the poormans bikepacker/expedition vehicle.

[dieselhaulin]

Hey all, long time lurker, first time poster. I have always dreamed of motorcycle touring, but could never afford it. so being a master of redneck engineering I came up with this. Enjoy!



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as you can see, i chose the bike forum for a reason :bike_rider:

 

[sixbennetts]

Is that a weedwacker?!

LOVE it!

 

[dieselhaulin]

correction: was a weedwacker lol! glad someone likes it, i figured i would get bad feedback here in the bike section

 

[crismateski]

Couple saddle bags and you should be good to go


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[dieselhaulin]

i use one army sustainment pouch as a saddle bag, motor impedes other side

 

[Flagster]

Love it...! Nice work.
Love to see you exploring on that ride.

 

[dieselhaulin]

yeah, can go about 200 miles on a gallon of gas, cheap thrills man

 

[Flagster]

I would love to see the specifics on how the motor is geared up to the wheel...
I posted a thread a while back about getting a three wheeler going and would love to see your work.

 

[dieselhaulin]

tell you what, ill take some pics of it for ya. Hows that sound?

 

[dieselhaulin]

nice homunculus avatar, that would be sensory correct? or motor, cant remember now

 

[dieselhaulin]

so here is three pics of the bike and it inner workings, the first pic is of the drive roller which contacts the tire and creates locomotion. The second picture is the clutch mechanism, which is simply just a neutral lockout to keep the roller off the tire. Last is the controls which are as follows, Throttle is the silver lever, patented anti-stop brakes are the black lever, and the little switch on the right is the kill-switch.



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as you can see, relatively easy to operate and maintain. less moving parts equals less ******* to break.

 

[Flagster]

Thanks for the pics and the shout out for the homonculus...no one ever seems to notice...sensory by the way...

 

[dieselhaulin]

I always forget that motor has his tongue pressed through his lips.