Reverse trike

Dennis Elliott · Dec 20, 2012

Ive just started converting my gl1800 goldwing to a reverse trike.going kinda slow now since the stove in my shop puked.
I have some pics in my album if anyone is interested in doing this. i could always use feedback too.
i built a gl1000 and love the way it rides. a little under powered and sure needs reverse but fun .
i call it the beast because it is butt ugly.Ill post some more pics of its eveolution also

John Luciano · Dec 20, 2012

I am Not a rocket scientist , but I would use skinny front tires.

Dennis Elliott · Dec 25, 2012

the 1000 was just a prototype to see if it worked ok. i had those tires thats why they are there. on the 1800 ill use skinny ones .lol

Bill Reber · Dec 27, 2012

It sounds real interesting post so pictures as you progress.

Dennis Elliott · Dec 29, 2012

Its coming along i finished fabbing the steering yesterday. the brakes may take some time. the goldwng had a secondary master cyl on the front wheel and a delay im not sure what to do. will take some research.
I still want everything to unbolt and return to a 2 wheeler id i want to put it on something else

2jays · Jun 19, 2014

Dennis, howzabout an updateI want to dosomething similar to my Shadow-Sabre.

Johnny in NC

Dennis Elliott · Jun 21, 2014

its pretty well finished now i have 19000 mile on it and it works well. never did put on the power steering, just steers like an old ford. kinda like a trike with no rake kit

RTwing · Jun 28, 2014

Nice job Dennis. I will bet you learned plenty while building this conversion. I have done three so far and just today started #4. None are for sale as they are part of the R&D prototypes. I just crossed over 78,000 miles in R&D and am still learning daily.

I can offer up a ton of useful data regarding tire size, brakes, caster, camber, offset and bump just for starters.
Power steering is not required and is actually a liability rather than assist.
Set right one handed steering is achievable along with stable straight-line even during windy conditions.

I just returned from the INPEX show and had a chance to meet with an Ex Nasa scientist who took one look at my build and said "You know your design is inherently unstable as the center of force is ahead of the center of mass" I said I agree but I don't go 8000 miles an hour.
He said "good point"

Anyway nice job, have fun with it!