Tubing for V8 trike

[Bullet]

Haven't really seen any discussion on what wall thickness people have been using for their V6 or V8 trike builds. Will 2"X1/8 do the trick?

 

[slick rick]

:Shrug:......Don't really know but you better check the new Texas law concerning a built trike . .....xgzxgz:Whack:

 

[Bullet]

Is this internet rumour or can someone supply an actual link for this Texas law?

 

[slick rick]

BTW HOMEPAGE......... there is a lot of information on there , including the new law itself ....ThumbUp

 

[Marc H]

I guess i'm a bit challenged here but I don't see anything about it on our homepage.

 

[slick rick]

:Coffee:....Go to BTW Homepage click on forum ,,scroll over to search type in Texas law and you can read all about it and the law itself . ThumbUp.........
............JUST TRYING TO HELP .....RICK

 

[Bullet]

Thanks Slick Rick, looks like this could affect the hod rod crowd as well. I'll be checking in with them to see what they know about this. That's one group you don't want to piss off.

 

[slick rick]

ThumbUp ThumbUp...........YEP,,,sounds like some bullsh!t law the great state of Texas has pulled on you guys .:gah:... The sad part is they have opened up a can of worms now , if not stopped will trickle down to other states . So you guys need to try to get a handle on this thing .:Shrug:.....I just thought before you did to much planning you would want to know about this .

 

[Bullet]

That law/reg whatever it is, is so screwed up there must be an easy way around it. I don't think I'd let me stop me from starting a project. Shoot I might just say it's a 32 ford t bucket and title it that way. :laugh:

Now back to my original question... oh yeah, tubing wall thickness.

 

[slick rick]

Bullet ,,, the way I understand it it's mating a motorcycle front end to anything and may effect hot rod builders ...:gah:... All I found on there was a condensed version of the law , not living there didn't do any research on it just hope ya'll keep that one over there .:Shrug::Shrug:...:wave4:

 

[Marty]

1.5 inch x .1 inch wall thickness on this smallblock chevy powered trike

 

[Marty]

If you are into figuring out load bearing capabilities of different types of metals and their shape and thicknesses the Machinery's HandBook is a gold mine of information. You can buy it or even some libraries have it available. It's one of the best manuals out there