Essex V6 direct drive trike.
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:54 am
Hi,
New here so hello to you all, been into bikes since I was a kid but never built nor owned a trike but giving it some serious consideration and need some help and advice.
My plan is to use what I have laying around so an old Mercedes with the om606 diesel engine, jag irs backend along with an assessment of stuff from years of building and playing around with bikes.
I like the idea of a short trike and the possibility of direct drive so no gearbox / autobox keeping it short, I have seen pics on the internet of a black with yellow wheels trike, think it is running an Essex v6 in a direct drive set-up anybody know the builder of the trike or just how it was done to allow direct drive but obviously it needs some sort of disengagement system or it would take off as soon as started.
Thanks for any help or pointers on this.
Haggisbiker.
New here so hello to you all, been into bikes since I was a kid but never built nor owned a trike but giving it some serious consideration and need some help and advice.
My plan is to use what I have laying around so an old Mercedes with the om606 diesel engine, jag irs backend along with an assessment of stuff from years of building and playing around with bikes.
I like the idea of a short trike and the possibility of direct drive so no gearbox / autobox keeping it short, I have seen pics on the internet of a black with yellow wheels trike, think it is running an Essex v6 in a direct drive set-up anybody know the builder of the trike or just how it was done to allow direct drive but obviously it needs some sort of disengagement system or it would take off as soon as started.
Thanks for any help or pointers on this.
Haggisbiker.