Andre

[andre]

Hi to you all. I am from south africa and would like to know if any of you know gene neill who created a vw trike called the "devils due" he is from florida usa. I need some technical info as i am in the prosess of building my own trike and his frame caught my eye. Here in south africa is no to none info on trike building hope there is some help on this forum

[Nana]

Hi Andre, I don't believe Gene Neill is a member here, but we have several members who have built the VW trikes for themselves, so hopefully someone can help you out.

[andre]

thank you i will ask as i go allong with my project

[redneckray]

Hello,<br />
i think he has passed away awhile back, you may try google, i think he had a website somewhere,<br />
ray

[Loner]

Gene Neill did pass on last year. He did some nice work on his bright yellow trike - and then didn't even get to really ride it other than a basic test drive.
/Loner

[KDHUFF]

I remember seeing the trike in some web searchs I did but nothing showing the build in progress. coulda been there but I did not see anything

[Gorilla]

thank you i will ask as i go allong with my project

Welcome aboard Andre. Glad you found us.

[andre]

Thanx for all the replies. It is sad to here that Gene passed on but that is life.

[andre]

Hi
I have started my trike build will post some pics. One question, if i use a stock suzuki 650 front end, will a rake of 45 degrees work or is it to much as the standard rake on the bike is 32 degrees? The head hight is 90 cm. Do you think the trail will be to much? Hope you guys can help me

[Loner]

It has been my experience that most all of the hydraulic 'tube type' front ends will stop compressing and depend on tube flex at rake greater than 37-38 degrees. Beyond that, yes, 45 degrees with a straight tube front end will give you too much trail to be easy to steer. You might consider long handlebars (to add leverage to compensate for the long trail), or perhaps a springer style front end. This number will vary by a couple of degrees either way depending on opinions, but I've found that 35 degrees or so is about as much as you can get away with without having steering problems.

[rrunner]

I had to build my own leading link front end because the standard Yamaha front end I had on it had too much trail and was hard to steer. I have my leading link at 35 degrees and a trail of about an inch. I love the result.

[sdewolfe]

Andre,

Gene and I corresponded for awhile. I sent him a hand drawn wiring diagram because he was having some issues with his wiring.

To see his trike go to:
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

Enter this url in the Wayback machine:
vwtrike.net

It will pull up a page that shows the dates that their spiders captured Gene's site. It works OK. But, some things escape the spiders so there will be some broken links or missing photos. Try several different dates because the changes made after each saved point will be reflected in the next saved point. Sometimes you find information that would otherwise be lost.

Gene documented the entire build, including photos of the frame from raw steel to finished product.

Good luck with your build!

[Wayne D]

That was great sdewolfe, I remember reading that site from end to end some years back. I learned lots of valuble information from Gene's site.

[andre]

Thank you for the advise. The rake is set at 40 degrees only time will tell if this was the wright option.

[andre]

Some pics of my first trike build

[Gorilla]

nice start good luck