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[chairman]

Hi, any of you ride trikes? Hopefully here is a photo of mine, nearly finished building it. Its a Harley engine in a modified frame. most of the work done by a mate (freedom needham, thanks mate) A rack has been made at the rear for my chair & the brakes are hand controlled. Hope to have it finished for spring.

[icarus_melt76]

Trike looks real good. How will you manage the shifting? Air or electric?

Am jealous but happy motoring!

[Tinbasher]

chairman, on Nov 25 2006, 01:21 PM, said:

Hi, any of you ride trikes? Hopefully here is a photo of mine, nearly finished building it. Its a Harley engine in a modified frame. most of the work done by a mate (freedom needham, thanks mate) A rack has been made at the rear for my chair & the brakes are hand controlled. Hope to have it finished for spring. attachment

Hi

Yes here is mine.

Its a home build, mini Metro rear end with auto box and hand brakes.

Your looks very very cool.




Ride free on three

Tinbasher

[Andrew Meddings]

I USED TO OWN ONE . A BMW 1000 SEE PHOTO . IT HAD A AIR GEAR CHANGE & L/H REAR BRAKE OPPOSITE CLUTCH I PUT CHAIR ON THE BACK I SOLD IT 6 MONTHS AGO

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Edited by Andrew Meddings, 12 January 2007 - 12:57 PM.

[cvelusc]

Does this count? It is considered a "trike"

[Joed]

Well, I don't have one yet, but I've been looking around. I'm hoping to have one by this summer. This past Thanksgiving weekend, my brother-in-law gave me the address of a good place to look....so I'll be checking that out soon. I'm hoping to find a good used one, as the new Harley's are quite pricey, but barring that, I guess I'll have to knuckle down and buy a new one.

Nice bikes, guys! Any advice for me in shopping around for one?

[Texaswheelz]

Wow I'd love to have one of those. I have quite a few friends with harleys that 2 weeks off every summer to ride cross country. Would be great to be able to join them, but finding a cheap reliable trike just hasn't happened so far.

[gsp23]

I got a regular motorcycle from before that I cant ride anymore. I know a guy who has a regular motorcycle with a sidecar. He keeps his chair in the sidecar. A place customized his bike for him and there is a rod that comes up on the side of this bike now for the shifting since that is normally done with the foot, so he releases the clutch with one hand and then grabs the bar with his other hand to shift. Unfortunatly my bike wont work with a sidecar cause I have whats called a sports bike (or in the US also called a rocket.. aka crotch rocket) its a Kawasaki Ninja.

[MargaretWilson]

You know a lot of people probably think that girls shouldn't ride trikes but hey I'm a dare devil at heart and your trike looks really slick. I'd love to try it out.

[gsp23]

Hey, for the record... I'm a female too!

[Joed]

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Hey, for the record... I'm a female too!

Me too! My goal is to be the coolest biker chick mom in the first grade.

[freddy]

gsp23, on Nov 28 2006, 04:16 PM, said:

I got a regular motorcycle from before that I cant ride anymore. I know a guy who has a regular motorcycle with a sidecar. He keeps his chair in the sidecar. A place customized his bike for him and there is a rod that comes up on the side of this bike now for the shifting since that is normally done with the foot, so he releases the clutch with one hand and then grabs the bar with his other hand to shift. Unfortunatly my bike wont work with a sidecar cause I have whats called a sports bike (or in the US also called a rocket.. aka crotch rocket) its a Kawasaki Ninja.

Don't you believe it any bike can be adapted now, what you need is a sub frame making.Which can be made by a u.k.firm Wasp motor cycles. If you seriosly want to ride again I can help with advice and would be glad to.Istarted riding again after many years unable to I now ride again and doing it again is Chritmas every day.My outfits now are ST1100&Wasp chair&Suzuki Hayabusa&Wasp.Both outfits can be used with total independence and I often go to europe alone . So if I have lit a fire get in touch! (Ithink outfits built and set up properly are the best option for W.Chair users.) Goodl Luck. freddy.

[chairman]

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Trike looks real good. How will you manage the shifting? Air or electric?

[/quote]

Hi, glad you like the trike all. The gear shifting is the standard motorcycle way, hand lever clutch - foot gear change (i can move my left leg enough to change gear) The rear brakes which should be used by the right foot are now converted to be used by the palm of my left hand, its basically a motorcycle front brake & lever turned around and fitted to the left handlebar, sounds awkward to use but its not. The trike is remarkably easy to move around, as i only have the use of one leg, i can move it backwards to park etc.
If anyones interested in getting back into bikeing/trikeing contact The National Association of Bikers with Disability ( or NABD ) These guys now everything about adaptions, recommended people to build trikes and help you with the legal side of things. The also help with grants.

