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Title: Training Wheels for my S-9
Post by: sgmdudley on January 27, 2013, 04:36:31 AM

I bought  2009 Honda Goldwing new and installed a Tow-Pac Insta-Trike kit to hold it up.
Last March I had it converted it to a real trike. Last Sunday I totaled it and now will have
to give up my Zero unless I can find a kit to add two more wheels to it.

Tow-Pac Insta-Trike makes kits for 49.9 CC Honda metros all the way up to the biggest bikes.
They have not heard of the Zero. What the world needs is a good 3 wheel electric bike. Or
in the case of Insta-Trike, four wheels.

Has anyone considered this? Looking for ideas so I can keep riding my S-9.

http://www.towpacusa.com/ (http://www.towpacusa.com/)

I am still recovering from the crash, but it is obvious that I will no longer be able to drive a two wheel vehicle
due to my injuries. I emailed Danson a few days ago but no response. I have decided to sell my S-9 for $6,000.
Only 2300 miles on it.

Title: Re: Training Wheels for my S-9
Post by: trikester on January 27, 2013, 05:38:37 AM

Since no one is probably going to buy my 2010 DS I've thought of converting one of my Yamaha TW200 trikes (I call them TWT200) by cannibalizing the 2010. I don't know what I would have to go through with the CA DMV. Both trikes now are street legal dual-sport vehicles and have seen a lot of highway and dirt riding.

Ill attach a  photo of the two trikes I built using the TW200 motorcycle and the YFZ450 ATV front end. I adapted motorcycle front wheel hubs to fit the disk brake equipped ATV hubs.

I never ride these anymore, I always ride my Zero DS instead but maybe if I converted one to electric I would ride it again.

Trikester

Title: Re: Training Wheels for my S-9
Post by: protomech on January 27, 2013, 07:10:57 AM

I see a couple of dual-sport bikes on their compatibility list. Kawasaki KLR-650, BMW F650. Do they just need dimensions to adapt their trike kit to a bike?
http://www.towpacusa.com/?page_id=77 (http://www.towpacusa.com/?page_id=77)

Tangentially related.. but there are a couple of reverse trikes in progress at the elmoto forum.
http://www.elmoto.net/showthread.php?2764-Solar-Trike (http://www.elmoto.net/showthread.php?2764-Solar-Trike)
http://www.elmoto.net/showthread.php?2071-Today-I&p=34895&viewfull=1#post34895 (http://www.elmoto.net/showthread.php?2071-Today-I&p=34895&viewfull=1#post34895)

Title: Re: Training Wheels for my S-9
Post by: sgmdudley on February 02, 2013, 05:24:04 AM

I am still recovering from the crash, but it is obvious that I will no longer be able to drive a two wheel vehicle
due to my injuries. I emailed Danson a few days ago but no response. I have decided to sell my S-9 for $6,000.
Only 2300 miles on it.