From what you posted I get the idea that if I put the magnets on say, a 20 inch rim, out near or on the edge, place a few, say 3 or 4 coils out there on the frame rails and add more magnets, say 1 every inch or so that this may work ? Remember, this is a 3 wheeler and as such it has at least 2 frame rails per side of each rear tire, meaning I could, in theory, place 8 coils on each rear wheel, using both the inside and outside rails. I know, your sitting there wondering what this crazy old hillbilly is talking about so to muddy things up even more, this is a 12 speed bike converted to a 3 wheeler, something I was told couldn't be done. Each rear wheel has 2 rails as support shaped like an inverted "U". Braking is on the front 24 inch rim.

     Now I've heard from more knowlegable people on reasons why my original idea would not work, many of which were of the opinion that too few magnets and coils and not enough speed of magnets passing coils, placing magnets on the outer rim of the back tire and adding more coils sounds like a cure. More magnets, more coils and greater speed should mean more power.