Trike build, part 2

[cowpuc]

My neighbor who I have been helping with the trike kit woke me up this morning at 6:30.. We had the axle mounts ready to weld up last time around and he was ready for me to weld er up.. Had the trike in his trailer..

I used to weld pipe for the Boilermakers so I got elected to lay the welds,, of course,, with that came the first ride!!

I know there are probably lots of folks out there that really dont care for trikes,, street or trail.. I spent many many summers on Honda 350 X's, Honda 250R 3 wheelers and Yamaha Tri-Z's and LOVED em, of course I loved single trackin on my KX500 too so....

Because of its shortness, nimbleness (he still wont listen to me about tossing some rake at it to slow the steering down for his wife) and the torque of the Sporty motor, I came back just a smiling.. Done several healthy donuts on the drive way grave, ran er up to 60 a couple times on the pavement, hit the wet grass for some frolic and came back saying - we need 3 of these - 1 for each of us so we can go 2 trackin!!!! WHAT A RIOT!!!

Dave said "better get that mud off my wifes bike before she see it" :rotf:

It instantly took me back to my frolicin 3 wheeling days,, mud covered with swamp mud or Silver Lake Sand Dune sand... I would LOVE to hang some paddle tires on a built Sporty trike and go play in the dunes....:cool10:

He swapped in the 70 series tires for some 50 series, I liked the looks of those great big 70's BUT they really were way more tire than a stock HD 883 could possibly handle.. Looks like he is gonna off the body kit I had pics of earlier and gonna go with a much daintier set of "Bobber" fenders.. He and my other neighbor are truck drivers and they are talking about a light bar for the back of a Semi for rear lights...

At any rate,, it is now rideable (will be even more so when we get the pipes back on it - sure am glad our "hood" is full of gearheads cause the common man probably wouldnt have cared for some lunatic running up and down the road at 8 a.m. on a Sporty with no pipes on it:cool10:), everything running true and a pretty cool little scoot!!

Puc

[Oldodge]

I had a couple three-wheelers back in the day. My favorite was a 250R but I sold it because I wasn't as young as I once was. Man were they fun. Looks like a cool ride there Puc.