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    Dr. Shop Teacher's JFF Gilson Knight Rider

    Excellent work as always
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    Smoking centrifugal-what did I do wrong

    Thanks guys. I'm going to sand the clutch a little just to clean it up again. I'm going to change my big sprocket back to the 58T I had on there with the torque converter. I have room for a little bigger sprocket but hopefully the 58T will do. The clutch does sit almost all the crank and I have...
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    Smoking centrifugal-what did I do wrong

    Yesterday I switched from the torque converter I had on my drift trike (https://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/projects-and-rides/142503-drift-trike-build.html) to a Hilliard's Extreme Duty Clutch #35 12T 3/4". The reason for this was I kept popping the chain off. I believe this was caused by 2...
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    Restoring Lloyd and Harry's Mini Bike

    Very cool project. Nicely done.
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    Shifter Minibike Build

    Nice build
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    Drift Trike Build

    Not the best quality but here is a video. Can't figure out how to embed it in a post. https://youtu.be/YKD97jKUn1g
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    Drift Trike Build

    More assembly At that point it was time to call it a night. I had worked for 11 hours on Sunday and I needed to get home. Sunday I finished what I could then headed to my parents with all my other mini bikes. At my parents I got a chain made and got the throttle hooked up...
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    Drift Trike Build

    Sorry for the lack of posts. I got more caught up in trying to get this built for Sunday and less worried about taking pics. This was last week, building a "roll bar". I thought it looked good and would keep you from leaning into anything hot or any moving parts. This would go in the...
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    Drift Trike Build

    I cleaned up where I had cut the top tube off the bike frame today so I could make a gusset. I decided to cut open the top tube of the bike and use that as the gusset. Some grinding and spreading of it and I had a decent gusset. It goes farther down the frame than I originally planned but...
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    Drift Trike Build

    The handlebars are pretty comfortable as is. When I assemble I'm going to try flipping the stem around but I think it's going to look and function best as is. I'm going to cut the remainder of the bike top tube cut away and then add a gusset. I don't plan to further tie into bottom of the frame...
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    Drift Trike Build

    I think I have 6 or more gas tanks of different shapes and sizes around but nothing really worked for what I need to I decided to section this tank and make it into what I need. I didn't really want to cut up a nice looking tank but it's pretty big and I tend to build small so I probably...
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    Drift Trike Build

    My reasoning for this brake system was simplicity and cost. I've also used this caliper before on a pretty heavy mini bike and I know it will lock up this pvc very easily. I couldn't justify the cost of hydraulic brake kit when this provides all the stopping power needed. Making a pull handle...
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    Drift Trike Build

    It took a couple tries to get the right size and geometry to make the caliper work correctly but I finally got a brake lever setup that I think looks good and will function well. I cut the V-brakes bosses off the back of the bike frame and tacked them to the front forks of the drift trike.
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    Drift Trike Build

    I'm using 3/4" schedule 40 pipe for most of this. Bends pretty nicely in my Harbor Freight pipe bender.
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