trike judson 36--It lives!!

wbrown45 · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:27 pm Post subject:

Your's is the first trike that I have ever loved, and wanted to own. Job very well done! P.S. More photos please!!
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avus · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:23 pm Post subject:

36hplandspeedracer · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:30 pm Post subject:

Sick Brad, sick !

And here in Utah we do not consider that 'powder'!

Burly

avus · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:38 pm Post subject:

TomSimon · Samba Member Joined: January 13, 2004 Posts: 753

Good to see you out on the salt again, Jerry. I love the addition of the Judson blower since the last time I saw it back in 2009.

Is there any trutht o the rumor that we will be seeing a spread on your awesome trike in an upcoming issue of hotVW's Magazine? I sure hope so! Your craftsmanship needs to be shown around.

BTW, a big cap cast iron distributor (for the visual effect) converted to mechanical advance only (since the trike is blown), would be an awesome addition to your very unique trike. Or better still, a dual plug conversion with matching dual distributors would be over-the-top!!! Smile

avus · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:36 pm Post subject:

I had a blast at World of Speed. What a VW show! Awesome machinery and great folks. Getting to ride around on the salt was icing on the cake. The Judson added quite a bit of pep as well as style points. I'm not aware of a big cap distrib with centrifugal advance--sounds interesting, though.

I was hoping to get to meet Mr. Smith from HVW's, but no luck. Burly (the Ex-salted One) took some nice photos, but I don't know what will be done with them.

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I'm in process of installing a windscreen in preparation for Winter.

I hope the new owner likes it....

Rob R · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:24 pm Post subject:

I took a few pictures of your trike out on the salt. I thought it was very well done.

The Cheetle · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:51 pm Post subject:

GREAT PIC!!!!
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avus · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:28 pm Post subject:

John Moxon · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:18 pm Post subject:

Erik G · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:51 am Post subject:

Is there a build thread on this bike? I'd love to know more.
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avus · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:47 pm Post subject:

avus · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:01 am Post subject: trike pictures

Here's a link to a picture album with some construction photos:

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b162/avisauto/vw-bmw%20trike/

slalombuggy · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:44 am Post subject:

avus · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:47 am Post subject:

That's only becasue Jerry got so many coments about people loving his trike, his head swelled locking the hat on

You could be right, Brad. But it's more likely the hole in the head and large vacuum inside just keeps the hat sucked down tight...

earthquake · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:12 am Post subject:

That is about the coolest trike I have ever seen, now if it had leading link front suspension it would ultra cool. I'm tring to find a LL front end for a GoldWing I'm working on.

Casey
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Mr. Motorhead · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:14 pm Post subject:

bajamike560 · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:40 pm Post subject:

I have some pix from 09 of it, I will see if I can find and post them.

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Erik G · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:03 am Post subject: Re: trike pictures

TomSimon · Samba Member Joined: January 13, 2004 Posts: 753

VW friend Jerry Avis built this trike about 12 years ago in his little shop in Oregon. I'm not really a VW trike guy, the fiberglass Ed Roth bodied contraptions never did it for me, but I know Jerry, he doesn't build junk, so I watched the build via the internet. When I saw it in person at the Bonneville Salt Flats shortly thereafter, and I was smitten. I mean head over heals in love. Not some garage built BS hackjob that was put together with hardware store fittings, oh no, the real deal.

It had the right look, vintage VW and BMW parts, good build quality, the details, pre-1961 36hp engine with rare period correct aftermarket Judson supercharger, 356 style canister oil filter, early VW snowflake taillights, aluminum 356 Porsche drum rear brakes, BMW Toaster tank, forks, and front drum, black with BMW pinstriping, it was if a 1970 BMW and a 1961 VW had a baby!

Jerry put it up for sale about 10yrs ago, I kicked myself for not buying it, but the timing for me wasn't right. A VW Bonneville racing guy I knew bought it, I thought for sure he was going to keep it, but traded it away after a year or so. I heard of it changing hands after that, then I lost track of it. Lost track until this morning, when it showed up locally on FB marketplace!

The supercharged 36hp VW engine was gone, the guy kept overheating it and hurting pistons, and replaced the 36hp power plant with a later model Type 1 engine. The story goes, the last owner bought a used engine "from a guy", then had a local shop install it.

The used engine (turns out to be a 1500 case w/6mm oil pump studs) was "freshened up" with a slightly larger 'big bore kit' 1641cc, sporting new dual weber/EMPI HPMX IDF's.

It's a shame the vintage hotrod 36hp was gone, but the original bones were still in tact.

I made an appointment and looked at it the same morning. Although it had a familiar knocking from the flywheel area of the engine (like a flywheel that had started to come loose), it started, idled, drove/tracked, shifted, and stopped really well.

We struck a deal, getting ample consideration for the 'who knows what' engine issues, and I trailered it home!

edit: after further investigation, turns out to be a pounded out thrust surface under the rear main bearing. Time for a used case AS41, new bearings, so I can ride it asap!

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