Was this a BAD idea? - TGV Chassis Kit - EP2 

The smile you had pulling back into your driveway proves the sketchyness of the trike makes it worth the fun you'll have on it. 🤣😂. Awesome build Josh.

Seeing you smile so big made me smile too. Playing with toys as an adult is so much cooler than when we were kids.

Nothing is a bad idea if it brings you joy! Nice job!❤

Lean to the outside tire when turning. It will make it whip right around. When you lean in you put all your weight on the inside tire so it'll just push. You need the weight on the outside tire to let the inside tire spin.

Man I can't wait to start building mine. Got the chassis and motor and thats it. I need to finish my Poenix and start on my wife's Phoenix so we can take them to PBTF. The Trike looks awesome. Very interested in your color choice. Take care, reat job.

I understand you're building to suit your needs and likes, and you're building a great machine. I just wanna lend some knowledge when it comes to building an exhaust system. If you get curious about the performance of your exhaust system, whether increased or decreased. Paint it. Using a standard enamel paint. Nothing like VHT or BBQ paints. Paint the entire length of your pipe from head flange to end(no muffler should be installed). Thr paint will burn off....to a point along the length of the pipe. Run engine under loaded conditions. Observe where the paint stops burning off. That's all the tuned length of pipe you need for maximum performance of that single cylinder engine. Cut and install your muffler there. Long run times, fewer spark plug changes, oil life increased, and maximum performance will be achieved. It may not be where you wanna mount it though.

Congratulations on the first ride. Guaranteed fun

Looks awesome so far! Have you thought about pushing the foot pegs forwards / adding a second set to get your feet further forward? Probably more comfortable and add to the "chopper" riding style.....

Hahaha awesome! Reminds me of ripping around on my 200X ATC back in the day. Have fun, looking great!

Looks Great!

The question shouldn't be, "Was this a bad idea?", but, instead, should be, "Was getting the kit version a smart idea?". We all (ok, maybe not 'all'...but, most of us do) enjoy building kits. After all, a kit allows one to 'understand' the vehicle. In almost all cases, I'll take a kit over RTR (even my 2WD Slash was built from a kit version). However, there comes times when one must factor in the value of their time. When the amount of the time it takes to build far exceeds the 'value' of ones time, that's when it becomes 'smarter' to purchase the RTR version (or, when available, the ARTR). Knowing how much of a blast riding this would be, the amount of time it would take to build isn't worth it to me...so, I'd spend the extra money on the RTR.

You did an awesome job on this great video thank you

Looks like a good neighborhood to live in. Nice video, I always liked small engines. I’m guess most of your audience does as well😎

Nice job looks great 👍 👌

It's sure sketchy.... And I love it hahaha I used to build this type of stuff in my teens. I built a mini chopper with a bored out built up 6 horse Honda. It was so fun hahahaha. Mini bikes, go karts, mini choppers, and even a chainsaw powered scooter. That was fun. Great work man. Fun to see these types of things. Love the tires choice.

Very cool build. I am interested in the tach you speak of. I am building an ATC 70 so this is fun inspiration.

That thing looks fun.

Time to do some sketchy stuff, doo-dah, doo-dah... Looks like a blast, can't wait to see it all the way done.

Needs a basket in front of the handlebars so you can put the TRX4000 in it to keep the front end down. Man that looks fun!

Congratulations Josh!! Super stoked for you man.

That's one cool project, thanks for sharing.

Dude that thing is awesome 👌, besides the fact you look a tad bit big for it 😆 it looks like it will rip though 😬 sketch as hell but also VERY FUN!🤙 turning is the only thing that would start to scare me, as i have a heavy throttle hand or "thumb" can't wait to see you do a speed pass 🤘😬

Thing is awesome. The neighbor across the street didnt look as enthused as you did though. Hahaha

nice build

That looks like a lot of fun. Can you post the exact type of Hoosier tires that you used? Are these the 12.0X8.0-6 CB KART D10A ?

