Maker Faire Bay Area 2024
Motorized Bikes, Mini Moto Trike, and see-through engine and carburetor
Home: California, United States
Street legal gasoline powered bicycles that are a sensible and practical method of transportation and well... the exact opposite: A toddler tricycle with a whopping 135cc straight piped Honda engine and a miniature chopper motorcycle made from a child's trailer bike. Also you'll have the chance to learn about the intricacies of internal combustion with an engine made out of see-through acrylic and a functional carburetor also made of see-through material.
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Maker
Robert Whitmire
Dane Whitmire started his interest in vehicles when he got his first dirt bike at the age of 7. Though he enjoyed it immensely, and still owns it to this day, he always craved a street-legal method of transport: something he could truly make his own and show off. He now wants to share his knowledge and that opportunity with other hotrodders.
What Inspired You to Make This?
As a kid I always wanted to ride my dirt bike to school, though I knew this was illegal so I though by putting an engine on a bicycle it would be considered legal. Later in life I was able to do enough research to learn all the intricacies of street legality, and made my motorized bikes, but before I got there I definitely made some goofy projects, such as the 135cc toddler trike. I'd love to inspire more kids and high-schoolers to make their own transportation, whether they're sticking engines to things that shouldn't have them, or making kits of they don't have a welder. The lesson I'd hope to convey is that you don't have to start with something useful, or "good" because every new project is a way of improving to the point of being able to make something good and practical.
