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scotty b
post Dec 24 2009, 04:47 PM
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A friend of mine has a hard on to build a vw trike. He has no internet, and all I can find are sites with a ton of info, that quite frankly, I am not going to waste the paper and ink to print out 100 pages of b.s. for him. Does anyone here happen to have a set of plans you could copy for me to give him? I also found a guy that sells a nice set of plans on cd for $50.00 BUT Dave doesn't even have a computer so that's worthless to him too.
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post Dec 24 2009, 04:49 PM
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On a side note I ran across this while looking. Looks like fun

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http://ecomodder.com/blog/volkswagen-gx3-r...oncept-vehicle/



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post Dec 24 2009, 04:56 PM
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That is the only type of trike I would drive. The reverse design handles 1000% better.
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post Dec 24 2009, 10:07 PM
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I've worked on quite a few. I've never seen one that, IMO, didn't suck.

I rather drive this pile
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post Dec 24 2009, 10:35 PM
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try three wheeler.net or threewheeler.com...

Use google for three wheeler.
there is a pretty big site for all sorts of three wheeler plans.

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post Dec 24 2009, 10:43 PM
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I prefer even numbers when it comes to wheels. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Dec 29 2009, 08:15 AM
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QUOTE(scotty b @ Dec 24 2009, 04:49 PM) *

On a side note I ran across this while looking. Looks like fun

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http://ecomodder.com/blog/volkswagen-gx3-r...oncept-vehicle/

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I've seen a few of the reverse-trike bikes that I really like (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) this one looks much better than those tho! great find.
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post Dec 29 2009, 04:55 PM
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Here are pics of a Porsche powered trike... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)
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post Dec 29 2009, 05:27 PM
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I'd like to tell that owner "That is really COOL!"

but he would never hear me, having gone deaf long ago
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post Dec 29 2009, 05:38 PM
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I hate it when people do something only for looks when it's the wrong thing to do for performance. Different length intake tubes? No air filters? Brilliant.
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post Dec 29 2009, 07:13 PM
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I'd like to tell that owner "That is really COOL!"

but he would never hear me, having gone deaf long ago



These guys built it.

http://www.phoenixtrikeworks.com/home/index.htm
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post Dec 29 2009, 09:52 PM
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QUOTE(scotty b @ Dec 29 2009, 08:13 PM) *

QUOTE(tat2dphreak @ Dec 29 2009, 03:27 PM) *

I'd like to tell that owner "That is really COOL!"

but he would never hear me, having gone deaf long ago



These guys built it.

http://www.phoenixtrikeworks.com/home/index.htm

WOW
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post Dec 30 2009, 11:54 AM
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I have been promising my two old friends that I would build some vw three wheelers that would use the vw auto transaxle for several years but all the stuff is just waiting on me. A coupla years ago I guess I printed 100 pages of vw trikes to get a idea of what I like. At the austin rot rally a few years ago a young man had one that I liked pretty good but most of the suppliers had folded. The little 1600 vw with a mild cam and four equal length exhausts sounds pretty neat. I saw a threewheeler that was a 914 mid engined one in maryland with a neat tube frame and coil over shocks. The owner was Allen Weed.
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post Dec 30 2009, 12:31 PM
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One of my customers has a trike, it's real cool looking, has won shows, but it's a trailer queen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
I never could understand building a car/bike just to win shows. If I can't drive it then WTF good is it?

I've been to so many shows in my life that now they really put me to (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yellowsleep[1].gif)


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post Dec 30 2009, 10:15 PM
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This is called a Quad but I think it's the most outragous trike like creature I have ever seen! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)

12 Cylinder BMW!

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I could not figure out how to post the youtube video but scroll down the page at this link and check this think out in action!

http://e85vehicles.com/e85/index.php/topic...5.html#msg21535
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post Dec 30 2009, 11:40 PM
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QUOTE(charliew @ Dec 30 2009, 09:54 AM) *

I have been promising my two old friends that I would build some vw three wheelers that would use the vw auto transaxle for several years but all the stuff is just waiting on me. A coupla years ago I guess I printed 100 pages of vw trikes to get a idea of what I like. At the austin rot rally a few years ago a young man had one that I liked pretty good but most of the suppliers had folded. The little 1600 vw with a mild cam and four equal length exhausts sounds pretty neat. I saw a threewheeler that was a 914 mid engined one in maryland with a neat tube frame and coil over shocks. The owner was Allen Weed.


Yeah I have a 69 Squareback engine and auto transaxle , plus a clear home-built trike title in the state that I live in , just hasnt come together yet . Just gonna hang on to them , they not eating nor taking up a lot of room. That Audi 5000 transaxle in the automatic 914 gives me some ideas of a mid-engined trike, that would be cool as dirt!!
My $.02 ...

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post Dec 31 2009, 09:52 AM
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Check out Bad Rabbit Trikes LLC in I think Sturgis KY. I hate to say it but I will probably copy a bunch of his design especially the rear suspension.

http://btw-trikers.org/uploads/photo_tw_ga...&category=A

found the bike from rot in austin.

http://btw-trikers.org/uploads/photo_tw_ga...&category=A
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post Dec 31 2009, 11:17 AM
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The TRex is interesting.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38TFetQAe2o
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post Jan 4 2010, 11:24 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(scotty b @ Dec 24 2009, 04:47 PM) *</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
A friend of mine has a hard on to build a vw trike. He has no internet, and all I can find are sites with a ton of info, that quite frankly, I am not going to waste the paper and ink to print out 100 pages of b.s. for him. Does anyone here happen to have a set of plans you could copy for me to give him? I also found a guy that sells a nice set of plans on cd for $50.00 BUT Dave doesn't even have a computer so that's worthless to him too.
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What about you let him look at the btw pictures and also the build pictures on their site and just print the few he likes? If he is a good fabber he can get a lot of info from the pict. If he wants simple he will probably need to pay for it.

I bought a threewheeler 50.00 cd and also a rorty cd from aussieland but it is a midengine motorcycle motor and tranny type dunebuggy setup. I mainly bought it for the suspension info.

Too me the simple bare minimum frame is the cleanest and it seems that most of the old guys like the swing arm with a limited travel for a easy simple build. It will have a little more weight than a fabbed link susp. but we really aren't trying to achieve formula one stuff in my case. The challenge for me is to not end up with a homemade look. One builder made a ladder type assembly table to keep things straight. Course he is building one after the other.

I think your friend should find the local vw three wheel guys and see what they have and feel them out for whats the best design.

For me the front end is the big question, I'm sure the leading link is probably the most reliable as to wobble but they seem ugly to me.
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I just ordered one of these kits to give me some incentive to get started.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...RK%3AMEWNX%3AIT

Oh yeah OT but while I was searching for threewheelers back in dec or early jan I picked up a trojan and it cost me big bucks that I'm still fighting at&t over. I stupidly have a wireless router that was not safegaurded and someone uploaded about 8 gigs of something or the trojan was doing it, and I was using a aircard and it just kept going till finally at&t turned it off. It took me about 8 days and another aircard to realize what was going on no thanks to at&t, when they turned it off they didn't say I had a 1400.00 bill. I didn't use the wireless part of the router on our desktops but I didn't have it turned off as it didn't seem to work very good on a laptop my wife brought home from work so I didn't think anyone else could be using it. At&t can't give me a IP addy of the computer that sent the uploads. The aircard is the fastest internet device available to me but I can't get by on only 5gs I'm pretty sure although for 8 months it was ok.
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