3 wheels of death!!! Love it!!! ✌️

Love it!

Love it, Josh! Ludicrous, dangerous, and that makes it damn near perfect! Very shrouded to see a slide valve carb on it. Looks to be a mikuni vm?

Trike looks great!! Ditch that thumb throttle for a twist.

Turning is definitely going to be a lean forward for front traction type of thing. My home built mini trike is the same. And the locked rear axle reallllly don’t help. After you get it a few hours the belt will be broke in and very predictable in your acceleration. Plus you’ll have a few hours getting the feel for the whole thing. Looks fun as heck.

Just a thought, build those little 3d printed gauge deals for marking straight lines in 1 5/8, 1 7/8 and 2 inch and I bet they would sell header builders might want this

This explains the wheelie bar !!!

That smile is what it's all about!

Looks awesome. Before long you'll be doing wheelies down the block! Now put a Hypercharger on it already lol

That thing is awsome!!!... I dudn;t realize it was so small.... you look like a circus bear...LOL... good work man!!

Its only a bad idea if it lands you in the ER......I see many many possible Epic RU-vid moments in the making here.

Grow up riding the old 3 wheelers and own hundreds and there all about leaning the design should of put the rear back more to balance it but having a little more round wheel up front will help turning plus leaning alot forward if they would of stuck rear axle back about 5-8 more inches would of handled way better back when I was younger we converted a mini bike to a trike add a swinger arm from old quad and stuffed in a 12 hp uncle had around and beat it for years they were fun times.keep up the good work just looking at that gives me so many ideas it looks possible to add suspension with little add length and wouldn't need much fab work .p.s need some pvc on back wheelers and do some drifting see some videos of people doing with there's.

Man I had just as big of a smile as you did lol.

The trike is looking really good Josh. Back in the late 80’s I had a Honda 250 Big Red trike and I loved that thing. At first it was difficult to drive because coming from riding motorcycles the whole turning the machine is different, motorcycles you lean into the turn but trikes from what I remember you had to put your weight on the opposite of the turn, basically lean right to turn left. That whole concept took a while to get used to but doing it correct would result in the machine turning on a dime. Are you going to paint it orange and black ? I cant wait to see the finished product. I was curious as to why you didn’t make it electric but figured battery size might have something to do with it. Anyways,great job so far. Keep the rubber side down. Regards…..Mike

Put that other video out that had the messed up audio and do a voice-over. The content is helpful for some of us. I stumbled upon your channel because of the trike. Your videos are informative 👌

Josh you did a great job building your trike I think it cool as hell my son uses that same motor on his go-cart builds him and his buddies are doing all the time . They rebuild frames on old go carts some have even been old shifter carts and they use that same motor to make them drive again and they are quick as hell

Josh that is COOL as sir 🇺🇲✌🏼🤙🏼

Burnt Titanium ftw 🔥

Cool video! Mind telling me where you ordered the mandrel bends for the exhaust. Thanks

Did you have a big wheel in younger years. Remember when my little brother and the entire block of children flew up and down the street on those yellow and orange plastic machines all at the same time. We had to be careful driving our cars.

Great build ! What size rims and tyres are you using ? Any info would be appreciated.

I love the comment “steers like hot garbage”. Great job Josh

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Cool build josh, . Looks like you need to integrate a diff on that rear axle.

Get the hop up kit for that ghost the exhaust alone is worth it

Hay man that is so cool

Would it be worth putting a slightly smaller sprocket on the rear so you don't immediately do a wheel as soon as it starts going? Looks like a lot of fun!

Great build, Josh!👍That smile - worth every penny, bud! But, to drop several grand to build one of these stupid things is ridiculous - so, how do I explain to the wife when it gets here, lol! Btw, love the Pro-Line Hoosiers! 😉

That particular shade of orange seems awfully dark!🤣🤣

Did the cops show up? The neighbor across the street looked like they were ready to make the call. LOL

She was thinking, yup that’s my man child. That smile was worth every bit of the hard work

Could you make mudguards for the rear wheels (carbon ) with mounting points for a rig on each ?

