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Ok so its been a couple of years now. Ive been plodding away with this trike in fits and starts and finally the construction part is done. I have been test riding it, my girlfriend has been riding it...

I also have spent the best part of the past 2 years battling C-PTSD. Only recently have I been able to access therapy and openly talk about it after years of pharmaceutical drugs, alcohol and lots...

Here is the first test ride I did a couple of months ago. At the time the rear brakes weren't hooked up, the Handle bars were the original Suzuki 'GLP' factory set up, and the rear guards were as we...

So this Trike has taken several years. Ain't life wonderful.

It is very near ready for its first official teat ride by the certifier. I have a minor issue where I used the wrong tube nuts on the...

Yes, the system does work.....and I have learned ****loads along the way. Good things take time, and sadly I wayyyyyy underestimated how much time goes into building a trike.....the physical building...

yes, its a labour of love. The light at the end of the tunnel is shining bring on my face tho:D

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progress. It is rideable, but the rear brake master cylinder needed to be changed to a larger one, and that meant i had to redesign and fabricate a new foot rest assembly, still in progress....

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LH swingarm fully longitudinally welded, ready to be welded to the diff mounting blocks
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LH and RH diff mounting blocks. These slide over the diff axle tube before I weld the bearing...

So....how many years now......so much messing around. BUT I have a guy coming next month, who is a trike certifier, so there will be flurry of action for the next few weeks.
Below is the method I am...

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14822A view to a Buell....or 2...always a battle, to build or to go for a ride....:cool:

So I thought it might be time to update this a little bit.

I've been banging my head against a brick wall for a while with re-guards to a Certifier. I'm so far away from the nearest one's that...

Here is some pictures to show the mounts and the welding of the narrowed diff.

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Some more progress, and some backwards steps.
We purchased a new, smaller, diff to use but I soon realized my mistake in not thoroughly checking out the ratio's available for the crown wheel and...

So there has been some progress, spent they day doing some fab work.
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We splashed out and bought a new Pipe bender,
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and I had some bits floating around so I made a...

Stencil board......living up to its name! I was introduced to it 20 plus years ago and I still use it to make one off parts. Quicker then designing it on the PC and leaves plenty of room for...

Some progress on the trike, small steps. I made a stencil of the area on the bike that we're using to attach the rear sub-frame too. Transferred that shape to 3mm MSteel and cut out the LHS plate,...

playing with ma dongle.....:up:

At the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month, the guns fell silent.

They grow not old as those who are left behind grow old, we WILL remember them. Lest We Forget.

I have progress:applause:.....I just got confirmation tonight from the LVVTA that my designs and ideas are sound. I can forge on ahead and begin to join bits of steel and worry about the...

Yes the LVVTA started out as a result of the Ministry of Transport.....who were Traffic Cops back then.....attempting to introduce laws around modified vehicles. The LVVTA is made up of people just...

Huh? An interest was expressed in the build by another member (via PM) and seeing as the laws are different in every country...and it would seem each state in the USA.... I assumed (perhaps...

So after some serious hours spent taking photos, drawing plans and some late night phone calls to far off distant lands about trike designs....I've made a little bit of progress. Nothing physical,...

SHE lost her confidence with two wheels a couple of years ago, so decided 3 wheels would be good to keep her riding at least.

And I love a challenge. I have an engineering/ fabrication background...

My partner bought this VS1400 to be converted into a trike. I started the modifications sometime ago, but due the local cerifier quitting and then not being able to coerce / threaten / bribe any...