trike reverse gear

[herby]

I've a VN1500 Trike and want to put a reverse gear on it. Anyone got any ideas?

[Yoda]

I've a VN1500 Trike and want to put a reverse gear on it. Anyone got any ideas?
there are two ways

Quaife do a reverse box fit in middle of driveshaft
http://www.quaife.co.uk/products/index.htm

or there is a way of linking a starter motor to a welded on cog on the shaft or axle

the first costs £600 for box the about £100 notes to get a shaft shortened

the second costs a lot less but requires more creativity

Yoda

[Gypsy]

i looked into the starter motor idea a year or so ago, turns out not so good, could end up burning out the starter motor every few months, could prove costly

[titusni]

Quaife do a reverse box fit in middle of driveshaft
http://www.quaife.co.uk/products/index.htm


I've seen one of these fitted to a trike and it certainly looked the business. Very expensive though...

[dracken1]

a hefty 12 volt wiper motor with a 50mm rubber faced wheel on it. some brackets and a lever .
pull lever, rubber wheel gets pressed up againt the tyre. gear ratio would be about 12-14 to 1 :D