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[Stephen Burke]

Hi,

Putting the whole front end off a bycycle would be an easy way out 
alright. I cant say how sturdy or strong that would be. I would much 
prefer the front end of a motorbike, or scooter. (perhaps you meant the 
front end of a motorbike, Im not sure).

As far as the principle goes, its ok. You couldnt do very high speeds or 
fast cornering. Id say this setup would be limited to 20-25mph. If you 
wanted to go faster, you would have to provide suspension and vertical 
movement of the front end, so that when cornering hard/fast that the front 
end would lean into the corners. (similar to a proper motorbike+sidecar).

I found myself going through 2-3 different setups before Id decide on a 
final transmission and layout. You could always make this setup, see how 
it works, and change it to make it better.

Best of Luck,
-steve


On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, john bob wrote:

> Hi, as if you remember I was building a go kart and almost done.I am done 
> mounting the engine on the kart , putting the wheels. I don't want to go very 
> complicated as I want to start easy. To start of I decided I would make the 
> steering by attaching half of a bike in front , instead of making a the 
> steering system. I will work on that next time.To get my idea please go to 
> this 
> website:http://www.global-b2b-network.com/direct/dbimage/50255418/Right_Three_Wheel_Motorcycle.jpg
>
> If you think this is good idea or you  think there are better ideas please 
> give me some ideas.Thank you.