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Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:33 pm

back-rest done

http://www.picturetrail.com/tomhudson

Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:35 pm

Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:52 pm

I really like it! That is exactly what I was thinking of doing with mine. Can I copy it? Great job!

Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:54 pm

Wow

I'm usually a Bus guy...but I decided to lurk in here to see what other weird VW stuff is out there and damn! That thing is rad.

Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:54 pm

The frame set up is very close to the project I am working on now. Like I said, that is exactly what I was thinking of doing to mine. You are doing top quality work!

Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:35 pm

sturgeongeneral wrote: The frame set up is very close to the project I am working on now. Like I said, that is exactly what I was thinking of doing to mine. You are doing top quality work!
post some pix's when you get a chance -
go to the BTW forum - we have a new chapter getting set up for Sacramento - tom AKA slipjoint

Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:37 pm

sturgeongeneral wrote: I really like it! That is exactly what I was thinking of doing with mine. Can I copy it? Great job!
thanks - copy away - i like the old school chopper look -

Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:29 pm

How does it handle with that raked-out front end?

Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:27 am

At first it seems kinda squirley, and when learning to ride you have a tendency to to slide the front tire away from a turn. I think most of that is that you are unsure and trying to baby it. Once you get more confidence and learn to accelerate through a turn it is no problem. It is just getting used to it.

Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:42 pm

sturgeongeneral wrote: At first it seems kinda squirley, and when learning to ride you have a tendency to to slide the front tire away from a turn. I think most of that is that you are unsure and trying to baby it. Once you get more confidence and learn to accelerate through a turn it is no problem. It is just getting used to it.

Sounds like some turning brakes are in order! :)

Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:26 pm

Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:32 pm

sturgeongeneral wrote: At first it seems kinda squirley, and when learning to ride you have a tendency to to slide the front tire away from a turn. I think most of that is that you are unsure and trying to baby it. Once you get more confidence and learn to accelerate through a turn it is no problem. It is just getting used to it.
lower your air pressure to 14/15 pounds - will turn like a slot car

Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:36 pm

for those who are following the build

new front axles - new chrome spacers - & spike axle nuts - i'll have the new rockers chromed this winter - tom
http://www.picturetrail.com/tomhudson

Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:19 pm

slipjoint wrote: for those who are following the build

new front axles - new chrome spacers - & spike axle nuts - i'll have the new rockers chromed this winter - tom
http://www.picturetrail.com/tomhudson

No front brake? Even with a lightly-loaded front end you're giving away a fair percentage of your stopping power, and you're not likely to steer around anything with that geometry!

Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:15 pm

don't know when you rode my trike but it steers great - handles great - i can turn around on a normal 2 lane road - i'm running disc bracks on rear - more that ample stopping power - CA requires 2 brakes - CHP says i met that requirement - i'm sure your very knowable but on this one you miss the boat - please don't tell me what i have - i have been working & riding motorcycles for over 50 years - i don't mind advice but know what your talking about - but then again this is the internet

Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:54 pm

Well, if the CHP says it's good, it must be, right?

In the vehicle code, the only exceptions to having service brakes on all wheels of a motorcycle are "sidecars attached to a motorcycle" and "motorcycles manufactured before 1966."

http://www.whybike.com/motorcycle106.htm

The chippie was probably equating a trike to a sidecar, which it isn't. Will the next chippie have the same interpretation?

Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:21 am

yep - your right - now get off my thread and be a post whore someplace else -
thank you - tom

Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:23 am

Looks real nice... so what was the total build time ? or did you keep track ? Dennis, red Bluff, Ca.

Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:57 pm

Tom
Just found your thread and I have to say that is one bitchin ride. You do some great work. Thanks for sharing. Jerry

Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:05 pm

slipjoint wrote: don't know when you rode my trike but it steers great - handles great - i can turn around on a normal 2 lane road - i'm running disc bracks on rear - more that ample stopping power - CA requires 2 brakes - CHP says i met that requirement - i'm sure your very knowable but on this one you miss the boat - please don't tell me what i have - i have been working & riding motorcycles for over 50 years - i don't mind advice but know what your talking about - but then again this is the internet

I have 55000 miles on mine, and I rarely use the front brake, but if the rears are on, my dual disc's make a definent difference. I could easily get by with no front brake though. Your trike looks awesome. I went more utilitarian with mine. At 56, all the chrome in the world won't get me laid. :D