Trike Front End 4

The front guard is now half mounted and will finish off the other half of the mounting another day. I also re shaped the brackets at the base of the fork and have ordered some proper shockies which will hopefully turn up this week.   I’ve also made up a towbar so when i have […]

Trike Front End 3

Although these need to be cleaned up and shaped a little better they are actually the pivot point which joins the rocker arm to the fork. I had two bosses made up that support nylon bushings and i TIG welded two brackets around each boss so that i can weld them to the rocker arm […]

Trike Front End 2

The triple trees i’m using allow for a 1 1/2inch OD fork tube which kinda limits me to the material i need to use. Mild steel piping dosn’t come with a OD of 38mm (1 1/2″) and machining down the next size up mild steel pipe would leave me with no side wall so my […]

Trike Front End

I’m now up to the stage where i thought i better make a start on the front end. I’m going with the leading link design which appears to be a fairly common design amongst trike builders. There are slight variations on the type of leading link designs out there but they all amount to the […]