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The reason the tranny is mounted upside down is that the engine has been forward mounted, not rear as usual for these engine so if the diff was mounted around the right way up you would have four reverse gears and one forward, so fitting the gearbox upside down swings the diff to the opposite side of the pinion and awwla you solve the problem and you have four forward gears with the engine forward mounted successfully simple solution to a complexing problem VW's, ahh so versatile.:wave4:
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The main reason was to lower the ground clearance down to chopper motorcycle height without cambering the axles badly. Secondly it puts the center of gravity below the axle centers. Formula "V" racers used to do this. Thirdly I did not want to run on the "heal" of the ring and pinion. I have never heard of anyone having a problem with a flipped ring gear but from an engineering point of view I think you would be pulling on the coast side of the teeth. Flip the whole trans and the ring is still on the correct side of pinion. You caint just flip one upside down, it does take some machine work to the oiling system. Had to build the trans anyhow to get the gear ratios I wanted, so might as well do it how I wanted.
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here is my vw trike, I've got it for sale at the moment
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I rode the yellow trike for 7 years, until it was perfect :) and sold it 3/12. I had the orange one on the road 10 days later.
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Latest pics of my newbuild:
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The wood bodywork wont be stopping lol, this is a rough start to the fibreglass mould that will match up to the light green seat unit mould.
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Got all my old school headlights on now. Alfa radiator up the front where it works best.
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Placing the radiator up front it was too wide to use the pedal (automatic trans) so had to make up some adjustable pedal so when my wife gets her license she'll reach them.
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Now I have to take some more pics for nana for the calendar...
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I need to visit Austrailia. Sweet trikes!
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this is my new project . these are the before shots. can anybody tell me what kind of fork that is ? i think older sportster . the bottom part of the rizer bars that hold the handle bars is made into the top triple tree & the front hub is not made for a front brake. plus the only mark on it is usa on the rubber shock boots.