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All but the sound.. Just did not have time to use another camera with external mic. because I would need to have it edited and other stuff. This all shot and edited in my cell ph.

The headrest worked out great for sure. So sorry for the audio issue but I just did not have time to redo the video on another camera with an external mic. I do not use the pedal assist much at all but I have had to use a few times when I got much fudrther from home and ran out of energy on the trip back. That is where the electric motor really comes in handy. Thanks for your comment

I hear you, if your goal is to ride fast and take corners fast a lower seat is great. However for us old folks that ride slower and do not take a corner at speed a higher seat is so much better. I have never fliped the bike and I have had it to over 20mph on a straight road and it is very stable.

Hi Ben, Wow I am impressed by your rides. Since I did the video I have removed the small 1volt battery that ran my lights, horn ,GPS etc and installed a voltage reducer that uses the power from my 48 volt motor battery and reduces it to 12 volts then it gets reduced to 3 v , 4.5 v etc to run it all off the one battery. It has worked great for over a year now. So I just have to charge the motor battery once a week or so. I am now designing and building a headrest for behind the seat just for a project. Thanks for sending a note and ride safe.

Glad you enjoyed it.

The ventasit is made in many diferent sizes. Just measure your seat width and height and get the one that fits best. I would add that her in Florida where it is hot in the summer it does not do much to keep your back from sweating.

That is the idea Greg, Have fun on the project.

Thanks for watching.

Hi Fred, Congradulations on getting your rating. Most times you have to appeal to manage to get what you deserve as I well know. Good luck with the build and have fun doing it. FYI I have replaced the small 12v battery that runs my lights etc with a converter that goes in line from my 48 volt motor battery and that supplies the 12volts to those items. The new very bright led lights of today are small and use very little power. That way I only need to charge one battery. Most of those items can be purchased with USB type charging cords so by installing long usb cables you never even need to remove them to charge. George

Hi Gary, most of the items are just off the shelf bike and auto stuff. hard to find the same items as things change so often on the shelves. Basic flasher lights I used needed batteries but I did remove the AA bateries and now supply them by running wire to them and used a 12 battery to power that stuff, then used DC to Dc converters to drop the voltage down to 3 v or 4.5v out of the 12 v battery that they require. Now I have eliminated the 12 batery and added a 40-70 volt imput with 12v output converter and have that connectted to my 48 v electric motor battery . Still using the little voltage reducers for the flashing lights . When they bite the dust I will go to the newer led's that can be charged with a usb and have the usb all in place at all times and just push them in when I need a charge. Take a second look at the video and most items are explained fairly well I think so you can figure out what is needed for each thing. signal lights, horn use the full 12v as they are motorcycle and regular car parts. It can be a fun project and looking for special parts to use to accomplish the job is 1/2 the fun. Good luck.

Fair enough , thanks !! Onwards and upwards…..!🚴‍♂️

Thanks Carlton.

The retractable cover is very easy to use and keeps the bike clean and dry. I have a motion light over the bike and an alarm on the bike as well so I think it is safe and secure.

Thank you Kerry, Keep riding and stay young.

FYI I recently got rid of the small 12v battery and replaced it with a voltage converter. It is tied onto the 48 v output of my electric motor and feeds a separate line going to all my 12 volt stuff so I do not need to charge the 12v battery anymore. Just charge the motor battery and it then supplies both 48 volts to the motor and all the 12 volt needs as well. Much easier.

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Thank you !

Thanks for your comments. My front strobe is not very bright and is indeed pointed downward for that reason.

Not sure ... it is a security system back up battery. I have since changed it out and in its place have installed a voltage converter that takes the 48 volts from my motor battery down to 12 volts that run all my lights, horn, gps, security system etc etc.

