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Chopper trike

Post by Iron Sticks »

Hey all, just wanted to say hi and show you all what I'm building. It's a Custom trike frame built by Racing Innovations in Oklahoma. It's based on the "Outlaw" trike built by Covingtons Cycle. The rear section is a Mystery Designs IRS with Tricky Air shocks and the front end has a Tricky Air springer type suspension. Hope you all like it.
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I don't know why my pics got cut off??? If someone can tell me how to fix the problem I will gladly do so.
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Here are a few parts I made recently.

Taillights made from old Sure Microphones
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Floorboards and foot controls from Ludwig Bass Drum Pedals and stock Harley Sportster Foot Pedals. The mounts I made from 1/2" stainless plate and round bar.

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Here are the wheels there American Racing with a three bar spinner and white walls I got from Radir Wheels. I had the front wheel and hubs cut to match the rear I just have to have the center powder coated and the hubs polished to match. Big thanks to Lengends Machine for that.

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The speedometer is a cool piece from Speedhut that they custom made the gauge face for me. Whats really cool there is no need for a sending unit b/c it runs on a GPS signal. The bucket I'm making out of 4" stainless steel flexible exhaust tubing. I'm thinking I will mount it off the upper motor mount so ill be able to hide the coil inside the bucket. That's why it's so tall at the moment. I don't have the coil yet to finish the fab work.

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Post by sleepyonthree »

Like the look of the halibrand style wheels with spinners and the wide whites.
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Post by concrete guy »

Very fine looking trike you have going there.
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Thanks guys, it feels like its taking forever but when finances and life get involved......I'm just happy to be able to continue.
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Post by budoka »

that's a nice looking trike, for sure. wonder how that GPS speedo holds up to vibration? just thinking out loud, there.

i dig the wheels, too. i've been throwing an idea or two about some car wheels around in my head for a while now. anyway, don't sweat the time it takes. just take it one little step at a time and you'll get there before you know it.

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Post by Iron Sticks »

Thanks Dan, I was concerned about that as well although it wasn't my first concern. The speedo was designed for automobiles so its not exactly weatherproof although everything is a tight fit I'm still going to seal it up real well. As far as vibration goes I was going to come up with a way to rubber mount it to alleviate that issue. The last issue I thought of was having the coil mounted so close to it that the electrical signal from the coil might interfere with the speedo operation. I have an idea for that as well but the only way I'm gunna find out is when it's running. I guess only time will tell.
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Post by hansgoudzwaard »

The whole trike is great with all the brass accents, the wheels, air springer.

Is the ground clearance going to be sufficient? Looks close at the base of your downtubes.
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Thank you there's still more brass accents I haven't put on yet but I'm gunna take better pics soon when the weather clears up here. At the moment it's low b/c there's no air in the suspension, its still 2" off the ground. When it's loaded It will have 4.5-5" of ground clearance.
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Post by hansgoudzwaard »

Iron Sticks wrote: it's low b/c there's no air in the suspension,
Yeah, that makes sense.

Great details , controls...thats a first here. Tail lights....you in a band?
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No but my first passion was cars and I saw someone use the bass drum pedal as a throttle pedal once, thought it was cool, and adapted the idea to my build. The taillights were a brainstorm I had one night, which started a theme for the build, so I've been keeping with it. I do get a lot of my ideas from the Rat Rod scene which has a lot of "band type" people in it.
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Very nice project all around. Lots of neat unusual features.
Looking forward to the progress...
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Post by Indian Mark »

Great project! Love the rims with wide white walls and a Panhead.
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