The Chopper Compendium

Thanks for the kind words Dan. It's been a long journey so far. Building a trike is quite a different animal compared to a bike. A lot of new things to think about.

I will do anything I can to try and help you with your wheels Dan. It will be hard to check anything without tearing the assembly all apart again........which sucks. You will be back at square one. I am guessing that Pete did the originals. How much did your piston change to make you decide to rebalance?

Just some mock up fun pics trying to decide some design paths..........

man that is some nice tube work there

I'm watching this one real close. Nice work.

Thanks guys and "YES" the tube work has been a little tedious.......8)

Scott as always, your talent and energy level never ceases to amaze me. This is going to be a righteous ride! Todd

curt wrote:man that is some nice tube work there

I second Curt on that. In the raw as is its looking good.

gasketscraper wrote:Scott as always, your talent and energy level never ceases to amaze me. This is going to be a righteous ride! Todd

Long time no see Todd! Thanks for your kind words guys.

I have the tubes 50% welded in. Now to work on making the oil tank

A little more done. Rear end is all welded up. I put a spare girder on it without cups or bearings for a fun mock up.

Scott, that just looks RIGHT in all aspects...

Very, very nice.

Thank You Bob.

My friend wanted this trike slammed with a drop seat. His butt will be around 3" above the chain and around 18-19" off the pavement. We both agreed that there would need to be two chain tensioners, top and bottom. This axle is approximately 16" back from the stock location.

We struggled for awhile about the oil tank. The wishbone tubes are slammed so low that a frame symmetrical oil tank was going to be a bitch. I went a different route and boxed in the frame with 16 ga. and I knew before I started it that the chain was going to cut into it. I was hoping I wouldn't have to put in another drain plug but it didn't work out that way. I got the chain frenched in today.









Marking out for cutting the spout in. Got that cut out. Just need to weld in the other drain plug and then I can clean out the tank and start fitting and welding the top of the tank.

Your trike has a great profile.

Nice fab work on the tank.

How are your clearances for the drain ; Edit...will it be tight to do an oil change?

Thanks Hans. Clearances for the the drain are good to go.

Scott, are there any updates on this project? Really like where this is headed.