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Woohoo! Got the Trike 90% finished today and took it for a couple of test rips. A few things:

One, it turns really bad. Partially because of the locked axle, partially because the flex in the rear swing arm (I think). Pretty much when you try to turn, the whole leans toward the outside of the turn and makes it super sketchy.

Two, the gearing feels quite long. It goes 45mph (pretty easily) but idle is like 15mph haha. Unfortunately I pretty much have the shortest sprocket combo possible.

Lastly, ITS REALLY FUN!

I have a few ideas on how to improve it. Step one is to fix the bent arm and brace it up. That might make it turn better. Step two would be to add a differential axle. If its still weird after that I can just ditch the two rear wheels and go down to one center one. It would look funky but probably function better!

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Serinite

You should weld on a kids/teen ATV rear axle and suspension to the back, you would have the differential and suspension which would make it so fun. Plus better gearing possibly.

Demon Abis

Damn that looks FAST

Alita.Accord

Build lower bars for the bearing carriers (so like, a radius rod setup), then do a diagonal and upward cross brace threading through the chain for better torsional stiffness. The only solution I have for the gearing is moving the engine back and setting up a short chain for a double-gear down jackshaft. Fortunately, doing so will also let you use smaller sprockets to get a shorter final drive, improving clearance. IDK what "stage" the ghost 212 is at, but it seems like a stage 1 build, so bring it up to stage 2 with a higher govorner and upgraded valve springs. All of that combined should let you get your idle speed lower while retaining most of your top speed. So like, 10/40mph instead of 15/45 mph. If you want something different than that... IDK, maybe try combining the manual clutch with a torque converter by using the jackshaft system? Then you can have the best of all worlds at the cost of a little complexity.