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Kite Bike mod for my Flexi Buggy

Tomasz - 23-9-2016 at 06:43 PM

So, to start.... I am not a welder & don't really have the resources to become one... That being said, I have been itching to make a kite bike for quite some time now. Had great aspirations to build one from scratch (starting with taking welding classes & all). Those have dwindled down to reality (of being too broke to take that route). Undeterred, I decided to not reinvent the wheel for the sake of bragging rights & moved on to practicality. I have a flexifoil buggy, a Sesna wheel and some hardware, so I went to work. Made a crude trial run at it while I was waiting for the shocks to arrive, which provided a working proof-of-concept, and showed me shortcomings to work through. Once they did I arrive, I made my "version 2", and it behaves exactly as I had hoped. Now I just gotta up my skill level to match. Anyways; here's the results...

IMG_0650.jpg - 184kB IMG_0657.jpg - 236kB IMG_0651.jpg - 156kB IMG_0653.jpg - 229kB IMG_0655.jpg - 230kB IMG_0656.jpg - 240kB

Tomasz - 23-9-2016 at 06:46 PM

The awesome part of this is that it only takes 2 bolts to turn it back into the original buggy...

sand flea - 23-9-2016 at 07:38 PM

That thing rocks!
I wanna ride it
Love the suspension, brilliant design

Come to Sunset Beach
I can't make it to Alaska

You need to come to Spring SOBB Brother


skimtwashington - 23-9-2016 at 08:01 PM


Want to see a video of it in action...

2 bolts? Transformer!

rtz - 23-9-2016 at 08:04 PM

Clever design. I like it.

bigkid - 23-9-2016 at 09:04 PM

Nice work.:thumbup:
The buggy/kitebike will work much easier on your beach than the boardz or dirt surfers. videos please.

kteguru - 24-9-2016 at 02:23 PM

:thumbup::thumbup:

WELDNGOD - 24-9-2016 at 04:01 PM

Here are my two transformer kitebike / buggies

kytbyk pkf.jpg - 204kB alumabyk.jpg - 109kB

WELDNGOD - 24-9-2016 at 04:24 PM

Start making a rear fender... You'll soon find out why...LOL

Tomasz - 26-9-2016 at 09:30 AM

Yes, a fender will be the next addition. And I've been wanting to go to a buggy festival for a few years now, maybe this spring I can make it happen, we'll see. Taking all my toys down the AlCan sound daunting. I did acquire recently a Peter Lynn KiteCat, and as I understand there's only a few of them left in the world. It'd be fun to drag that down along with the land toys & let it see a bit more of the world...

I'll post videos as soon I've got them (hopefully my riding skills will have caught up by then). I love the purple fenders on yours WELDNGOD, you guys on here were a big part of my inspiration. I've been trolling the kite forums & PTW's site for a few years now getting ideas. Lots of great designs to aspire to.