@@georgechase3275 No worries👍 I was just curious on run time with what AH battery. It was probably about an 18ah they are the most common for those systems. I have used them a lot over the years for other purposes 🧐

@@jamesglenn520 I was wanting a sealed battery that would supply the 12v power needed and that fit the bill. But the new voltage reducer means I do not have to charge a separate 12v battern any longer, When I charge the 48 v bike motor battery ( usually about every 2-3 weeks) I flip the switch to the reducer and also charge the garmin radar units (front and back) most of the rest of the 12v things are just supplied by the reducer when they are being used so no need to charge at all. Much easier.

@@georgechase3275 Sounds like a great solution. Wife and I are getting ready to Gadget out our trikes and videos like yours are Priceless🙏

@@jamesglenn520I had some sealed FLA alarm batteries which were 7aH, but they are dead now so I have a lithium battery coming today that is much smaller and lighter to power my new whip light that might replace my flag pole if I like it. The whip light is an ATV thing. I have other lights that plug directly into the bikes 48v battery via usb, but the whip light needed a 12v that I will plug in, or possibly charge via a small solar panel on top of the rear rack if it fits. I might go to HF and look at one of those hard sided boxes to replace my old bag.

There are many different responses from dogs and bikes moving past their property. I for one have found that its "the chase" the dog is interested in. And have indeed learned from over the years that by just stopping the bike and speaking to the dog in a calm soft voice that all is OK that they all stop chasing and stand there looking at you. I then slowly start riding again and they watch me pull away every time. The pepper spray should be the gel type as it has a much less chance of "blow back" I only had to use it once many years ago when a attacking dog came out of nowhere...he got a face full and ran back yelping.

Thanks for your comments John. I think we will have to dissagree on the pedals. If your feet come off the pedals on a recumbent trike you probably have one of two things going on that are not set correctly. First is the boom lenght. If it is out too far your knees will not be bent enough and with your leg straight out the foot easily comes off the pedeal. Second issue could be your seat is too far back cusing the same issue. If you have enough of a bend in your knee when the pedal is at its most forward position your foot will not come off the pedal with the Catalyst pedals. Also dont forget that your foot position on a catalyst pedal is different than other pedals... the pedal should be centered on your arch not the ball of your foot. I have seen all the stories about "foot suck" I will bet dollars to donuts that every one of them had no bend in the knee at all meaning that the foot had no pressure on the pedal at all making it very easy to drop to the ground. Check out these videos from Steve @ Trike Hobo for more good info on this subject.Steve and others have studied this issue and posted many videos and none of them have found an issue if the pedals are used properly. Thanks for watching and posting a comment, I appreciate all feedback. Check out Steves videos on this subject as well as others and then perhaps try the pedals again after making some adjustments to your boom or seat position. Steves videos here: ua-cam.com/channels/NLZ05mDZEEk106xu7hxhng.html

@@georgechase3275 , George, you are very wrong regarding the risk of feet coming off the pedals. This is a well known fact, established overall the years people have been riding recumbents in general, and tadpole trikes in particular. Many people every year have severe leg injuries from the resulting "leg suck". While a trike's boom length and seat position can contribute to feet falling off the pedals, they are not usually the cause. Some major causes are leg fatigue and rough rolling surfaces (roads/trails/sidewalks). All that needs to happen is the rider relaxing their legs a bit at the wring time when the trike hits a bump, and the rider's heel(s) can hit the pavement in a split second. The severity of the resulting injury will then depend on the speed of the trike at that moment. You have a lot of good ideas demonstrated in this video, but not having clipless pedals (and shoes) on a recumbent trike is very risky. If you want to use regular shoes on your trike, there are alternate pedals that are shaped to hold the heels in place when a strap is around the toes of the shoes.

@@youtuuba Thanks for your comment. However we still dissagree on this issue.

Thanks for your comments. I was Army Aviation in Nam 69-70 All the mounting hardware I built myself as it all needed custom fits. Working in Aircraft airframe repair helped a lot in this respect. I am very familiar with the UH-1 as well as all other Army choppers.

