing, the 1939 Vincent motorcycle broke the first land speed record of a 141 mph.
First junker from Walmart is the Hyper beach cruiser, simply because I liked the style of the bike, for a 100 dollar bike I knew it's components would be trash, and they are.
Second bike is a Ridgeyard trike I bought off of eBay for 180 dollars, to be honest, not a bad bike at all, actually was a good deal.
Now it needed a kewl fork for the look I'm after, the monarch Springer was just the added look it needed, costing a 110 dollars. I had to shorten the head tube to fit the length of the new forks 1" shaft.
Now it needed power, 48 volt hub motor kit will be the power it needs, I paid 170 dollars for the kit.
Now it needed better stopping power, due to the uncertainty of a hub motor mounted to a Springer, I felt it necessary to remove the hydraulic disc brake from the forks to avoid a push pull wear on the monarch.
The trike came with a worthless band brake, it was noisy and not enough braking power for higher speed, so I removed the band brake and replaced it with disc brake on the rear axle.
Also wanting a park brake, I'm using a caliber brake up front with a locking brake lever so my buggy doesn't roll away.
All is needed now is to add a lift up flat bed and beefy 24" tires on the rear wheels.
Today's test ride was very positive, just minor adjustments was all I had to do, it was a good 25 mile ride...
Updates to come as I build the flat bed.
The name Black lightning comes from a pioneer in motorcycle racing, the 1939 Vincent motorcycle broke the first land speed record of a 141 mph.