update on my leading link swap build.

[butchvoss]

I finished my forks and all fabrication mods. I have paint on forks and new neck primed and ready for final paint on trike. I had to build a new dash board and some other unexpected mods but should be installing LL on bike in a couple of weeks . Pictures to come..

 

[Gorilla]

cool can't wait to see them

 

[2Trikez]

Me too.

 

[irmagoo]

I finished my forks and all fabrication mods. I have paint on forks and new neck primed and ready for final paint on trike. I had to build a new dash board and some other unexpected mods but should be installing LL on bike in a couple of weeks . Pictures to come..

good to hear butch

get err done!!

magoo

 

[butchvoss]

pictures

Ok some pictures but please remember im not a painter , welder or fabracator.Just an old fart trying to build a ride .lol I still have to paint up fender and dash and then trace all the wires out and plumb out the front brakes. Just maybe have it ready for bike week.

 

[stacebg]

Ok some pictures but please remember im not a painter , welder or fabracator.Just an old fart trying to build a ride .lol I still have to paint up fender and dash and then trace all the wires out and plumb out the front brakes. Just maybe have it ready for bike week.



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looks ok to me...

 

[butchvoss]

more updated pictures

Lots left to do but coming along. I had to widen the fender 2 1/2 inches to fit wheel.

 

[butchvoss]

Thanks all for looking. Mr Magoo gave me lots of info for parts and specs.

 

[irmagoo]

look'n great butch!!
mike,,,,aka magoo

 

[IRMAGOO2]

shop space

hurry up old man i am working 70 avg to 85 my best, hrs a week (no weekends) now and id like you to teach me how to back half and cage my car and not mess it up.

i wanna go fast !! epper:

love your son
mike II

 

[Gorilla]

hurry up old man i am working 70 avg to 85 my best, hrs a week (no weekends) now and id like you to teach me how to back half and cage my car and not mess it up.

i wanna go fast !! epper:

love your son
mike II

And your first post.

 

[butchvoss]

hurry up old man i am working 70 avg to 85 my best, hrs a week (no weekends) now and id like you to teach me how to back half and cage my car and not mess it up.

i wanna go fast !epper:

My old olds

 

[IRMAGOO2]

i have a 98 mustang gt that's been parked for most of its life id like to throw money at it a little. i want to do wheelies

 

[butchvoss]

ran the trike yesterday for first time on new leading link for shake down .. Night and day difference. No more pulling right , handles the bumps sooo much better. I still get a kind of low speed shake over bumps but very manageable., on a nice road its like a dream.

My only disappointment is the front brakes. Some where i missed something on master cylinder and caliper match up. I have a very spongy brake. If disconnect one caliper hard brake but no stopping power. I believe my master cylinder is to small or my dual piston calipers to much... I used a Harley master for dual calibers to..

My front Harley air ride shocks are set at 20 lbs for best ride

 

[stacebg]

ran the trike yesterday for first time on new leading link for shake down .. Night and day difference. No more pulling right , handles the bumps sooo much better. I still get a kind of low speed shake over bumps but very manageable., on a nice road its like a dream.

My only disappointment is the front brakes. Some where i missed something on master cylinder and caliper match up. I have a very spongy brake. If disconnect one caliper hard brake but no stopping power. I believe my master cylinder is to small or my dual piston calipers to much... I used a Harley master for dual calibers to..

My front Harley air ride shocks are set at 20 lbs for best ride

what calipers did u use???
and did you have to mount them upside down????
every LL ive built i use stck calipers and they end up up side down and bleading takes foooor eeevvvverrrrr
sometimes i take em off and blead em right side up..... usually the worst part of a LL

 

[butchvoss]

I bled the master,i took calipers off and bled them with old rotor shoved in. I went threw a qt of fluid. Now today i disconnected one caliper and brakes are hard. . I used stock harley dual piston calipers. I went by the harley specs ( 4 pot dual caliper: 11/16 or 3/4 bore.) for master cylinder.. I will try bleading the shiet out of them again. ThumbUp

 

[stacebg]

I bled the master,i took calipers off and bled them with old rotor shoved in. I went threw a qt of fluid. Now today i disconnected one caliper and brakes are hard. . I used stock harley dual piston calipers. I went by the harley specs ( 4 pot dual caliper: 11/16 or 3/4 bore.) for master cylinder.. I will try bleading the shiet out of them again. ThumbUp

looks like the bleeders are on top... but perhaps not exactly at the highest point???

hard to believe but sometimes you can put a zip tie the brake lever to the handle bar a few hrs or over night...and you will have a good "peddle" lever

has worked a few times

 

[butchvoss]

looks like the bleeders are on top... but perhaps not exactly at the highest point???

hard to believe but sometimes you can put a zip tie the brake lever to the handle bar a few hrs or over night...and you will have a good "peddle" lever

has worked a few times

Funny you say that. Today the brakes are working perfect.lol

 

[Downtown Cowtown]

I put custom calipers and rotors off Jap bike on a Harley chain rear end, mmm, forgot the calipers were pointing down an so were the bleeders.

so i bled them in the upright position and re-bolted them, then they worked, they wont bleed correctly in the down position. Not for me anyway, an that looks to be the case for yours ??? If so you probably got a bubble in the line.

Even if its working today, tomorrow maybe another story. Best of luck.

 

[butchvoss]

Well. trike took a inspection yesterday. 100% legal now
Changing to 2.73 gears hopefully this weekend. The 4.10 gears with the small 14 inch tires aren't cutting it at all .

 

[Madkaw]

Questions

Hi Stacebg,

I tried to send you a message but the system would not let me. So I dropped it in this post.

My name is Scott and I'm from the U.S. I was wondering if I my ask you a couple of questions about your front end?

I have a vulcan VN2000 with a sidecar attached that I'm building a leading link for. My bike has more trail from the factory than yours does so I'm hope you can relate to my steering problem.

What I would really like to know is your thoughts on the shocks. I need to buy a pair and I would really like to only buy one pair, so I'm hoping to get it right the first time. I was thinking the first thing to do would be to weight the front end to get a starting point. I called Progressive and they were of no help at all.

The other thing I was interested in was what you used for a front axle.

Any information you my have to share would be great. Thank you for your time and have a good day.

Scott

 

[zaraf]

Hello Butch,

I am trying to get some inspiration from your Leading Link Fork. Since I am myself a beginner and want to build my electro-trike which shall cruise 5 passengers in a city, I thought I would put some questions to you. I am looking for simple fabrication technique for the Leading Link. My questions are:

1. Did you make the triple tree with stem yourself? Did you also made the tubes yourself?

2. What sort of shocks did you use?

3. What about the brakes, trail and rake?

Thanks

Ok some pictures but please remember im not a painter , welder or fabracator.Just an old fart trying to build a ride .lol I still have to paint up fender and dash and then trace all the wires out and plumb out the front brakes. Just maybe have it ready for bike week.

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