Trident Police Trike

[scootsx2]

I spent the past 1-1/2 years resurrecting this trike after it sat in the previous owner's driveway for about 10 years. It's based on a 1982 CX-500.

 

[Lee H. Mann]

Your last post was 10 years ago ....... :Shrug:

So, other than resurrecting the trike, what have you been up to ????:Shrug:

BTW, your efforts turned out beautiful, you should be very proud too .... better than NEW !!!!!

 

[David357]

Noel, you have yourself one nice looking classic trike.ThumbUp

:goodjob:

 

[1dn5up]

:goodjob: All ya need is some dry ice and lots of Egg Creams and Toasted Almond bars and ill be your best customer . She’s a beauty :clapping:

 

[Gorilla]

Absolutely gorgeous. I would love to own that RIDE SAFE

 

[trike lady]

Awesome trike. :hooray:

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Nice .... great job.

 

[Zammy]

Looking good, it looks brand new.

 

[scootsx2]

Your last post was 10 years ago ....... :Shrug:

So, other than resurrecting the trike, what have you been up to ????:Shrug:

BTW, your efforts turned out beautiful, you should be very proud too .... better than NEW !!!!!

I don't spend much time on this forum. I'm primarily on Naked Goldwings and BTW.

What have I been up to? Lots...

• This Trident trike
  
• Restoration of a 1956 Francis Barnett Falcon 74... down to the last nut and bolt. Don't know what a Francis Barnett is? Google it.
  
• Restoration of a pair of 1959-vintage Solex 1700 mopeds. These are front wheel drive machines. Google them.
  
• Riding
  
• Major spinal surgery (no riding for almost a year)
  

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[scootsx2]

:goodjob: All ya need is some dry ice and lots of Egg Creams and Toasted Almond bars and ill be your best customer . She’s a beauty :clapping:

Egg creams? You must be a New Yorker. I haven't had an egg cream since I became an ex-pat NYer.

Ice and beer would be more appropriate or perhaps ice cream.

 

[rhino 2]

Egg creams? You must be a New Yorker. I haven't had an egg cream since I became an ex-pat NYer.

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Without ''U''Bert syrup , Forgetaboutit.......

 

[1dn5up]

I don't spend much time on this forum. I'm primarily on Naked Goldwings and BTW.

What have I been up to? Lots...

• This Trident trike
  
• Restoration of a 1956 Francis Barnett Falcon 74... down to the last nut and bolt. Don't know what a Francis Barnett is? Google it.
  
• Restoration of a pair of 1959-vintage Solex 1700 mopeds. These are front wheel drive machines. Google them.
  
• Riding
  
• Major spinal surgery (no riding for almost a year)
  

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• ...
  

Did they leave all that hardware in ya ?

 

[scootsx2]

Did they leave all that hardware in ya ?

Yes.

 

[1dn5up]

Wow ! Looks like a built in flex rollcage :Shrug:

 

[rhino 2]

Yes.

Whats with the dry-wall screw, The surgeon run out of bolts...

 

[scootsx2]

Whats with the dry-wall screw, The surgeon run out of bolts...

You noticed that :xzqxz:... one of the vertebrae was cracked or split and that screw held things together while it healed. Looking at the screw threads always gives me the willies.

What you didn't see was what a radiologist described to me as a washer that appears to be floating around in there - really. It's visible on a side view X-ray. I think it's just an artifact in the image.