Anyone in the USA after a truck bike?

[Geebee]

The ultimate utility bike? a memder at Bentrider is selling it.
http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/showthread.php?t=33720

@#$%^&* image feature.

 

[Lessss]

have to be a member to look at pic

upload the pic here and post link

 

[fechter]

I don't know if it's anything like this one. The guys at Thunderstruck Motors have this. It looks like you could carry about a ton. It has 3 batteries the size of car batteries and a brushed geared motor. I can't imagine pedaling it if the batteries went dead.

 

[safe]

It has 3 batteries the size of car batteries.

Wow... such big batteries... :wink:

 

[Geebee]

Thats identical on difference is that the one at Bentrider is new.
If I have the right member he bought a container from china for some reason and had spare room so he bought 5 or 6 of these.
That price in Australia I would be all over it, slow enough to not attract the cops and brutally powerful for hill climbing.
Put a cabin over the front like the Asian 3 wheelers and you have a utility bike for all seasons.

 

[Desertprep]

Motors for these are usually brushed and range from 450-1000 watts. The brushes are an easy item to change - usually 4 plastic caps on the motor that you unscrew, pop out the old ones and pop in the new ones. They are usually geared and put out 1000 to 1200 rpms You may be able to "carry a ton with these" but they are made to be maintained, like european cars used to be, not made to be driven and ignored as we do with Japanese cars. The motors are not usually very durable - this based on reports from people I know here who have them. It seems like every few months they have some issues with them. My guess is that they go 10 mph tops, whether empty or loaded with medium weight. Speed limit for these kinds of vehicles in most cities in China is 12- 14 kph, about 10mph or less.