Your dad raised a good man.

Not to laugh at your misfortune, but when the rusty chain broke almost immediately, I just about *fell out of my chair!* 😂 Your videos are incredibly enjoyable James. Really enjoyed this one my friend. Kudos to you for making something for your dad to get around easier. Take care, be safe and happy wrenching 🔧🔩

Your DIY bike is crying out for a 48v battery - maybe not 960wh, depends on the range needed. You could always try a 36v power tool battery (or 2x 18v in series). It will work but the range will be rubbish.

sweet. I look forward to this the most on youtube.

That piece of scrap you used to make the bush looks like a home made faceplate for a wood lathe. Spikes and screw holes to fix the wood.

I never knew one could multiply fun by 4 times! I've been softening the wife unit up for a magically appearing tool... a welder. I can see that leading to multiple levels of fun with more tools appearing. Thanks for the video. Entertaining and informative as always!

This channel is the best! There's just no other channel like it! The wife scope of the projects you work on is just amazing! I always get a huge grin on my face when I see that you've posted a new video 👌😁

You're a good son...nice job.

The company Lectric Bikes is coming out with a E-trike too. It's rear wheel drive and honestly about half the price. I ride a two wheeler from them and it's opened up so many more fishing places and opportunitys along the coast for me. Plus I don't have to wear my old a$$ out carrying all the gear. Very much enjoy your videos.

Right on time! Friday night extended episode FTW 🎉 (9pm here in the UK)

Your content always amazes me I expect to see you working on a rusty old jeep but then you come out with a unique and cool build Now you need a camper trailer to tow behind it for an epic adventure

Love your sense of humour. I’m glad your dad liked your bike more than the production made one, great video as always 😎👍

Just in time for supper, cool project!

It was fun too watch you make more stuff, And nice you get sponsers… Free stuf is always……fun. Thanks 😉👍

I've built a powered trike with a 2 stroke motorized bike kit, 140 bucks for the kit and it works great, it can go about 25-30 mph no issue and it's really cool

Absolutely the best channel on youtube!!! Cheers

I almost lost it with the Smiling Polar Bear. Thanks for the entertainment!

Your Dad will not want to give up the admotor trike, its nice. Ebikes are great.

That "wrong tunnel" used to be on an old Jeep trail I would drive my 3B through back in the day.

It's a pleasure. Watching and listening to the techs comments and explanations, he is very precise , secure and concrete in his presentation, would like to meet him if he isn't very far away,. I'm in Alabama near Birmingham. Thanks for your presentation.

Back in the 50's and 60's we used buttermilk in the tubes to act as stop leak. It worked. We also had to deal with the goathead stickers. The buttermilk didn't work 100% of the time . Just depended on how many goatheads vs how much buttermilk

Ok, hear me out. Swap the seat and handlebars. Make the two tires the front, make them steer. Make the single tire the rear drive wheel. Like a Can Am. For cheap. Not only more stable, but able to see how wide you are without looking back. Love your videos. Been watching a long time.

One of your best videos yet, your becoming one of my favorite channels. Right on par with the million subscriber channels.

lts crazy how l can have little interest in the subject matter but these videos still draw me in. Even w/ my adhd lm locked in and learning. Love the channel.

Neighbor has one of those trikes, took it for a ride. Very different experience and I did have an ATC back in the day. Interesting little project was going to convert an old AMF moped to electric but sold it. Brother did an electric minibike works surprisingly well.

I've been doing electric bikes for years now and I have three that I ride regularly. One for commuting. One for errands. One for backup for either purpose. And So Much FUN!!!

That rv is an absolute gem😍❤

We have the same motto. Along with "I make things up as I go," the other phrase that encompasses my process is, "When all else fails, read the instructions."

I saw this video come up a long time ago and I thought you were just reviewing some bikes a company sent to you. YT has shown it to me again (because I’m rewatching your other videos) and I realized it says ‘DIY’ in the title and I thought “Oh, he’s building his own bike!” so I watched it and enjoyed it a lot, like all your other videos. Keep up the great work; I recommend your channel to other people often.

