Hello,
I have had my bike since new -ish, I'm the second owner, but purchased it with just over 100 miles on it. Think it was a little to intimidating for original owner.
So, Now I'm up to 6969 mile on it, And have decided I want a Trike.
I spent the last winter (since Thanksgiving 2015) doing a lot of research on this 'idea', as I didnt know anyone with a trike.
I was only able to find 2 places that would / could make a trike kit for my bike - being a shaft drive.
Tri-Wing out of Canada and American trike (now Extreme Trike - via Art in Motion).
I almost went with the Tri-wing kit... Except for Darlene.
As I said, I'm new to this trike business, dont know a lot of the in and outs and how to's.
But, When you as a company are asking thousands of dollars for a product, and a potential customer asks for "what am i buying, what do I get, for my money?",
And your response is "You dont need to worry about that, we've been doing this for 25 years." Well, lost me right there.
I did try a couple more times, even spoke to Jim on the phone - "No, we dont send pictures or instructions of our kits, except with the kit."
With the research, and general information I was able to find using my Google Fu, I found out that the Tri-Wing kits require you to cut your drive shaft, weld it inside of this coupler they send you, and pretty much it.
If they would have sent me that picture, I may have done it. But they refused to.
Also they use some old, used ford axle that they cut up and fab into a "kit" with drum brakes on it...
This really "killed it", for me.
So, I found Tom, at Art in motion, provided my bike info, what I was looking for...
Next day I had an email with the quoted price, parts list, and links to the site - WITH pictures of all the parts! LoL.
http://www.artinmotionllc.net/motorcycle-trike-conversion-kit-with-trike-body-shaft-drive-metric/
Found it uses an American Trike [now Extreme Trike] kit.
I know this one shows a pulley for belt on it - the shaft drive one was too small.
So, after a few you tube videos, Google Fu for this kit...
Sent my $$$ to Tom, tore my Swing arm and final drive off my bike ( they need it to modify it to the axle they will CNC cut and build to it), and sent it to them to be converted.
Pics of the tear down:
Pic from last Fall2015
Start to take off the saddle bags and seats.
I have had my bike since new -ish, I'm the second owner, but purchased it with just over 100 miles on it. Think it was a little to intimidating for original owner.
So, Now I'm up to 6969 mile on it, And have decided I want a Trike.
I spent the last winter (since Thanksgiving 2015) doing a lot of research on this 'idea', as I didnt know anyone with a trike.
I was only able to find 2 places that would / could make a trike kit for my bike - being a shaft drive.
Tri-Wing out of Canada and American trike (now Extreme Trike - via Art in Motion).
I almost went with the Tri-wing kit... Except for Darlene.
As I said, I'm new to this trike business, dont know a lot of the in and outs and how to's.
But, When you as a company are asking thousands of dollars for a product, and a potential customer asks for "what am i buying, what do I get, for my money?",
And your response is "You dont need to worry about that, we've been doing this for 25 years." Well, lost me right there.
I did try a couple more times, even spoke to Jim on the phone - "No, we dont send pictures or instructions of our kits, except with the kit."
With the research, and general information I was able to find using my Google Fu, I found out that the Tri-Wing kits require you to cut your drive shaft, weld it inside of this coupler they send you, and pretty much it.
If they would have sent me that picture, I may have done it. But they refused to.
Also they use some old, used ford axle that they cut up and fab into a "kit" with drum brakes on it...
This really "killed it", for me.
So, I found Tom, at Art in motion, provided my bike info, what I was looking for...
Next day I had an email with the quoted price, parts list, and links to the site - WITH pictures of all the parts! LoL.
http://www.artinmotionllc.net/motorcycle-trike-conversion-kit-with-trike-body-shaft-drive-metric/
Found it uses an American Trike [now Extreme Trike] kit.
I know this one shows a pulley for belt on it - the shaft drive one was too small.
So, after a few you tube videos, Google Fu for this kit...
Sent my $$$ to Tom, tore my Swing arm and final drive off my bike ( they need it to modify it to the axle they will CNC cut and build to it), and sent it to them to be converted.
Pics of the tear down:
Pic from last Fall2015
Start to take off the saddle bags and seats.