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Update to: TRIKE IS FINISHED!!!


vicco27

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Thank you everyone for all the great comments. They’re really nice to read.

 

The project took about three and a half years. Would’ve been done sooner, but I lost time in 2009 and 2010 because of having major surgery and couldn’t work on it for several months. My wife had surgery in February of this year and I lost a few weeks because I was taking care of her.

 

The reverser is an outboard motor flywheel mounted to the drive shaft and uses an outboard motor starter. It doesn’t work perfectly. I need to push it backwards with my toes to get it started rolling before using the switch. I think I should have used a smaller flywheel ring gear.

 

The rear end is a 7.5” Cougar, T-bird w/IRS.

 

I haven’t done any rake change yet, but it does seem to steer weird. Didn’t think to make a place for a spare fuel tank.

 

The body is from a Tri-Wing kit. They didn’t want to sell me one, had to beg, borrow, and really argue with them to get it. Otherwise, the frame system and suspension are all out of my head.

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When we get a chance, we’ll take some pictures of it from all angles and put them in a photobucket album so you can see what it looks like.

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The rear bumpers and the luggage racks on the fenders were made from stainless steel rod that I cut, formed, welded, ground, and polished. They aren't as shiny as I'd like them to be, but I got tired.

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