I keep hearing rumors of a mythical beast, and feel like I'm chasing a dang unicorn.
Now to get serious, (I don't do that very often) I'm still in the parts collection stages of building a Subi Trike for my elderly father to ride along with us a bit longer. Between scar tissue from back surgeries and now type 2 diabetes he has very little feeling left in his feet, and his days of even holding up a 2 wheeler have come and gone.
The mythical beast I refer to is a Goldwing trike with a Subaru engine and automatic transmission, all mounted in place of the stock wing engine. I've talked to several who saw the guys build thread somewhere but I can't seem to find it. So if you know where that build thread exists please lead the way as I really want to explore what and how he did things. I can figure it out on my own, but seeing someone else's similar project never hurts a thing and can sometimes be quite helpful.
As for the build I am doing, I will use a Suzuki Cavalcade as I have several for parts and the Cavalcade had all the bells and whistles like cruise control and a comfortable ride to begin with, along with a hydraulic clutch master cylinder that I will utilize for the rear brakes, most likely with a slave. Plan is to mount a Subaru engine in place of the stock engine, fuel tank will need to be relocated as it's where the Subi transmission needs to sit, leaving the rear axle and suspension to sort out.
What I have so far on a donor car is a 98 Legacy AWD with a bad crank so I'm still shopping (with only a couple hundred currently in the budget) but have enough to start And yes, I will be taking lots of pics and doing my own build thread, this one is on a low (almost no existent) budget so especially when it first hits the road it won't be pretty, but the goal for this one is to get his knees in the breeze and to heck with how it looks.
Any thoughts or ideas appreciated and if you have a link to that mythical build thread on the Subi Goldwing please share it.