Transportation
Human Powered Vehicles (Ebook)
For those of you who love human power for fun or transportation, this 82 page very unique Ebook takes a deep dive into my past thoughts on alternative transportation and toys. The following are a few sample pages. You can purchase this $15 Ebook on my plans page HERE. This is the first volume of…
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Recumbent Moped/Motorcycle
I’ve always thought the Honda 90 Cub, with it’s low mid frame, would make a great recumbent conversion. I couldn’t find a Cub for sale, but did find this TOMOS moped which had a similar frame design. 1/2″ square tubing was used to make an attachment point for the aluminum seat pan. Foam was double…
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Briggs and Stratton motorized 6 speed bicycle
This was the Hardley Davidson. Hardley, not Harley, get it? It was one of my favorite Burningman rigs. The engine and transmission design was borrowed from my first Burningman motorized trike which had a 3 hp motor. This has a 2 hp motor with a small pulley driving a BIG 12″ washing machine pulley which…
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Lumber hauling bicycle
Since making a wood rack for my bike that carried 6 totes of belongings I’ve always thought that carrying lumber or long loads wouldn’t be that difficult with the right supports. At first I was going to weld these two brackets to the frame, but after some thinking I realized it wouldn’t be that difficult…
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The Bike Box
The defunct Donkey Boxx company use to make durable fluted plastic bike panniers. Too bad they didn’t make it. I’ve always thought if you don’t have any brake or shifting cables in the way the mid section of a bike frame would make for a convenient and balanced storage space. The 4.5″ width keeps the leg-rub…
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Briggs and Stratton powered bicycle
I’ve been wanting to have a powered bicycle (with usable pedals) to tow my bicycle campers with. Electric to me is too much money and a hassle, plus on a long journey when the juice runs out you’re stuck pedaling. I favor the old briggs motors. They’re 4 cycle (no need to add oil to…
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Economical Reverse trike
My dream project conceived over 40 years ago. This is my third attempt at creating a high mileage one person trike. Borrowing ideas from Dale Malewicki’s California Commuter trike I fashioned a basic rigid front swing arm. This helps stabilize the trike in corners but also makes for a bumpy ride. To do it again…
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Burningman pedal car
When my wife decided to come with me to the Burningman art festival I started looking for ideas on a two person pedal vehicle that I could make for the event. I spied on this picture. During WWII when France was occupied by the Germans and fuel was confiscated for the war effort,…
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FWD recumbent trike
I had an idea of making a skate type quadracycle. I felt this would be a fun racing vehicle on a short tight-turn course. Before making a full scale mock-up I wanted to test out the idea of using neoprene wheels. I purchased two wheels from a push scooter outfit and decided to…
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The Cycle Kart
For PDF plans, click here! Once my other prototype proved the neoprene wheels would work, I ordered 4 wheels from a push scooter outfit. These are 9″ in diameter, which are bigger than most. A BMX free wheel hub was added to the drive wheel. I don’t have proper machining tools for accuracy, but I…
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