norelem sponsors Munich Technical School’s trike project

It looks like a lowered motorbike with three wheels: the trike. A special form of trike, the drift trike, has now been constructed as part of a project at the Munich Technical School. Originally, drift trikes were developed to drift downhill through bends on a road. This “drifting” involves deliberately causing a loss of traction in the rear wheels. In other words, the vehicle is oversteered in a controlled manner in order to be able to drive curved lines at a constant high speed. This involves pressing hard plastic tubes, often PVC pipes, over the rear tyres. In order to be able to drive the drift trike on even roads, a 200 cc Honda engine with 6.5 hp power was installed in the project.

norelem supported the team with some components. The sliding system, consisting of a carriage and guide rail, enables a clean seat adjustment with very little play. This is in turn bolted to the frame and secured with ball lock pins for fixation. A rubber buffer ensures that vibrations are reduced and thus damage to the chain guard, engine or frame can be prevented.

A norelem rubber buffer was installed here to reduce the vibrations of the motor on the chain guard.

The sliding system enables clean seat adjustment with very little play, secured and fixed with the norelem locking bolts.