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for those that both trike & 2 wheels
do u have a issue switching back & forth between trike & your 2 wheel cycle ? I finally am getting the hang of trike driving but wonder if getting back on 2wheels my confuse my ole brain LOL- bear1953
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knobby front tire
recently converted a suzuki Vstrom (adventure style bike) with a outrigger kit, the bike has a like new knobby tire on front and Im wondering if replacing to a more highway tire would help,especially with steering ??- bear1953
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2nd outrigger trike
As some of u may remember last year I built a homemade outrigger design & installed it on a Suzuki Intruder. I rode it some but wasnt totally pleased with the way it rode, was planning on tweaking things during the winter. Well along comes a young fellow who loved the Intruder but not as a...- bear1953
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Darkside conversion size CHART
Looking for a conversion size chart ? My rear tire is 150/70/17 looking for car tire to replace it with....Thanks- bear1953
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finishing up my trike
just about finished with my homemade outrigger system , taken a couple rides and all seems well !- bear1953
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cant figure it out ?
May get bombed or kicked off BUT why is it that u post a tech post and hardly get any response YET u post about weather, dinner, breakfast, how fat the wife is, how often u have a bowel movement ,do u pick your nose or even building a snowman and everybody chimes in ???? Been on couple other...- bear1953
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PHAT A$$
with all frame work and sheetmetal mocked up I disassembled for paint.....this is the frame I painted it with Raptor liner, the sheet metal will get base/clear- bear1953
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planning on building a V8 trike next year---QUESTION
will be building my own frame with goldwing front end----what rake & trail would u try to shoot for ? Will be SBC Th350 and solid axle diff not IRS , planning on the radiator,battery etc and behind the diff...... Have built a few trikes before & guess I got lucky with whatever angles I welded up...- bear1953
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- Forum: Home Built Trikes - Non-VW
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PHAT A$$
more work on my outrigger design---she gonna have a fatass lol.....all the open areas between fenders and down to the frame will be enclosed......trying to avoid the " frame with fenders hanging on it" look , also make storage areas- bear1953
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Post Your Outrigger Trike Pics
my outrigger Im starting on Intruder 1400- bear1953
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Building my own outrigger style trike
thought of something I have not seen discussed.... Toe in or out on the outrigger tires ??? I havnt see any mention of this but I can only imagine it would have a huge impact on steering and tracking ? I think I will build some toe adjustment into my system so I can see what happens !- bear1953
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RAKE
Im doing a DYI outrigger on my Suzuki Intruder 1400 and stumbled across some tech info on that bike, seems it has a factory rake of 36 degrees which seems like a PLUS..... Back in the seventies I was chopping and raking anything I rode ;) but cannot recall what average factory rake of most...- bear1953
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trike width
looking for input on width "outside of tire to outside of tire" on outrigger style trikes ? Was planning on 60 inchs but when visualizing it with tape measure at the back it seems way too wide ?? May be that bike is on a lift inside shop ?? The bike is a suzuki intruder 1400. This is a DIY that...- bear1953
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