I waited to watch this I thought it would be boring, but you did it again dude, you turned it into great information and fun. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

This is quickly becoming my most looked forward to channel. Great stuff. Please keep it up!

Glad to see the family getting involved. Great seeing your daughter and Dad. Thanks for the awesome, funny content

I've been debating on grabbing some old mountain bike and throwing an e kit on it. Would be great to zip around town on since I don't have a license at the moment.

Great video

Thank you. I almost peed myself laughing when the chain on the diy broke after repairs. Man you are my people. Laughter is under rated as a fix for so many problems. Thank you again.

Yay for Dad.. Great Video!!!!!

I am a mechanical engineer and build high power electric bicycles that people barely notice because they are quiet and the motors and batteries meld into the frame pretty well. My bikes can go unspeakable speeds that you can't buy at the bike shop. All I can say is you are a smart guy and well done for what you do. If you like, you could build something with motorcycle like speed but that may not be your objective. The stealth aspect of riding with a motor is perhaps the biggest benefit. 2000 watts on a bicycle is a magic carpet ride. Ride safe.

I think that startup procedure issue you had on the add bike was a safety feature, to prevent theft from opportunists

I have a few cat trike bikes, just pedaling they can go over 25 MPH, but the thing is the tires are specifically made for trikes, regular bike tires wouldn’t work, but those have 2 front steering tires and one rear drive tire, way more stable that way

Yes! Having 4 times the fun is always good. Awesome video.

Your videos are great 👍. You are like a mad scientist. I get comedy mechanics and innovation all in one. Keep having fun!!

You can get more speed out of the bike if you replace those 12-volt car batteries with 12-volt motorcycle batteries.

Re: finger tight pedals. Probably a quick way to ship, and reduce customer service calls from trying to bolt in a reverse threaded pedal, or destroying the threads trying to. Also keeps the packer from shipping 2 pedals of the same direction threads.

Ebikes are pretty popular here when there's not any snow. I've been too cheap to buy one though

thats actaully really neat an the diy looks perfect for our dad, i used to have one of those frames sittin around the ranch at the folks that dad found at the dump, wonder if its still floatin around, its a small one for kids

Fantastic video content , love your sense of humour , and your creative mind , thank you for sharing with us

Thanks for the video! It was nice seeing the scenery.

I stumbled upon this and was hooked! Thank you 🙏

20 mph looked scary but the home made one looks more fun and less dangerous too!

To dad, all those complicated "extra" performance doesn't matter . But what his son made him is perfect and simple to use is more important. He's proud of you.

you know, if you cut zip ties on the tail side rather than the head side you can cut a new point on the tail and reuse them until they're too short to reach around whatever. i save the zip ties on the packaging of everything i buy 'cause free short zip ties.

Hey I really enjoyed your video and that was a pretty nice well-informed feel that you did!

Your conclusion is interesting and thoughtful. Thanks for sharing

An amazing amount of people are interested in the eBikes. I remember just five years ago it was one out of maybe three callers. Now it is nearly 100% of the people I'm talking to about bikes. I'm glad you built our own with a kit. The true fun arrives when you are riding on two wheels or, a trike where the front wheels steer. A much more enjoyable ride on a recumbent. Great video!!!!!!!!!

Hey. I think that front hub on the old tricycle is a generator for a headlight. I really didn’t get a good look at it. Maybe spin the wheel and test it for voltage.

Wild success!

