New member and I will be posting my reverse trike build here

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Getting ready to strip the body down and get to the frame,

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Here is the other picture, I paid 200 for both and they are spotless and very nice, the underside has no rust, no tears no smells etc.

These came out of an 01 Miata that was wrecked and put on a shelf back in 01 in plastic bags and forgot about.... my luck.

So while I was in Richmond I drove up to North about an hour to see these seats and really liked them and paid the price and went home with better seats then I had before.

Now I can start the metal forming and get these babies installed. (just for the testing) then back in plastic they go until I am ready to install them for good.

Thanks for looking,
Robert

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Ok now for the good stuff, getting it down to have it sand blasted and cut up to make a three wheeler out of her.



My homemade braces for the car, they worked really well....


shot of the dirty frame...

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More of the frame

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Now you can see why this will make a great three wheeler by just looking at the frame, up to this point I have been giving you history to have eveyone catch up with me on my build. I just found out about this site and up until a few days ago I thought I was alone on building a three wheeler... nice to be here!!!

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Now for the good stuff, I got her on my homebuilt cooker!!!! I love new age math, two 90 degrees = 360!

I cannot spin it all the way around but I can go from side to side, if you are planning on workin on your spit like this in the future I would say this is the route to go, very nice no more back breaking work to get her painted, sanded or welding I can do it standing up and more in a comfortable position. Anway here are the pictures.

As always I try to get you guys as many pictures as possible since a picture is worth a thousand words.

Enjoy the pictures! and if you have any questions please let me know.

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Now to figure out what to cut up and keep for the three wheeler, and what to get rid of, at least I can work on any part that I need with this

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Getting the frame done finally

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Now the old motor gets new life for the new three wheeler I will start calling it the Spitfire, simple name for now until I come up with something better

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Some more engine pictures



Things are coming in and getting painted

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I am going to keep using the old rear diff for the single wheel in the rear, using a 17 inch 2006 GSXR rear swing arm tied to the old triumph diff with a sprocket, here are pictures of the diff being worked on....

Using the old drive shaft too

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More horsepower than I will need on a three wheeler but that is OK

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Now it is time to work on the front suspension and get this thing on three wheels

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Testing the new engine on a test bed first to see if it all is working fine!

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Now it is time to put the new working rebuilt motor into her new home (Frame) she is going to be one sweet three wheeler

the old design was going to use the shocks and the leaf spring but the concept did not work out so it will be changed to a bar over the top and two motorcycle shocks on the GSXR Swing arm to support the weight

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You will notice no fan on the engine, we are using an electric fan assembly to keep things cool and save horsepower.

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Now to get the front brakes on the three wheeler



I guess I detail things too much

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More



Cleaning parts suck

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The front end is coming along fine, not sure I am going to keep the front bumper area though

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Now this is a good view of the front of the trike showing the motor, trans and suspension.... you now can see why I chose this frame and little car to transform. It is a narrow and sturdy frame for a wheel wheeler

Now to start cutting on the body and get the rear single swing are mounted and get this thing rolling along again.