My dad was Army Air as well in Vietnam, Korea, then served abroad before retiring. I've found that some of the simplest and well thought out builds for things in general tend to come from people with military backgrounds. Thank you for your service to the Country. @@georgechase3275

Glad you enjoyed the video. The Padded seat is called a Ventasit Just google it. the electric kit is from ebikekit.com again find on google. I am in the process of ditching the 12v battery and hav got a 40-90 volt input converter to 12v output to eliminate charging the 12v battery. I will just take off the output of the 48 v lithium to reduce to 12v .

Thanks for your ideas. Could you email me ? My email address is shown above as I have a few questions if you dont mind.

Perhaps the difference is that we are proud of our service and not afraid to admit we have problems and still manage to function even if it is hard. The point is we both served our country and have made the best of it. Thanks for your service.

Thanks for watching Chris

Thanks very much. You can adapt most of the things I have done to the trike to a two wheeler.

Very neat. I dont do much night rideing but that is the way to go for sure. Do they each have their own power or do you have one power source for all of the lights?

@@georgechase3275 I like redundancy, so each light has it's own set of rechargeable batteries, and the headlights each have two sets of 18650 lithium batteries, so that even if three batteries are down, I can still get home. And there's enough reflective tape on there that people on the moon can see it, even if the lights are out. I also have a DC-DC convertor brick so that I can recharge batteries on the fly while riding, should that become necessary, and to power the brake/signal/flasher/clearance lights from the motor battery when I get around to installing them.

I have also installed bell (for dog owners), an electric bike horn (for less observant trail users), and a Zounds airhorn (for idiots watching their phones with headphones on, which still does not get their attention... go figure... makes you wonder how humans became the dominant life form on the planet, doesn't it?).

@@awvankats7550 Yes and humans will soon be the dogs of the universe as A.I. gets into full swing.

@@georgechase3275 maybe, but I have a few surprises for any A.I. that thinks that it can drive a virtual trike on a virtual path is going to intimidate me, and a few more for A.I.s that try driving a real trike on a real path. Skynet's not gonna like me much...😏

It can turn into a long term project ! Have fun

Thanks Steve.

I sent ans in email to you

Thanks

Thanks Brett. I doubt more videos are in the cards. I am 75 and making this video was a huge project for me. Shorter videos are better but I think I covered everything with this one. Keep us updated on things you do to the cat !

I probably have about 3,000 dollars in the bike, motor, and all the extra foo foo

Frank, Glad you found the video from long ago. This was state of the art back in about 2001 when it was shot. We loved living there for sure. We sold in about 2005 after linving there many many years. Today the house is a mess as the hurricane last summer caused flooding that went up the walls over 4 ft! Sure never thought that was possible.I guess I should be glad we sold when we did. But hate to see it as it is now. It was a beautiful home and we enjoyed building and living in it. We had flood water to within 16 inches of the floor joists many times and had a floating chicken coop for those times.

Hi Frank, Charge is simple. the 48 volt for the motor I plug in and charge it in place on the trike about evry 10-15 days as I do not use the motor much here in flat Florida. The 12v battery I plug into a little trickle charger about as often, so the front and rear lights , signal lights , horn, etc all take their power from the 12v battery so do not need to charge them independantly at all. The only things that I charge from the 12v battery that I usually do each time I have that battery on charge is the garmin radar units and the alarm system. Those have usb ports so I just plug those into the adapter that is already in the 12v outlets so while the 12v is charging so are the radar and alarm units. So I never remove anything to charge at all. Just plug in the chargers prior to lowering the cover after a ride. Hope that helps.

Hi Ted, The reason for the video is to give folks ideas and adapt what I hav done to their trikes. So go for it.

Hi MARK, Well I guess that may come frorm my days as a chopper maintenance gut in Viet Nam back in 69-70.

Perhaps. but they tell me if I alter the wireing on the e-assist electrical system it will void any warranty. So the 12 v option it is for now. May switch that to lithium ion in the future.

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