Rally enjoy your basic minimalist approach & sense of humor, I'm now 70 and dealing with disabilities plus age, not at wheel chair stage yet, but have gone from a couple DIY built Ice powered trikes 3-5hp 4 stroke, to an old vintage german made 2 wheel electric scooter with acid batteries & a 10 mile, 10 mph range max, to a nicely built American electric mountain bicycle with 30 mile range at 30 mph, hand throttle only.. bikes are a hard habit to give up, after 55 years/ 1.5Million miles of Motorcycle riding, If i was only 20 years younger, the e mtn -bike's not working for me due to balance problems, so electric trike is now on my menu. Problem is range, i live about 40 miles round trip across the desert to town, i could take the paved hwy/ road or a dirt road & some trails to town.. The highway is not awful busy but has its moments, people do drive awful fast these days 70-80 is the norm it seems, So thats a risk, plus so car drivers are have eyes glued to their cell phones while driving, which is very unsettling when i think of getting rear ended, so installing bright & continuing flashing lights on rear would hopefully catch the cell phone numbskulls attention coming up on my slow moving trike. I am past the point of a DIY build anymore, so looking for a good used e-trike as new ones run from 2500-4500 usd.. way out of my financial reach.

I got a new Chinese Trike for $400 , a Warehouse 350watt Electric Front Wheel for $200 , and a 14.4ah Battery for $250 ... Total $850 from Amazon ! ... My kids assembled it ! ... It cost 1/2 the amount of the next whole option , which you still have to Assemble ! ... and 1/4 the Price of your fancy bike ... Plus No welding ! ... I Will be having fun this Summer ! ... If I don't break my Neck ....... Cheers ! ... Great Show !

Good show. Definitely inspiring.

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

The admotor trike would be perfect for me. Legally blind,, 6-4". If I hit the lottery, I'm all in. For now though, I will keep riding my lawnmower to the store.

dodge different, good on ya.. love the channel.!

Great video bro thanks for sharing

Motorcycle helmets work on bicycles! Plus you can have a bluetooth link to your phone! I went with a dirtbike helmet for better ventilation & a visor.

Great comparison

I need one that's why I watch ideas to DYS

The thing with the sprocket and the brass bushing looks like a drive for pig roasting, the spikes go into the pigs back end to turn it on the spit.

That e-trike is so well built. I can see it in the video. The price went down. Well worth what the price is. (Just under $3000).

Excellent Low Buck Garage :) think a deep cycle marine battery on homemade built also because by one put acid water mix or distilled water if go low fluid plus last long time in years and fit baskets ! Plus recharge faster and charge last long depends how much used! I have used on talking CB , Ham mobiles rigs got 30 days for full charge plus do 8 hours use each time too and hope try out to! One used in past was 850 Cold Cranking Amps and 160 Reserve Amps Hours ! Plus did great heat of Summer Season plus Cold Winter season months when super cold even my back garage home not instaulled or heat all time only when at home! But also need 4 to 6 amp fast or slow charger to recharge battery! Hopefully this hints try out !

Just a heads up, those replacement tires you got if they are anything like the ones made here they are not real rubber sort of plastic ish and will crack and fall apart after a couple years.

I’ll never forget when I was ljttle i would always drive my grandmas scooter around when she didn’t need it. 😂 the funnest toy for a 5 year old

Grandtan looks good

cool trike reminds me of the meter maid carts used , 3k though that 1k more than the explorer i drive

awesome vid. soooo lucky on bolt pattern :)

Fantastic!

I went the DIY route similar to yours. It's fun if you're so inclined. I never got used to 1 back wheel stopping me when I pedaled backwards and the horrible noise the brake made over 10 mph😂

The sprocketed spikey doohickey looks like someone made a homemade wood lathe drive or that what my mind came up with.

Does it make sense that the add motor is twice as fast because 48v vs 24v on diy? Thanks for sharing your talents and adventures.

