Has anyone seen and possibly have pictures of a VW trike with a front wheel that wasn't from a motorcycle? If so I would love to see it for some Ideas for something different.
Non-motorcycle front wheel on a VW Trike?
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Such as this?
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Exactly like that!!
I have been looking at various front ends and, being part of the barely getting by working poor with very little money, I can’t come up with 2-3 grand for a fork and a wheel set up.
Unlike my local friendly “Pick and Pull” where you can walk off with a complete axle/spindle/rotor/caliper/wheel combo for a whopping $70.00 there aren’t any bike junkyards at all, much less ones that have anything close to that value. These days even rusty ebay junk is too expensive.
So, although I have absolutely no fabrication experience (not a good combo with poor), I’ve been kicking around the idea in my head of a standard wheel with a rotor and golf caliper on a front wheel spindle with the back welded and turned so it fits between two 1.5 round tubes on a homemade springer I just don’t know how in the heck it could be balanced.
What do y’alll think would it work? And almost as important, would it look ok?
Any thoughts/ideas are, as always, greatly appreciated.
I have been looking at various front ends and, being part of the barely getting by working poor with very little money, I can’t come up with 2-3 grand for a fork and a wheel set up.
Unlike my local friendly “Pick and Pull” where you can walk off with a complete axle/spindle/rotor/caliper/wheel combo for a whopping $70.00 there aren’t any bike junkyards at all, much less ones that have anything close to that value. These days even rusty ebay junk is too expensive.
So, although I have absolutely no fabrication experience (not a good combo with poor), I’ve been kicking around the idea in my head of a standard wheel with a rotor and golf caliper on a front wheel spindle with the back welded and turned so it fits between two 1.5 round tubes on a homemade springer I just don’t know how in the heck it could be balanced.
What do y’alll think would it work? And almost as important, would it look ok?
Any thoughts/ideas are, as always, greatly appreciated.
Beauty is in the eye . . . that's your call.
The trike in the video has a build thread (http://www.volksrods.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36440), but you have to join volksrods.com to see the pictures.
If beauty means easier to build, there's the Trimuter frontend:
I bought an unfinished project bike via craigslist with the intent of selling later the parts I don't use now.
The trike in the video has a build thread (http://www.volksrods.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36440), but you have to join volksrods.com to see the pictures.
If beauty means easier to build, there's the Trimuter frontend:
I bought an unfinished project bike via craigslist with the intent of selling later the parts I don't use now.
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Is it possible to get some close up pics of how the wheel is held together on that? It looks like what I'm talking about.
This is as detailed as I've seen:
http://www.carcentric.com/trimuterfrontend.jpg
The neck tube is connected solidly to the vehicle chassis. Instead of a triple tree, there's the square which, because it can turn left or right, provides the vehicle's steering. Finally, the back edge of the L is hinged to the square to provide up/down wheel movement (suspension). Not shown is a coilover shock that locates the L relative to the square. A simple spindle with brake (such as one side of a FWD car's REAR axle) is attached to the front end of the L.
Here's a drawing from a different angle:
http://www.rqriley.com/imagespln/tm-brs-10.jpg
Two things I don't know about the Trimuter front end (but would like to):
1. What, if any, angles/distances are critical to optimal performance?
2. Is 2" of trail still the goal?
1. What, if any, angles/distances are critical to optimal performance?
2. Is 2" of trail still the goal?
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