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Post by Beardoggie1 on May 21, 2011 9:32:04 GMT -5
I now have 225 mikes on it and the best MPH I got (GPD) was 53 MPH flat road little wing. I weigh 205 Lbs The speedometer showed 62 MPH. Gas mileage is around 55 mpg. @40 to 50 mpg and 60 cruising the country roads from 20 to 40 mph - I set the Carb mixture and RPM per their instruction. (hat to remove the side plastic to so this) I used a small engine tack because their isn't one on the trike. I wish there was a pick up connect to plug a tack into. I have to run it off of the plug wire. Addition note: Used 90 Octane gas for 150 miles and 87 for 75 mile. No difference in performance or mileage Remember their octane rating is chines is a different calculation than ours. Their 91 calculated octane is equal to our Research 87 - Why do I know this - I retired from 40 years as an Mechanical Maintenance and planning engineer in 3 different refinery's . I check the spark plug both times and observed no difference in electrode condition (dark beige color) One more thing - While the cover is off. Put a furl filter in the fuel line and relocate the full shut off valve which is located under the gas tank and is impossible to reach . Extend the fuel fill over flow closer to the ground. I only extends about 2" under the tank near the hot engine. Attachments:
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Post by ulavenger on Jun 3, 2011 13:47:39 GMT -5
After setting up the wheel alignment I am able to report that my trike is very stable at speeds up to the max I am getting out of it - 52mph verified on the GPS. The speedo reads erratically and very inaccurately above 40mph. It was reading 68mph at the 52mph GPS reading. I'm delighted with the handling, a bit disappointed with the top speed, but will look into tuning. I'm going to be riding to work on it (mainly 30-40mph speed limits and a mile of 50mph limit) and it seems ideal for town/city and low speed roads, although the ride is still a bit hard. Still, it is a lot of fun! www.mc95reversetrikegroup.info
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Post by edfr on Jun 3, 2011 14:26:24 GMT -5
Ulavenger, Great!! That is good news that you have it nicely setup and now you can work on just a few mods to get around 5 more mph or more out of it. Lefty
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Post by Forrest on Nov 14, 2011 0:24:59 GMT -5
I would like to read any more updates and info anyone has. I was reading the forums and they answered one of my questions and that is the guy from supersportz.com said they were selling me a 2010 that has been upgraded with mods. I've been to your site and seen the upgrades like the sway bar with u bolts, new suspension, ect... Are these mods done by Kandi before they leave sunny sports (factory I'm guessing) or is someone else having to change out these parts?? Do these bikes last?? I'm not afraid to do minor adjustments, but I would hate to have to throw the thing away in a year. I originally bought a 150 kandi reverse trike. I liked the bike, but I believe it was damaged before arrival as it shook violently over 30 MPH and other various problems arose in a short time. Any comments are appreciated.
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Post by ulavenger on Mar 5, 2012 11:44:59 GMT -5
If you are a MC-95-250 (or other similar 250cc Chinese reverse trike) and have any comments, good or bad, but preferably helpful, to share please go to www.MC-95ReverseTrikeGroup.com and add to the Blogg page or email me: ulavenger@yahoo.com Info on maintenance, parts availability, mods and things the dealers don't mention, are all welcome. ;D Kevin
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Post by garyx1 on May 3, 2012 20:29:53 GMT -5
do not buy from killermotorsports the worst ive ever seen.
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Post by turbo51henry on May 31, 2012 21:41:13 GMT -5
Well I'm almost ashamed to tell you how I adjusted my front end on my inverted mc95-250 trike. but will try to explain it to you. First look at the castle nuts and ball joints is in the slot of the nut. If the nut is driven way up to snug up the ball joint and the carter pin is way down away from the nut than you will have to make up the difference with washers. These can be gotten at any hardware store. add washers until the castle nut meets the carter pin the way it is suppose to. than put the pin in and this will keep the ball joint in place. Do this for the upper and lower ball joints. Then I adjusted the camber with a level on the wheel and moving the upper ball joint one turn at a time and checking it until the bubble was perfect dead center and securing the ball joint at every measurement until dead center was obtained. You may have to go in or out with the threads of the ball joint to obtain this result. once your tires are straight up and down than bring the ball joint out one full revolution on each tire to give it a little camber. and then moved the lower ball joint and tie rod to bring the tires to toe in just enough to be able to see them toed in with the neighed eye "both sides" Now this has to be done on a super smooth cement floor. Now if you move the trike forward or backward by hand you can here the tires try to push the bike into itself "tires are trying to squeeze the trike." while moving the trike you can here the tires squeak on the floor as the mis-alignment tries to bring the bike in on its self. now put a strip of red tape on the tie rod horizontally "------"
Now loosen the nuts on the rod on the left side there will be one on both ends of the tie-rod one out by the wheel and one on the inside by the steering Cosmo.turn this just one half turn to bring the front of the tire to the outside of the trike (away from the center of the trike) Than do the same to the other side and then lock all of the nuts and roll the bike back and forth along the floor and listen for the squeak and do this again and again until the tires stop squeaking as the trike is moved back and forth on the floor. If you only here the squeak on one side than that is the side to adjust. Take it out for a test ride to see how it handles. bring it back in and adjust accordingly. You can adjust it by just one quarter turn at a time instead of one half turn just make sure you keep track of what you are doing.
oh and the tires should be as good as new tread wise to that they will squeak good . worn or bald tires will not work well for this stunt.
thanks for listening turbo51Henry
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