Hi @Lorie, this is so cool! Thanks for sharing! I'd love to learn more about how you did this. I am thinking about doing something similar. You also mentioned thinking about using a friction motor. I'd love to understand a bit more. Do you have an email where I can reach out? Would you mind posting the amazon link (or other) of the parts you used for this modification? Do you have any links to friction motors as well that you thought of using? What I am trying to accomplish is keeping the bike with pedals, but I would really love gears or a way to pedal but not feel like I have to pedal at 100 rpm to go anywhere. LOL! Thanks for your help! 🙏
I made the front end.welded it, to look like the original but accept a violamart 24 inch front hub motor kit. The friction kit I looked at is on eBay it actually is made to attach to back wheel. But can be attached to front wheel with modifications i.e. welding stuff.lol anything's possible with a welder and some thought . I plan on putting that kit on a green machine I'm making electric and peddle
Out of all the e trikes I have, man I love this one. I'll be posting more vids of some of my older trikes. One of which is dang near a tractor.lol I use it to pull/ haul real heavy loads.things like fire wood, dirt, heavy stuff.
In the future I will also be doing a huffy green machine ebike build. It'll have plastic rear wheels for drifting and spinouts, as well as rubber wheels in case you want to use it as a trike.
Lorie, did you end up completely rebuilding front end of it or you just got power hub 24" wheel off amazon with battery? I am thinking about making same mod for my wife, so she can go where her manual wheel chair is stopping her from going, and keep wondering if power hub will fit on standard front
I built the front end myself ,welded it all together. It's a lot heavier duty ,thicker metal, than the original. The original can not hold a regular 24 inch wheel. And I wanted it stronger to handle a violamart 24 inch electric front hub motor/wheel. I bought a front wheel kit off eBay. I bought the 13 amp hour 48 v battery off amazon.all my trikes run this battery. As for the friction motor I have been checking out eBay, there is a 48 v 300 w motor kit on there for around 170. US. But that set up will be for a green machine I'm changing over.
This is exactly what I wanted to do with this bike, is this electric setup a direct fit ? Can you ad the link to the motor setup in the video description? Thank you very much
Not a direct fit,you have to make the front end accept a standard sized front wheel.simplest way is to cut the ends off forks, tack weld a bar of metal half way down the inside of forks that is 4 inches wide,then heat and bend bottom of forks so it stays 4 inches wide.right now your originals are 5 inches to accept the wheel that comes with your mobo then weld on rear wheel ends off of a donor bicycle.so it will accept a standard sized wheel.youll have add length to forks if you want a 24 inch wheel. But if your fine with a 20 inch wheel all you need to do is weld the ends on after bending them remove piece you tack welded between forks half way down. Sounds a lot harder than it actually is.😊 Then just add a front hub kit of your liking and a battery and a thumb throttle
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Hi @Lorie, this is so cool! Thanks for sharing! I'd love to learn more about how you did this. I am thinking about doing something similar. You also mentioned thinking about using a friction motor. I'd love to understand a bit more. Do you have an email where I can reach out? Would you mind posting the amazon link (or other) of the parts you used for this modification? Do you have any links to friction motors as well that you thought of using? What I am trying to accomplish is keeping the bike with pedals, but I would really love gears or a way to pedal but not feel like I have to pedal at 100 rpm to go anywhere. LOL! Thanks for your help! 🙏
I made the front end.welded it, to look like the original but accept a violamart 24 inch front hub motor kit. The friction kit I looked at is on eBay it actually is made to attach to back wheel. But can be attached to front wheel with modifications i.e. welding stuff.lol anything's possible with a welder and some thought . I plan on putting that kit on a green machine I'm making electric and peddle
Out of all the e trikes I have, man I love this one. I'll be posting more vids of some of my older trikes. One of which is dang near a tractor.lol I use it to pull/ haul real heavy loads.things like fire wood, dirt, heavy stuff.
the only problem i see is once you make it with no peddles you most likely not be allowed on bike trails so only for the road
In the future I will also be doing a huffy green machine ebike build. It'll have plastic rear wheels for drifting and spinouts, as well as rubber wheels in case you want to use it as a trike.
did you make your own front end or use the original
Lorie, did you end up completely rebuilding front end of it or you just got power hub 24" wheel off amazon with battery? I am thinking about making same mod for my wife, so she can go where her manual wheel chair is stopping her from going, and keep wondering if power hub will fit on standard front
I built the front end myself ,welded it all together. It's a lot heavier duty ,thicker metal, than the original. The original can not hold a regular 24 inch wheel. And I wanted it stronger to handle a violamart 24 inch electric front hub motor/wheel. I bought a front wheel kit off eBay. I bought the 13 amp hour 48 v battery off amazon.all my trikes run this battery. As for the friction motor I have been checking out eBay, there is a 48 v 300 w motor kit on there for around 170. US. But that set up will be for a green machine I'm changing over.
can you upgrade the rear wheels to a larger size ?
I'm sure I could figure something out but why? I love the low to the ground aspect of this trike.
Sooooo.....great story...not gonna demonstrate?
This is exactly what I wanted to do with this bike, is this electric setup a direct fit ? Can you ad the link to the motor setup in the video description? Thank you very much
Not a direct fit,you have to make the front end accept a standard sized front wheel.simplest way is to cut the ends off forks, tack weld a bar of metal half way down the inside of forks that is 4 inches wide,then heat and bend bottom of forks so it stays 4 inches wide.right now your originals are 5 inches to accept the wheel that comes with your mobo then weld on rear wheel ends off of a donor bicycle.so it will accept a standard sized wheel.youll have add length to forks if you want a 24 inch wheel. But if your fine with a 20 inch wheel all you need to do is weld the ends on after bending them remove piece you tack welded between forks half way down. Sounds a lot harder than it actually is.😊 Then just add a front hub kit of your liking and a battery and a thumb throttle
@@loriekaczmarek9788 thank you