Why stop at two drive shafts? You could run two rear wheels side by side like the Dodge Tomahawk.
-Kyle On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 11:59 PM, Matt Awesome <mattsawesomest...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well it's snowing and blowing out so I haven't been around to working on > the bike, since there's no rush until spring. > > ... which had me thinking some stupid thoughts. So for shits and giggles > and the intellectual exercise of it all, feel free to talk me into/out of > them... > > Suppose I want do have a dual-driveshaft bike. I've never seen one. It > would be unique. It's stupid, I'll add 80lbs and lose space and weight for > batteries, to gain horsepower I don't need and won't use, but, whatever. > Suppose I steal the rear tire and driveshaft from a donor bike, so > parts-wise I have enough to do it. What then? Is it even possible? What > would it entail? > > It's the only part of the bike I haven't disassembled so I'm not sure what > goes on in there. > > I'll kick things off: > > 1 - The shaft would have to rotate in the opposite direction. That's easy, > since it'll be dual-electric motor. > > 2 - However the driveshaft engages with the rear tire is obviously on the > left side, so to make it work, I would have to flip it upside down for the > left side. > > 3 - I presume the drum brake is on the left side there somewhere? So I'd > lose a drum brake (I'd have to either add a disc or use regen braking to > have highway-legal 2 braking systems). > > 4 - The rear swingarm would have to have the right beam cut off and the > new hollow thingy with the driveshaft welded in its place. No problem, I > have a welder. > > ... > > Talk me out of/into this. What are the obstacles I'd need to overcome? > > - Is there liquid lube that would sit in the wrong spot if upside down? > - Would it be infeasible/impossible to mount the wheel gear assembly on > the opposite side? How mirrored is the hub? > > In the meantime I've been building a battery tester/charger I'll share > soon and I've picked up a total of, oh, 300 lbs of lithium batteries so > far. More than I'll use on the bike I think. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
