VW home built trike & ideas for another

[pvanheck]

Hey my name is Pete, this is pics of the trike that I built about 10 years ago from scratch. I have since sold it to a friend and he has put his own spin on it. It is built around a 1776cc daul port vw engine and a 67' vw transaxle everthing else is built by me over about a years time. I am Thinkig about building another trike built around a 1100cc goldwing engine and a gm car rearend, kinda what Ian Roussel on full custom garage built but no rigid rearend.

 

[stacebg]

might be interested or perhaps not couple shots of my valk / gold wing

 

[Bikerbozo]

Welcome Pete and greetings from Long Island.
That is one rad looking trike. I'm sure whatever you build will be impressive.

 

[pvanheck]

Hey Stacebg , I have a couple questions, does it have a VW trans and if so why with the goldwing gearbox?

 

[pvanheck]

Hey Bikerbozo, I haven't made a trike in a long time. Been the middle of a build of a chopped 67 beetle with a full tube frame and cage. It has a 73 camaro front end and a 97 t-bird independant rearend and a 500 hp 400cid small block turbo 350 with a 3000 stall converter. air ride and a bunch more. I traded for a 77 toyota wagon drag car, crushed the yota and am in the process of stuffing everything in the bug. I figure my son and I will have a sub 9 second car to shot down the track.

 

[stacebg]

Hey Stacebg , I have a couple questions, does it have a VW trans and if so why with the goldwing gearbox?

it doesnt have a trans axle
i use a ford diff crown vic / t bird i think
happend to be the ratio i needed an the suspention is subaru

holy cow dont remember seeing that much clean floor for a while now

 

[pvanheck]

Hey Stacebg, First off I like your trike looks very cool and probably handles very well around corners. With that said , I have to say "oops my bad" for some reason I took the Valk as VW and not valkarie. I interested why you didn't use the subaru rearend with the axles. I built a minibuggy a few years ago with a 750 virago engine and a subaru rear with limited slip and 4.11 gears, its smaller and lighter than a ford 8.8.

 

[stacebg]

Hey Stacebg, First off I like your trike looks very cool and probably handles very well around corners. With that said , I have to say "oops my bad" for some reason I took the Valk as VW and not valkarie. I interested why you didn't use the subaru rearend with the axles. I built a minibuggy a few years ago with a 750 virago engine and a subaru rear with limited slip and 4.11 gears, its smaller and lighter than a ford 8.8.

ratios havent worked out and the thing are wicked long other than that no real reason