you might be able to make the bike by haiving 2 rear swing arms on 1on either side of the bike and put the main rear chain cog in between the 2 rear wheels by only putting a single standand wheel on the front and 2 single standand wheels on the rearend of the bike.
2006-08-18 02:11:32 · 13 answers · asked by chris c 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
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2006-08-18 02:14:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
U mean a trike with independent rear suspension, or one with both wheels pretty much next to each other?
i remember a while ago someone did make a bike that had 4 wheels, 2 next to each other on the back and the same on the front, i don't know if it ever went into production, or if it was just a concept bike
2006-08-18 02:30:15 · answer #2 · answered by davethestickman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been there. Done that. Mounted the engine between the rear swing arms to shift the weight to the back. Used a shaft drive engine and turned it around. Coupled it to a shortened rear axel from a toyota truck and put the drive sprokets on the end of the axels. I didn't go with the trike configuration though. I set the front suspension up like you'd see on a dune buggy.
2006-08-18 02:25:04 · answer #3 · answered by m_fumich 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theyre called trikes. VW uses a transaxle, or half shaft, not a propshaft as suggested. this (back axle) needs to be about three quarters of teh length of the vehicle. (as a rule of thumb) so with your side by suicide setup itll tip over on corners, however, you can use a live beam axle with coil over dampers, (rear bike shocks) but its 4feet six Ish wide.
you go around corners putting load onto the outside wheel, and lifting the inner, and running onthe inner edge of the front tyre reducing contact with the road surface... and death waits patiently
we think weve just cracked two wheels at the front, like the aerial atom, with a 1000cc BMW engine frame and running gear, yes, one back wheel. 0-60 6seconds, top end around 135mph
2006-08-18 07:00:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a guy who lives not to far from where I do who has a trike that would qualify. It seems to use a VW / dune buggy style rear suspension and quite possibly the VW engine too.
I'm not all that interested in one myself - I might be if I lived further north where I would have to deal with snow more often than once a year.
2006-08-18 05:16:02 · answer #5 · answered by Mad Scientist Matt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As people are saying you need an axle with a diff in it. This allows the wheels to turn at different rates when you go around corners - without this it would want to go straight on.
Of course you could have 2 wheels at each end - I'd normally call this a car but then Dodge came up with it's V10 Tomahawk concept. http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/concept_cars/dodge_tomahawk.html
I think this is what they invented the word awesome for!!!
Good Luck.
2006-08-18 11:36:06 · answer #6 · answered by etnam90 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use the rear axle and engine from a vw beetle
you will have to manufacture a drive shaft
2006-08-18 02:20:06 · answer #7 · answered by Bob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not like that.
I may have a death wish, but it doesn't include stupidity.
If you wanna build something, you need to think about it a little first. Not all roads are straight. Your suggested design will not corner.
2006-08-18 10:18:01 · answer #8 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't that be a little hard to turn??? Might be a nice looking show bike...
2006-08-18 07:04:38 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's called a trike.
2006-08-18 05:44:53 · answer #10 · answered by caveman_frmc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay off the pot or off Yahoo Answers.... dont mix them both
2006-08-21 15:28:13 · answer #11 · answered by robynbiker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