Looks great; where is your helmet?

Where did you purchase the muffler and mandrel bent tubing? Also where did you get the brake rotor?

I was wondering if you could do without the torque converter? Would the motor still have the power to lift the front end?

Where did you buy the u shape pipe for the exhaust. What size is it?

cool

Throttle cable cut off connected to your belt if thrown from machine.

Adapting a golf cart motor to this would be rather easy. Some use a chain.

How wide are the frame rails???? Inside to inside????

holy moly! that a skin graft machine! BE CAREFUL!

Do you have a list of where to buy all the materials?

New Business Harley’s Baby Harleys.

I heard you did a s10 bumper once ...would love to see thar

Stretch it, longer wheelie bar for safety definitely rear fenders

Are you selling these exhaust set ups? I'd love to buy one

What size tires are those?

sweet 3 wheel - Nice - should do a nice burnout

It is clear you design more often than fabricate, but it is good when a guy can do both. I would advise in situations like this you start testing the accuracy of the eyecrometer.. over the years of fabricating ya can get withing a a 1/2mm reliably. And it saves a ton of time my friend.

nice, would be better with a differential, how about one from a ride on mower?

Qual o tamanho desses pneus e onde encontro prá comprar? Obrigado!

Lean out on the slow corners. Get that inner tire off the ground.

I would think you could adjust the pulley system to engage at lower rpm so it isn't hitting so hard at the higher rpm it is engaging at.

The shit eating grin says it all! Awesome!

Bitchin machine Josh!🔥💯🤙

Can we get links to the parts you used?

You did a good job building that exhaust. I honestly feel like you could have designed and built yer own frame for a quarter of the cost, you've got the skills. I don't like the wide front tire. I do like, very much, the seat. I'm curious about those predator race motors, that one looked like it's gonna work real good. Those tires are titties, I want a Honda City turbo with those tires wooooooo. I expect yer gonna paint it orange huh? A sunburst orange like on a guitar would look real good, might be kinda hard to get the effect on the frame tube though dunno. 🤘wooooooooo scary fun🤘y'all have a badass day🤘🍻🤘

Where did you get the silencer?

I put one of these little Chinese motors on a mountain bike back in 08 and with a few modes the moped aspect was left behind. It is loud as shit but it rips. Does 45 with ease and still gets a million miles to the gallon. I can see it is the exact same system. Your front tire isn't inspiring your ability to turn. And again I would reinforce the head tube friend.

When did you get matt’s chair? Oil that thing

Bruce Wayne be like, _Who has my Tumbler's front wheels?!_

Boa noite!

Please give us videos of this machine running. You should race an xmax on a dirt bike course. Will you need different tires for dirt. So cool when you build it yourself.

I thought you were building a trike not a 3 wheeler death trap. Lol

What kind of gas tank is that?

Is Flip That Truck over?

#broughtoyouby

The smile on your face is epic ,😄 great stuff nice ride. Please check out my trike it's sweet to , For up north , Canada ☺️👍

3 wheel machines tip over in a turn going down hills. Be careful. Spent years on dirt bikes and quads. Your smile was pricless. The more protective gear you wear the harder you can drive this evil toy. Be safe. You only get 1 set of nuts.

Wish they sell em complete or atleast complete kit with all the parts , my crazy life it get half finished . I have 85 Honda atc 250 cc

Tell me u watch cars and cameras lmao u without a hat on could pass as John's dad lmao hahahahahaha u would have to watch it lol but u got a nice fro goin on lmao

Helmet . Dont end up like roman attwoods mother. We care about you.

Still should have gone with a YUGE electric motor and ESC. 🔌

did you borrow Matt's chair for this video?