Trike Framing 7

I’ve cut up some 3mm plate to fit between the seat framing and the lower pipes so that both items are locked solid together, i’ve cut ( and yet to finish ) a half circle shape in the 3mm plate so that later when i make the body panel if i choose to put some […]

Trike Framing 6

Here we have a close up of the steering neck and i got to say that notching these pipes to meet up with the neck was a complete pain just because there are like 3 or so different angles to take into acount, anyway its all done now so i’m happy again. . I spent […]

Trike Framing 5

Now that the steering neck is mounted in place i temporarly mounted the front forks and wheels just so i can visualise the overall shape of the trike, so i took a photo and photoshopped a couple bits and peices just to get a general idea. Backbone has been aligned and tacked in place. I […]

Trike Framing 4

The steering neck is all made up and ready to be fitted so i sat in the drivers seat and worked out how high i want the steering so that its comfortable to look over, then i worked out that i wanted 600mm of backbone which gave me the height and distance to mount the […]

Trike Framing 3

I bought a complete front end off a CBX 750 which comes with handlebars, light switches and ignition etc and the front forks but best of all a 16inch front wheel with twin disc brakes. I will be eventually removing the forks and making up a leading link front end with extended forks but for […]

Trike Framing 2

Ok so here i’m making a template up for the panel that the top arm and top shockie mount will mount to. Once the templates are made i will be making the plates out of 3mm plate There is two short peices of piping tacked on to the cross over pipe at the back of […]

Trike Framing 1

Whilst i had the engine on the jig i decided to play with some exhaust tubing and mock up the frame just so i can get a visual idea of what was going to work or not. As a result it allowed me to get a feeling for the general dimensions and shape After building […]