On or around Sat, 03 Jul 2004 10:33:25 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 08:01:14 +0100, Austin Shackles
><austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>On or around Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:52:52 GMT, Alex <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk>
>>enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>>
>>>Mm. Don't like the look of them, I really want something that was a
>>>bike before it was a trike, not a car in it's previous life.
>>
>>could be arranged... how much do you want to pay?
>
>As little as possible!

that's what gets you a chopped around VW, mind.

if you want to do it properly, you have to source or make a decent rear
suspension setup, ditto drive shafts etc.

diff and driveshafts from a sierra are quite handy, but the susapension
setup isn't really right. few car rear ends are much use, live axle is a
possibility of course, but again, you have problems with suspension.
Racing-car style suspension with horixontal dampers in the middle works
best, I reckon, aesthetically at least, but tends to mean custom-building.


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On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 22:49:24 +0100, Austin Shackles
<austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>diff and driveshafts from a sierra are quite handy, but the susapension
>setup isn't really right. few car rear ends are much use, live axle is a
>possibility of course, but again, you have problems with suspension.
>Racing-car style suspension with horixontal dampers in the middle works
>best, I reckon, aesthetically at least, but tends to mean custom-building.

I was chatting to a couple of HOG (Harly Owner Group) members in
Brighton yesterday about trikes et al... One of them also has a
Reliant trike which he built himself. Reckons it to be a better ride
than the renegade (although I suspect there was an element of sour
grapes in there). Thing is, when it comes to Trikers, any self build
is thought better. Take the Harley factory trikes as an example,
which are not seen as 'true' trikes - often even by HOGs.

At some point I'm going to progress the Landie Trike idea - however I
suspect this will be some 10 odd years off yet, looking at my other
unfinished projects ;-)


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On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 10:37:22 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 22:49:24 +0100, Austin Shackles
><austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>diff and driveshafts from a sierra are quite handy, but the susapension
>>setup isn't really right. few car rear ends are much use, live axle is a
>>possibility of course, but again, you have problems with suspension.
>>Racing-car style suspension with horixontal dampers in the middle works
>>best, I reckon, aesthetically at least, but tends to mean custom-building.
>
>I was chatting to a couple of HOG (Harly Owner Group) members in
>Brighton yesterday about trikes et al... One of them also has a
>Reliant trike which he built himself. Reckons it to be a better ride
>than the renegade (although I suspect there was an element of sour
>grapes in there). Thing is, when it comes to Trikers, any self build
>is thought better. Take the Harley factory trikes as an example,
>which are not seen as 'true' trikes - often even by HOGs.
>
>At some point I'm going to progress the Landie Trike idea - however I
>suspect this will be some 10 odd years off yet, looking at my other
>unfinished projects ;-)

It's been done. Was it scrapheap wars or something, they took a rangie
and turnd it into a trike. Can't remember the program, but is also had
a bunch of farmer boys who fitted a thumping rolls deisel into a
Bedford 4x4 chassis.

Alex