What style trike person are you?

pafree · Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:13 pm Post subject: What style trike person are you?

two friends and i are going to build a couple of trikes to sell. the other two guys have trikes and i have a off road truggy. both of their trikes are different style. one is stretched out and has heavy steel covering the rear of the trike. the other guy has a bare bones (fenders only) style. we have a ROUGH fiberglass body and frame that we got in a trade but i am not sure if that is the way to go. it might appeal to some but not others.

here is one of the guy's trike:

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tell me what you like. fiberglass, steel or bare frame. floorboards or no floorboards. double rider or bring the whole family rear bench seat.

photo examples would be great.

trik3r · Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:25 am Post subject:

My 1975 Pancraft Panther built by my brother back in the 70s only 12 built and unknown # left

currently rebuilding it as the gelcoat alligatored on me after the paint job was done in this picture.

biker4christ · Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:58 am Post subject:

my personal opinion is custom built, close to a MC, but dont care for the bike to trike conversions much, here is mine,

brettsvw · Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 4:57 pm Post subject:

I like the raw look.

vaughn bros. · Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 5:48 pm Post subject:

Just an idea. Very Happy

Mal evolent · Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 7:37 am Post subject:

A ball joint front, an egg like frame for two seats, with a Japanese motorcycle minus the forks out back. low to the ground. quiet exhaust.
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rbourne3 · Samba Member Joined: May 24, 2005 Posts: 12

Bare frame, no body. The body just gets in the way when you need to work on it.

Yes to floorboards, it is nice to be able to move your feet around on a long ride.

1 or 2 passenger does not really matter, I usually set up for 1 passenger.

Long is nice, it keeps the front wheel on the ground.

Foot throttle. Your foot does not get as tired as your hand

http://thebournes.us for pics

pafree · Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:19 pm Post subject:

thanks for your thoughts. i am leaning towards this style but with wider rear tires.

rbourne3 · Samba Member Joined: May 24, 2005 Posts: 12

Wide tires look good and are fine in dry weather, but they hydroplane very easily in rain. This is the trike I'm building now. I hope to have it primed this weekend, and painted next week. I'm painting it the color of the front wheel.

carcentric

V-driver · Samba Member Joined: March 11, 2007 Posts: 14

Long and low, Lots of rake. A ground-scraper. Laughing

Tonyz400 · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:56 pm Post subject:

I'm my own style. One off is the way to go. I know I can one day roll into a show an nobody is gonna have the same thing no matter what they do.

Lots of work into her already and quite a bit left but that's the fun of building something custom

BL3Manx · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:39 pm Post subject:

Something like this?

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