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1500 homebuilt trike project using Mustang and Jag rear ends...

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Cut the bag braces off and the driveshaft tube flange.

cut the tube off on maybe a 35 degree angle in the middle of the belled out area.



Steel purchased and in the shop. 30 ft of 1 1/2 in x 1/8. want need 30 ft but he gave me a deal on it.

Already have the sheet steel in the shop. Fenders ordered form JC whitney and will be here in about 3 days. Will pick up the rear end tomorrow in chattanooga, 1996 mustang 273 ratio 5 lug.

Already spotted the wheels i want.



so everything should go pretty quick on this one, once i get the axles back.Should start lining everything up monday. we're on the way. hang on.
 

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#627 ·
wow. thank you for the compliment. some like some don't. that's what makes the world go round.
 
#628 · (Edited)
Very happy, can you see the smile, to have my first built IRS trike back home to stay. had to put it in the barn until i clear out a space in the garage. But it does have it's cover over it now. woo whoo i'm happy.
 

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Started a 2006 c90 Boulevard trike for an old school buddy. Compared to the wing it's a lot different. The big thing is the drive shaft is on the wrong side. had to flip the rear end and try and figure all my suspension. most of those headaches gone now though. on all three and will be molding the body next week i hope. still have the brakes to sort out and the exhaust system. but that shouldn't be a big deal as he want it a little louder so i will use harley pipes.
 

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maybe. will check it out and see. Haven't traveled too far from home since all the stuff that I've went through but will look into it. Just don't have the stamina i use to have for some reason. maybe just cause i'm getting older.
 
#632 ·
Body on the 90c and the hard part started. will have to do some mods and glassing to make this one fit around the suzuki side covers and seat. quite a bit different.
 

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#633 ·
Fitment almost done. had to fill the spot behind the seat and in between the tour pac. not a big deal but time consuming. also molded in a place to put your feet. doesn't look like much now but it will. Will start the finish work next week and maybe paint it. Want be long now.
 

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#634 ·
I had to add and aftermarket master cylinder on this one. stock master just wasn't big enough to get me any brakes at all. so I went with one for a dune buggy. mount was easy to make and it works great. Remember when your doing this, the disks for cars have a booster on them so no booster on a trike just leg power. but it stops it much better than a stock master on the 1500 when unlinked. the brakes are not linked on this one so you do get a little nose dive. sorry about the poor quality of the pic but it was my cell phone camera.
 

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#635 ·
Did I never show this trike finished or are the pics just gone??? Just getting back into things been really out of it. I sold the black one and now own this trike bought it from the buddy I built it for. will be for sale soon as i clean it up.
 
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As Val said,
the forum has been moving fast, that is, we have been jumping to new servers over the years as we got bigger, and need more space, and more speed.


Also, a huge amount of the pictures were lost in the very first server move about 6 years ago.... we all felt really bad about that, but nothing could be done with it.


then about six months ago, PhotoBucket decided that their pictures were "private' to them, unless we paid them $400/year per person who has an account with PhotoBucket. so, we lost 1,000s more pictures as none of us will pay them to keep our accounts live.


I have switched over to only keep pictures on the Gallery here, or on www.Imgur.com which is a terrific forum friendly image host.
 
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