Today at box hill, this TL turned up

If you're going to make a trike, you may as well pick a foul handling monstrosity to start with. Kudos to the girl who owns it, if she is indeed handicapped and unable to ride a solo.

[flymo]

great, a motorcycle that doesnt lean over round corners.....? whats the point?

Originally Posted by flymo

great, a motorcycle that doesnt lean over round corners.....? whats the point?

It's a TL, you wouldn't want to be trying to lean it round corners anyway, they were bad enough in a straight line.

I can see the point for disabled riders who want the feeling of biking again, but are unable to hold a solo machine upright at a standstill, but why any ablebodied person would want a trike is a mystery to me.

[_Stretchie_]

Always been interested in these kind of things.

OK then, thinking about the engineering on this I am wondering.

Would the rear axle have a diff on it?

Or would it be solid axle with a sprocket on it?

Just wondering about cornering, if it's a solid axle and you are a spirited rider, even just on a roundabout for example then both the weels are going the same speed when going around it so either one wheel will be hopping about or one will be getting dragged?

Not knocking it, just interested

Im gonna asume itd have a diff on it, cause as you said if it has a live rear axle then the whole thing would just pitch about as the wheels were unable to change speed while cornering, theyd be pushing and draggin each other depending on which was travleing the shortest distance or had the most grip. For example the inside wheel on a roundabout, has the shortest distance to travel and would be spinning faster, a diff would alow the outer wheel to speed up to keep the wheels in line. However if theres a live axle, the outer wheel would just spin slower, and have a larger distance to cover, which in theory allows the outer wheel to generate more grip, as its under less stress, and if the outer wheel has more grip itl attempt to pull the inner wheel out, therefore pulling the whole structure across, causing massive oversteer, as its trying to make the speed and distance of travel equal.
but then again there are still some cars made which have live rear axles

[_Stretchie_]

Originally Posted by ChrisSV

but then again there are still some cars made which have live rear axles

Really?

I would have thought, for example on a front wheel drive, you'd have a solid axle on the back and free wheeling hubs because there is no drive on the back axle, but the front axle would have the diff where the prop shaft goes in from the transmission to drive it.


Sorry if derailing the thread, Me and El Saxo have talked about this, well, dropping a bike engine into a little car and getting the drive from the output shaft to the axle.

Not seriously, neither of us have the cash, the room or the know how but it's bugged me (although not enough to actually look into properly because then I'd only want to actually do it)

ooooo, sorry, shouldve explained i meant there are some rear wheel drive cars that have live rear axles, and yes you are correct for your example of a front wheel drive car, as far as i know. Sorry me lack of explaination.

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Hideous (and thats without mentioning the non standard screen and light cover!) Lozzo has hit the nail on the head with his comment...

Originally Posted by Lozzo

I can see the point for disabled riders who want the feeling of biking again, but are unable to hold a solo machine upright at a standstill, but why any ablebodied person would want a trike is a mystery to me.

A cheap way to get over the problem with axle, only drive one rear wheel, never have the problem with it driving straight on in corners.

I wouldnt mind that dutch trikey thing they had on Top gear once, that leant round corners, that was cool but £20k.

This should satisfy anyone who wants to lean the trike over http://reversetrike.com/brudeli.html