V8 trike steering

KDHUFF said:

for those of you with a V8 trike, and have the rods from the front triple tree to the handlebars say about 4 or 5 ft long,what is the distance between the rods at the triple tree and at the handlebar triple tree mine are 12inchs at the front triple tree and 16inches at the rear triple tree.

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trikertroy said:

Guys,, I manufacture one of the best affordable Monster Leading link kits.. They are designed , useing Harley basic specs. for heavy V8 trikes and VW trikes as well..

I put one on my Corvette trike, removing a crappy Gold wing unit. The difference was nite and day!! The long link steering was MUCH easier and it drove and handled much better as well.. When I started playing around with it in the dirt, it was ALMOST nimble..

Iv posted all the specs on my website, should you want to build one on your own...Only thing is you cant build just one as cheap as I sell the kit..(with the same quility parts). I always pass any knowledge I have to help get more and better trikes on the road.

On the link steering..If the handlebar "neck" were moved more to the front and longer laid back handlebars are used, the effort and leverage of the bars will be much better. The problem of course is the engine stuff like distrubutorarb get in the way..I can take some good planing to make it work.

http://bettertrikes.yolasite.com/monster-leading-link.php

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BigSam said:

I find it very easy to steer with the bars on the front triple tree at 12 inches and the ones on the rear at 8 inches. With this setup for every one pound of pressure you apply to the handle bars you are pushing 4 pounds of pressure on the forks or you could say it gives you a 4 to 1 ratio. After tying every length to be thought of this is the one I use. After building 40 trikes there has never been a problem with any steering yet.

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