- when i saw that black trike above - and yes i did see it first time round, being married ive learned a little about multi-tasking - i had one of those ah ah! moments - been sitting on a motor for about 25 years that i simply had no vision for
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What kind of motor?
Mellowyellow
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Sorry guys I just cant see anything cool about having a trike, I think (just my opinion) they are ugly as sin, and having three different track paths must make them bumpy as hell.
don't seem to be able to just get the pictures from this site,but this is my idea of a trike,the ones towards the bottom of the page anyway,
www.nhca.co.uk/home/nhca.htm
click on pictures then on trikes,bit long winded but its the only way I know how
www.nhca.co.uk/home/nhca.htm
click on pictures then on trikes,bit long winded but its the only way I know how
crash
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well mellowyellow like i said i am building it for a bother of mine that was in a wreck and cant hold a bike up anymore and i dont want him to give up riding
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Yeah I know what you mean. I've never liked the looks of a trike that's a harley front end with a couple of car tires on the back. But I do like the reverse trikes a lot more. And for someone who is disabled or injured, something like a Can-Am Spyder or the traditional Harley trike might be what they need to get back on the open road. And as far as me wanting a trike, it wouldn't be your traditional trike that stays upright on its own; it would be a reverse tilting trike with two motorcycle tires up front that lean with you in the turns. Like the Brudeli pictures attached below with a bigger motor (SV1000) and more of a mechanical look. With the extra tire contact patch up front and a low center of gravity, they can out perform 2 wheeled bikes in cornering on almost any surface.
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crash
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for some reason that just dont look that safe to me 
and i kinda like the rear wheeld trikes myself just my 
damn its been along time since i used this 
lol had to use it once more 
and i kinda like the rear wheeld trikes myself just my damn its been along time since i used this lol had to use it once more
@ It's plenty safe! I would argue it's much safer than a two-wheeled motorcycle. They balance, turn, and feel like a two-wheeled bike, but have the added benefit of a low center of gravity and two tire contact patches. From what I've read, if you got on one and didn't look down, you wouldn't know you weren't on a two-wheeled bike.
crash
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yeah i am sure its safe but to me it just dont look that safe the way it is laying in the curves
That is pretty cool looking for a traditional trike.
Your cousin has some skills. How much boost is he able to run? How does the automatic shift work?
- youre as bad as my taxman with the questions 
...give me a day or 2 to answer, have to find his email address
- the trike for his mate built i think 78 was 1700cc VW beetle motor and automatic trans mounted to rear VW subframe simply unbolted out of a car, rolling, easily converted to trike from there...hand throttle, front and rear brakes on the bars, hand shift...pretty standard stuff these days
...give me a day or 2 to answer, have to find his email address
- the trike for his mate built i think 78 was 1700cc VW beetle motor and automatic trans mounted to rear VW subframe simply unbolted out of a car, rolling, easily converted to trike from there...hand throttle, front and rear brakes on the bars, hand shift...pretty standard stuff these days
You hiding some things from your tax man?
- had to go back to the original to get a little perspective 
- the shift doesnt so much worry me, what concerned me most was the open drive belts - wouldnt want my jeans to catch there - still, my pulse starts doing strange things when viewing that particular combo
- the shift doesnt so much worry me, what concerned me most was the open drive belts - wouldnt want my jeans to catch there - still, my pulse starts doing strange things when viewing that particular combo
