It pleases me to see another rider join us as a 3-wheeler, particularly as a VW trike rider since I have been honored with a dubious title of Tech Guru with a significant background in manufacturing VW trikes. When looking for wheelie bars for a VW trike, I hope everyone will keep in mind some very basic and mostly logical points.
First, when you encounter a wheelie, no matter the cause, you are out of control. If you do it on purpose, you have no control over your steering once the front tire leaves the ground. And to maintain it you must be pretty much in continued acceleration - a continued no-control situation. If your rear brakes are not precisely adjusted then when you end the wheelie you go down with one wheel pulling the whole vehicle decidedly to one side. If the wheelie wasn't planned, you are not only out of control (and shocked!) but also running with a wide-open throttle.
Second, the mechanical stress brought on your trike are significant, particularly the strong impact at touchdown.
Third, wheelie bars hanging out of the back make a statement. In my view the say either; 1) here's a person who's going to be driving quite aggressively and un predictable, or 2) here's a person who feels his/her driving is incompetent and has added a bandaid before leaving the garage. Either way, I don't find myself enticed to ride a long.
For other considerations, just bring you insurance agent out to look at your trike with wheelie bars hanging out the back (enough said).
Hey, I mean nothing personal here at all, I've built them on to many of my earlier trikes, and spent a lot of parking lot time riding with the two wheelie wheels touching the ground. These are just my offers as nuggets for thought.
Hey, I also drop in some of my biased thoughts when I read discussions about best length, width, weight, rake, etc. - and I also guarantee that the most bang for your buck with an aircooled VW trike is to first work on taller overall gearing (by gearing up the tranny/diff or adding some taller wheel diameters), not trying to find that magic combination of larger carburetor and straight pipes that will get you that 145 HP output touted as attainable by other VW enthusiasts.
Main thing - have maximum fun and be safe.
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Just reread this post to myself - I meant it all as duly lightweight comment. My lifestyle has roled over the hill with my age so I look more for the luxury of that new cupholder as opposed to gaining max power out of a street trike.
Well, not exactly honest since I've got in my shop enough parts accumulated to truly make a dual port growl.
As stated, everything in fun, and we know what my opinion's worth anyway.