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I like it, if I had means and the time I would do the same. Any close up pictures?
I like it, if I had means and the time I would do the same. Any close up pictures?
call it finished 1200 trike diy
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finally after 3 months and a lot of sweat and blood call it finished. well almost still dirty and not cleaned up a few tweaks still but nothing major. hows it look. wedgewood blue and gold peral.
finally after 3 months and a lot of sweat and blood call it finished. well almost still dirty and not cleaned up a few tweaks still but nothing major. hows it look. wedgewood blue and gold peral.
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it is base dark blue with a lot of gold peral which makes it look green until you start walking around it and depending on the sun angle times pie but yea it looks green most of the time. i have lot of build pics just have to figure how to put um on all at once. and yes i have another thread "lets put an 84 1200 on an 85" has a lot of info on this build. this is not a kit i hand formed all the body from flat sheet steel and built the suspension from scratch. and when i say hand formed i mean a hammer and a dollie and and the floor and some tin snips. i don't own an english wheel or a planishing hammer i wish.
it is base dark blue with a lot of gold peral which makes it look green until you start walking around it and depending on the sun angle times pie but yea it looks green most of the time. i have lot of build pics just have to figure how to put um on all at once. and yes i have another thread "lets put an 84 1200 on an 85" has a lot of info on this build. this is not a kit i hand formed all the body from flat sheet steel and built the suspension from scratch. and when i say hand formed i mean a hammer and a dollie and and the floor and some tin snips. i don't own an english wheel or a planishing hammer i wish.
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from behind
from behind
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for all of you that are interested in up grading your seat. this one is a 98 e glide harly and it worked real nice i'm going to ad some fringe to the lower part of the seat to fill in some gaps.
for all of you that are interested in up grading your seat. this one is a 98 e glide harly and it worked real nice i'm going to ad some fringe to the lower part of the seat to fill in some gaps.
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nice.. how wide are the rear wheels? it looks like you got some big stuff there if you look it from the front!
nice.. how wide are the rear wheels? it looks like you got some big stuff there if you look it from the front!
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the wheels are american racing. 60 bucks for the pair out of a salvage yard. they are 8" inches wide the fenders made them look bigger. harley e glide muffler some body told me it sounded like a vw now. oh well i've heard worse. they are basicly the same engine. actual working on the bike about 2 month but from buying it and getting to this point about 3 months total and until the last 2 weeks it was 4 to 6 hr days. the last 2 weeks where more like 10 and 12 hr days. all told i have about a grand in the whole deal. crazy ain't it. but lots of sweat equity. this is what i started with. 300 bucks engine was no good so i found a replacement for 250. what a deal what a buy. sold the stuff i wasn't going to use for 700 so i'm already up 150 to the good.
the wheels are american racing. 60 bucks for the pair out of a salvage yard. they are 8" inches wide the fenders made them look bigger. harley e glide muffler some body told me it sounded like a vw now. oh well i've heard worse. they are basicly the same engine. actual working on the bike about 2 month but from buying it and getting to this point about 3 months total and until the last 2 weeks it was 4 to 6 hr days. the last 2 weeks where more like 10 and 12 hr days. all told i have about a grand in the whole deal. crazy ain't it. but lots of sweat equity. this is what i started with. 300 bucks engine was no good so i found a replacement for 250. what a deal what a buy. sold the stuff i wasn't going to use for 700 so i'm already up 150 to the good.
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the beginning seems like a long time ago in a galaxie far far away. stripped and ready. i was mocking up the center for the rear. i ended up using a mustang rear that i had shortened and resplined at moser engineering for 125. i shortened the tubes myself.therearend in this pic wasn't left on the trike.
the beginning seems like a long time ago in a galaxie far far away. stripped and ready. i was mocking up the center for the rear. i ended up using a mustang rear that i had shortened and resplined at moser engineering for 125. i shortened the tubes myself.therearend in this pic wasn't left on the trike.
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most people have wondered how to mate the final drive to the trans. i used the mustang driveshaft for the rearend and the honda driveshaft to the trans via a collar i had water jetted at a local shop for 20 bucks this and the axlesare the only things i didn't make myself. the collar slips in the ford shaft and the honda shaft slides into the collar centering itself as it was driven in. this was the easiest thing i did. the collar in the pic was one that he first cut too big. the original spring holds tension on the yoke just like it did on the bike. i am available by the way if you want to pay to get your bike triked. and it want be 8000. and it want be a fiberglass body it will be all steel and want be any heavier than the glass. but the build time will be a while.
most people have wondered how to mate the final drive to the trans. i used the mustang driveshaft for the rearend and the honda driveshaft to the trans via a collar i had water jetted at a local shop for 20 bucks this and the axlesare the only things i didn't make myself. the collar slips in the ford shaft and the honda shaft slides into the collar centering itself as it was driven in. this was the easiest thing i did. the collar in the pic was one that he first cut too big. the original spring holds tension on the yoke just like it did on the bike. i am available by the way if you want to pay to get your bike triked. and it want be 8000. and it want be a fiberglass body it will be all steel and want be any heavier than the glass. but the build time will be a while.
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