My Trike

Just after I bought the trike, this guy wants to borrow it.

Starting to baja the rear end.

Finished the baja cuts.

Installing disc brakes.

Decided to get rid of the body. Not enough headroom.

Stripped down to the bare frame. Removed the floorboard later.

New springer front end.

Painted the motor to swap with the baja bug.

Had to move inside.

Made clutch pedal and installed master cylinder.

Goldwing tank will hide hydraulics.

Front seat from dune buggy, and rear from Jeep sitting on frame.

Looking through the tank at the master cylinder.

The shape of things to come. Plywood is temporary floorboard.

Cut the "floorboard" back. Considering headlights on the highway bar.

Tank and storage box will mount behind the rear seat.

Frame for the rear seat and storage box.

Storage box and tank mounted.

Rear seat mounted and folded forward.

Rear seat folded one time.

Rear seat open.

Front seat mounted.

Side view.

2 battery boxes under the rear seat .  1 for battery, 1 for tools???

Changed my mind again. Put floorboards for the rear seat.

Mounted the headlights and mirrors on the highway bars

Put the switches in the tank. Ignition and turn signals on the left, horn and lights on the right.

Put the tail lights on stalks. Outside light is turn signal and yellow on front side.

Tangle of wires in the tank. Fuse box is in plastic 3x5 card box.

Disassembled and painted.

Disassembled and painted.

Painted fenders and bumper.

Painted frame. Trim pieces in the background.

Shifter box

Got my dirty feet on it already. It's a go trike, not a show trike.

Installed motor, tranny, shocks, and bumper.

Fenders mounted
with spike nuts.

Rear seat and storage box frame.

Hydraulics
reinstalled.

Tank and doors
painted.

99% done.  Waiting for a graphic for the tank.

Fender graphics. These look painted on.

Right rear view. How about them spiders?

Left rear view.

The little yellow
plate is going to say "Free on 3"

Straight on view. Added turn signals under the headlights.

Right front view.

Left front view

Close up of spider.

Close up of arrow.

Close up of VW flames.

All done (this week).

Update - 1 year later. New bars, foot controls moved forward, and new and more headlights.

Close up of the mods. These are 26" bicycle bars. They didn't hold up very long.

My new bars. I tweeked the first set and went with 1" bars. Added some bags and a little shield, too.

I cleaned all the black paint off the front wheel and painted it to match the rear wheels.

I forgot to show my led side marker lights.

This is the beginning of my new front end. I had this bent and will build the rest to fit it.

These are the upper and lower trees. They are made from 3" x 1/2" flatbar. the distance between the notches is determined by bolting the rear legs to the link.

Here we have the rear legs welded to the lower tree and bolted to the upper tree.

These are the front legs. The rods for the springs were welded on later.

The front end assembled. I went through 3 sets of lower springs before I found a pair stiff enough.

All painted and ready to go. I finally added a front fender.

The latest picture with the new front end and the trailer. I plan to paint the trailer wheels and the front wheel yellow.

LOOK!! These silly people put a trophy on my trike.

I started turning the springer into a shocker and it turned into a total rebuild. The motor is now a 2 liter type IV.

It's been a while since I posted any new pics. I finished the reconstruction of the front end and the rear cage.

This is a close up of my new leading link/shocker front end. Has an excellent ride and can be turned with 2 fingers.

I replaced the fake tank with a 4 gallon tank. There is an electric valve under the rear seat to switch between tanks.

The new rear cage is 4-5 inches higher and 6 inches further to the rear. Makes it easier for the passenger to get on and off.

The type 4 motor, Harley fishtails, and the taillights I had powdercoated black.

When I replaced the tank, I had to move the master cylinders. They are under the front seat now.

The headlights were for dunebuggies. They were powdercoated also.

I had the bars and risers powdercoated.

My electrics were in the Goldwing tank. I made this dash to mount the GPS and idiot lights.

This is similar to the pvc electrical box I used to make the dash.

The latest (1/1/11) pics of my trike and teardrop.

I tweaked a set of bars to make them more comfortable. I cut off the grip ends and rotated them slightly to make them fit my hands better, removed about 2 inches of width, added a crossbar up high, and made a new dash to mount to the crossbar.