Hello folks,
I am new to the forum, and before you ask, I do not currently own a trike but am looking to have one soon. This is why I joined.
I have owned multiple two wheel bike in the past but was involved in a serious accident back in 1997 and lost my left leg above the knee.
So I have stayed on four wheels since then but am itching to get the wind back in my face. I was really interested in a Roadhawk trike recently that was advertised as having a 2300 cc engine with 140 HP (as a matter of fact I already had the bank wire form already filled out). However, through this blog I stumbled on a post that was talking about some modifications that they did to their trike
and low and behold the trike that I was looking at had those same modifications IE 12 volt outlets front and back, same color, led lights in the back etc. anyway, the prior owner mentioned that the trike had the 1835 cc motor. With this new info I asked the individual that was selling the trike how he determined that the trike had the 2300 cc and he said that he had seen them advertised with that motor and assumed that that is what it had. He admitted that he wasn't familiar with VW's. I believe that this individual's intentions were on the up and up and that he honestly believed that it had that engine. I realize that they modify these engines to bring the horse power up and so the block number/letters could represent a 1600 CC but its been bored and stroked to an 1835 CC
Long story to a short question, How do you determine what engine is installed on a VW trike?
I look forward to your responses.
Thanks in advance for your time and assistance in this matter!