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magoo, did you try the VW coil over shocks.. I was thinking of trying them when the bucks come in.
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magoo, did you try the VW coil over shocks.. I was thinking of trying them when the bucks come in.
My brother-in-law gave me a pair of shocks off a harley he had. Look like the ones u have and take air. he claims they should work as he and my sister push close to 600lbs lol.I hate to weld up brackets and not work. For some reason i had to put my axle 6 1/2 inchs from pivot bolt to get 2 1/4 inch trail. That is center to center of axle and pivot bolt.. Some where i missed a measurement lol..
Boy if i had as much cash as i have stupidity, I would be rich.. All this time im boring holes, reaming holes and all the time thinking im going in the right direction for trail. WRONG i was going negative trail:blush:.. So after reading and reading and checking out magoos leading link it finally hit me.. wrong way you dumb azz .. so after all is said and done i finally have 2 1/4 inch trail. Now the center of my rocker pivot hole is 3 1/2 inchs from center of axle.. Not sure how that will work with the shock travel and if it will mean a stiff ride..
Magoo, springs down to 80 lbs. Is that for the QA1 shocks?. I Set up a harley shock in my drill press and compressed it with the press. It did not seem to take much effort to to crank it down, a lot less than i expected.. Thanks for the support. lol
Ok finally some progress. I crudely mounted the air harley shocks to the forks. I was so happy to see that when i tacked the lower shock mounts over the axel and clamped the shocks in place on forks found that i have plenty of travel and lift with no air to shocks. I jacked the front so tire was in air and clamped shocks to forks with a good ol obumer rigging. pictures are with full weight of trike on shocks ..So Mr magoo does it look like im on the right track or will this cause bounce
here is a couple pics of my progress so far. The fender i had to split down the middle and widen it 1-1/2 so it would fit the harley wheel. Still have to add side fender brackets and brakes..
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It all looks great---but---if that is a front tire, I would suggest that you change it to a rear tire.
A front tire handles a lot less weight than a rear tire.
Ride safe---there is a lot of idiots out there!
epper:
look'n good butch!!
any headway on front brakes?
I remember you were working on some,,,,, just don't remember if you were happy with what you had....
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