nearly there

hi all,well im nearly finished triking the 1100 maxim.got some painting left to do and connect up the brakes,it should be ready for road again soon.

 

Dude that's pretty cool! Some more pics would be nice!

 

Yes More Pics!!!! Damn!

 

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?

Sick frame!

Dirtbike front wheel??

 

hi and thanks ,ill put up some more pics.

 

got a bit of work to do to the sissy bar yet.

 

another

 

i still have to finish off the front fender.the frontend is off a ktm,got to change the tire for a road one.

 

Damn Dude!!! Rock on with that "Trike"!!! :twisted:

 

Cool ride!

Kind of hard to tell from the photos how the driveshaft connects to the differential.

Got any close up photos of that area?

 

hi,i will take a picture of that later.im painting the shaft so its not on in the picture.i cut the shaft in half off the car axle,& the bike shaft,put a bearing the right size over the section from the bike and slid it into the car shaft.drilled a metal plate and welded it on the end.turnes perfect no shake at all.get you a pic later.

 

That machine has some really nice lines. Looks like you set it up right.

Rock on!

 

hi the front end is off a ktm,need to change the tire for a road one,but my wife would rather buy food for my five kid's than let me buy the tire so ill have to wait awhile i guess

 

hi midnitemax,hope this picture is allright.

 

Looks fun. How does it ride?

 

Lookes Mad Max with that front tire. Where did the diff come from?
Thats a rockin ride. Kudos

The Buff

 

hi,the differential and axle are off a robin reliant car.i cut down the axle and half shaft to make it narrower ,and line up the drive shaft.

 

Not a bad idea for the inverted forks.

Did it bolt right on or was there a bit of fab work?

 

Love the Bike, sorry Trike!

I was wondering how the XJ would look with inverted forks! Very Nice! You got the front off a KTM, what year any pic on the assembly?

 

hi,no it dident bolt right on, the center neck bar on the ktm was bigger.i had to remove that & take the center neck off the origional triple trees from the xj not easy it was welded ,but it went in the ktm triple trees good.then i had to make brackets to take the gauges ,ignition switch,and had to make a front fender because the ktm forks carry the fender right under the triple trees.but there good strong forks & about 3 1/2" longer than the xj.i cut the neck too and increased the angle a little bit.thanks

 

Great job, keep up the great work!!

Rev

 

hi,i have no idea what year the ktm was,the guy i got them off had no idea.i dident take many pictures of the build,i really should have though.ill put up a few.this is the neck cut,i pulled it back in some from that position though.

 

the swing arm,i just have struts on in the picture,so i wouldent scratch the shocks

 

it was a drum brake axle.i converted it to disc they are volkswagen golf calipers

 

another of the neck.most of the pictures i took were of wiring,so ide know how to put it back togeather again when i stripped it to paint the frame.thanks

 

Nice touches all over!
Love them rear wheels big-time!

I don't know how many trikes there are using a XJ Platform, but yours is one of the nicest looking trikes I've see with a YAMAHA Platform.

 

thanks for all the good comments.

 

Not a big fan of trikes, but that looks awesome!!

 

hi ,i did it to carry the the young fella around with me ,wont take him on the bike anymore.i hit a wall this time last year on a dragstar,that hurt i can tell you,the nerves are not the same now.

 

Looks like it will be a show stopper Very nice.

 

Hey Rubberlips.

I was looking through some of last year's posts and came across those of the cool looking trike you were building.

Did you ever finish it?

Got any new pix?

 

hi,i changed the front end to 65mm inverted 8" over.drive's perfect.i cant upload any picture's,dont know what the problem is

 

Rubberlips,
Awsome looking trike! I like how you made the frame work for the rear wheels. Nice clean looking mod with a touch of custom work looks like you enjoy fabricating much like myself. I like when people think "out of the box" and do their own thing and your thing looks great! Just what I need for these Minnesota winters!!

 

thank's,ill try and upload some pictures again soon,right now i dont have the patient's for it.thank's again