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Any thought to adding a strut on the back of the front fender? I think that straight line down the center of the bike would look better unbroken.

It's really not hard to understand. Instead of a mounting the caliper(s) to the seat or chain stays, mine mount to the axle housing. So in both instances, the calipers are rigidly mounted. On a normal bike the rotor mounts to the wheel hubs, and spin with the hub/wheel. My rotors are also...

I tack welded all the edges of the tank, then ground them down. After looking at the bottom of it, I realized I don't have the room for the mounting straps I originally planned. The plan now is to drill two holes through the frame and mount rivnuts to the tunnel of the tank. I might weld tubes...

That's what small electric motors are for.

Thanks guys! The more I look at it, the more I wish I had put a curve into the rear side pieces. As this was my first time building a tank, I wanted to keep it simple. To be honest, I was hesitant to post pics of the build of the tank as I really didn't think I could pull this off.

I like your frame design. I look forward to seeing how you align the head tube and dropouts. Do you have a jig for setting them up?

I finished fabricating the back of the tank. Using about a half inch piece of the tubing I used to bend the tunnel, I cut a slice into it, flattened the sides, stretched it to fit over the top tube, then made two filler pieces, and formed it to go from a square edge to round. It finishes it off...

For those interested in the dimensions of Cyrus: Overall length- 75" Axle to axle length- 56" Rear track width- 37.5" Seat height- 13" Crank center height- 8" Top of handlebars 36.5"

Right now I'm thinking of using rivnuts on the bottom of the top tube and straps across the bottom of the tank, The straps will have a hole for a bolt to go into the rivnut. Thanks, but you know I don't build rats!:wink1:

A smoke bomb will give you the burnout cloud.

I'm impatient, I figured a way to hold the panels to finish the initial tacking process. For my first attempt to build a tank, I think it came out OK. It's symmetrical, and fits the bike well, at least I think it does. Next I will tack all the connecting edges of the panels and regrind them...

With the top piece ready, it was time to get to fabricating the rest of it. First was the base. I used a tube slightly larger than the top of the Schwinn. This will allow me to use a tire tube as an insulator when I bolt it in place. I found the center and wrapped the tin around it to make my...

I'll have to measure the bike. Like you guys, I too am surprised how compact it looks with a rider. The only thing big about me is my gut! I see this trike every day and it looks big without anyone on it. I got to use a tool I've always wanted to try, an English Wheel. I managed to put the...

PFFFFFTTTTT, rules are made to be broken!!!!!!!

I want to have a shifter that I can actually operate while I'm riding the trike when the new freewheel and crankset get here. So I cut the 90 degree part of the shifter at 45 degrees, and spun it 180 degrees, with a minimum degree of difficulty. :rofl: Now it comes out straight and it fits...

You can't go wrong with lime green. I love it.

A trick I learned and has helped, take the coldest shower you can tolerate. Try to just let the water run over you and rinse as much of the glass off as possible, then I go to slightly warm water and scrub up using light pressure. Supposedly, a cold shower keeps your pores tight, warm water...

The derailleur I put on when I swapped freewheels is brand new. I just ordered a new freewheel, hopefully I'll get it working again. The derailleurs were surely designed for access from the front, having it under the axle housing makes adjusting it a bit of a pain.

I'm two steps back I think, maybe three. I pulled out the freewheel, and put the 13-28 on it to see if that works. With the 40t front chainring, 1st is certainly doable for small hills, and 7th cruises along about as fast as I would want to go as the trike steers real fast! The freewheel is...

I like it!