About to complete my first ebike build, just waiting on the a few bits and pieces to tidy everything up. I also took some scrap parts and starting putting together a full suspension trike...after watching this, I think I may just make a motor mount for the trike too so I can swap the motor back and forth until I can get another one. I just took a smaller frame with 20" wheels, removed the rear and replaced with two 16" wheels / 2x threaded coupling with threaded rod connecting them. I had to swap sides the crank so it would align with new freewheel location. And i can just run two rear wheels with freewheels, one for motor, one for pedals. I had to drop to 16" rear wheels cause I didnt widen the rear tires out, and feet would hit 20" wheels when pedalling. It is pretty low to the ground...i could make it electric power only and go back to 20"...or maybe even some pedal extensions or a wider bottom bracket could let me run 20" without making a rear axle. (No welder, just angle grinders and nuts and bolts). I found these cheap plastic cutting boards that are just under 1/2" thick that i make a lot of parts from...motor mounts and bushings, mostly. Couple bucks, can glue it to make thicker blocks. It is great stuff to work with. Can also heat and bend it, of course. I got a small Mastercraft hand saw made for cutting pvc pipe that cuts through it great, and is only like $7 or something.

You should try one of those gas powered bike kits

I know this video is old, but I don't care. I actually have a pedal-only fat tire bicycle, and I've had dozens of punctures, and the tubes are patched like crazy. I finally figured out that instead of going tubeless, just to inject the tube with sealant, solved all of those flats issues. Those stupid goat's head stickers were to blame for the vast majority of the punctures too.

That was an interesting and good video! Like you, I do things to try and help make my Dad's life better, and like you found out, simpler is better. Just today I "helped" him get his rechargeable electric razor working. The issue was that it is designed to operate only when the charge cord is disconnected. Because I suspected the charge cord had to be disconnected, I took care of that and it worked, but I'm pretty sure I saw those clouds of disbelief in his eyes. I was a little concerned when your Dad got close to the building on the faster and more powerful bike. If you're like me, you'll want to give your Dad the better bike, but be careful. Oh, with regard to the weights, I think the lead acid batteries added a lot to the weight of the DIY rig, and I'd like to see you try some inexpensive LiPo batteries. I started to say "cordless tool batteries", but the cost of those is a big reason I don't have many cordless power tools. I bought a cordless drill from Harbor Freight Tools, and I believe they buy downgraded batteries that have been rejected by other companies - mine have a high self-discharge rate, so must be charged the night before use. Maybe get name-brand used batteries from eBay?

Chain breaking and slow acceleration would be fixed with a larger driven sprocket on the rear axle of the DIY trike.

Awesome trike

Elephant Butte lake. Last time I was there was in 1980 with a Honda ATC 185 from Champion Honda in Roswell. lol

Many thanks for making this amazing video! Your bike looks nice also. Enjoy your time with our #Addmotor #Grandtan 😊.

19:37 I agree, Everything should have a twist throttle.

U really help me thanknu. Just trying to do same u are building I don't know how

Get another motor & power each rear wheel, then add a hub motor for the front wheel.

On the DIY by you should have come up with a way for the electric motor to power the freewheelin tire on back, then that way you have a two-Legger when you need it

Ok! Addmotor wins ! I've been looking at three wheelers for awhile now. I even thought about doing the DIY thing too. Too labor intensive. I've got friends with AddMotor bikes who swear by them. Also looked at Rad and Lectric. The rest are Chinese junk (pun?). Thanks for the no boring sales pitch and very informative hands on video. Marc from Lake Elsinore California

Another great video! I wish my mom could use something like that. She’s 83. ☺️ are you telling me you don’t have a couple of battery boxes?😈

Thanks.

Great experience, Im sure the experience and performance would be closer if the DIY had similar batteries with less weight and more power. Your only running 24VDC.

Wery dry surrounding,but the whole vid. is supreem !!! Ahoj from Morava .

Your Lil'Talk at the End. Well, It shows just how much our country is Screwed Up anymore. It shore ain't the same one as I grew up in❕

The part you are talking about looks like an old starter from maybe a riding mower or something

Man you are good

I put a 1500 watt motor /wheel on a trike and it gets about 30 mph - but the tires and brakes needed upgrading

Does the pedaling back charge the battery to provide more distance?