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If you haven't heard of the new craze called drift triking then you are missing out!
A drift trike consists of a tricycle with a pneumatic front wheel and hard plastic rear wheels.
The front wheel can have a freewheeling crank or foot pegs
Original Drift Triking
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If you haven't heard of the new craze called drift triking then you are missing out!
A drift trike consists of a tricycle with a pneumatic front wheel and hard plastic rear wheels.
The front wheel can have a freewheeling crank or foot pegs
Original Drift Triking
If you you like this instructable please vote for me in both "Make It Move Challenge" and the "Toy Challenge"
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Drift Trikes are tricycles that have slick rear wheels, normally made from a hard plastic material. They are usually ridden on paved roads with a steep downhill gradient and some corners. Smooth roads are preferred to coarse chip sealed road as coarse surfaces tend to wear rear wheels faster.
Riders gather momentum through gravity, although some drift trikes have pedals. Pedals are useful for slow speed riding, but are of no use at high speed. Drift trikes can reach speeds of up to 90km/h, but the normal operating speed is between 25 and 65km/h.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_Trikes
Drift trikes have come along way, one of the first mass produced trike was the Huffy slider as pictured.
Many people upgrade huffy sliders where as some build them from scratch. In this instructable I will be using the front end from the slider and building a bolt on MOTORIZED rear end.
Most of the parts can be bought bought from the hardware and the rest from eBay.
Riders gather momentum through gravity, although some drift trikes have pedals. Pedals are useful for slow speed riding, but are of no use at high speed. Drift trikes can reach speeds of up to 90km/h, but the normal operating speed is between 25 and 65km/h.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_Trikes
Drift trikes have come along way, one of the first mass produced trike was the Huffy slider as pictured.
Many people upgrade huffy sliders where as some build them from scratch. In this instructable I will be using the front end from the slider and building a bolt on MOTORIZED rear end.
Most of the parts can be bought bought from the hardware and the rest from eBay.
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I saw this one way cooler
And another quick question, can it hold long drifts around corners? Just wondering.
to be honest i dont reall know what a wheel hub is
my sis and I used to do drifting on our skateboards when we were kids using an old flipflop or shoe as a break.
I'd like to try this. Cheers for the concept.
Now I must get one, and I must make it motorized.. Lol :)
none of them did... so, after everything was said and done, The (now former ) plant manager came over and told us ( since we had expressed an interest in them ) to come get them!
I got three, jay got three.. most of them were in a state of disrepair and/or neglect, but repairs were easy.
you could call around some large factories in your area and ask if they use tricycle in the maintenance department, and if they do, if any of them are graveyarded and in need of a home.