[gsp23]

freddy, on Dec 14 2006, 05:15 AM, said:

Don't you believe it any bike can be adapted now, what you need is a sub frame making.Which can be made by a u.k.firm Wasp motor cycles. If you seriosly want to ride again I can help with advice and would be glad to.Istarted riding again after many years unable to I now ride again and doing it again is Chritmas every day.My outfits now are ST1100&Wasp chair&Suzuki Hayabusa&Wasp.Both outfits can be used with total independence and I often go to europe alone . So if I have lit a fire get in touch! (Ithink outfits built and set up properly are the best option for W.Chair users.) Goodl Luck. freddy.

Thanks for the info. I am only a few months since I started using a wheelchair so I got lots of other bills Im still dealing with and dont have the money to get this done too soon. Its good to know that there are still options for me though once I get stuff payed off and expenses squared away again.

[roo]

chairman, on Nov 25 2006, 01:21 PM, said:

Hi, any of you ride trikes? Hopefully here is a photo of mine, nearly finished building it. Its a Harley engine in a modified frame. most of the work done by a mate (freedom needham, thanks mate) A rack has been made at the rear for my chair & the brakes are hand controlled. Hope to have it finished for spring. attachment

hi there yes am a big trike rider am t3/t4 . i was on men / motors in 04 building mine it auto box and it as a 3 in 1 ratio breakin system that is worked by me pressing down on a lever with my right hand {yes i can stop it on a penny] the trike is fu*kin fast 0.60 3 seconds it good pushing them r1 rider round corners as my trike was built to go round corners at 100 mph so it gives my plastic friends a run for the money, top speed is 150mph .am crazy i know but ave not seen that speed but did get to faro show in portulgal in 05 in 3 days from portmouth and reached speeds of 130 on the auto bands with b.s.h ,if you are on the bike seen you would of come across me mine is [THE MANTIS ] with the focus 2.0l zetec i have won over 10 prizes in the last 2 yrs the biggest was in 05 where i got best trike in brittain at doncaster pro custom show 05 in the bulldog in 05.then i have not done any shows in 07 cos i have been busy building villas in hungary for the wheelchair bound ,and the road over here are mint for the trikes ,me and the mantis are aving a ball am going to see if it will attach the photo of it .if not go to www.granthood.co.uk and look at it happy ridding bro.
andy rushton
propirtor;sunnyroth villas hungary

[freddy]

gsp23, on Dec 15 2006, 03:14 PM, said:

freddy, on Dec 14 2006, 05:15 AM, said:

Don't you believe it any bike can be adapted now, what you need is a sub frame making.Which can be made by a u.k.firm Wasp motor cycles. If you seriosly want to ride again I can help with advice and would be glad to.Istarted riding again after many years unable to I now ride again and doing it again is Chritmas every day.My outfits now are ST1100&Wasp chair&Suzuki Hayabusa&Wasp.Both outfits can be used with total independence and I often go to europe alone . So if I have lit a fire get in touch! (Ithink outfits built and set up properly are the best option for W.Chair users.) Goodl Luck. freddy.

Thanks for the info. I am only a few months since I started using a wheelchair so I got lots of other bills Im still dealing with and dont have the money to get this done too soon. Its good to know that there are still options for me though once I get stuff payed off and expenses squared away again.

Hi got your message,know bikes but new to comps.so how do we exchange emails direct, can this message allow you to get my e mail address?hope to hear soon must warn you though to do an outfit right costs and if you don't do it right it won't work I sold my car to finance mine!!freddy.

[bikeraccsurvivor]

New to this thread, and wanted to say Hi !!!

Like the Trikes in the pictures...Tight !!

There are some geat jobs, bikers are doing to convert ther original
bikes to trikes, or from the ground up, fabrications. Etc,.

Any way, just an intro to ya all...

Garry

freddy, on Dec 15 2006, 09:53 AM, said:

gsp23, on Dec 15 2006, 03:14 PM, said:

freddy, on Dec 14 2006, 05:15 AM, said:

Don't you believe it any bike can be adapted now, what you need is a sub frame making.Which can be made by a u.k.firm Wasp motor cycles. If you seriosly want to ride again I can help with advice and would be glad to.Istarted riding again after many years unable to I now ride again and doing it again is Chritmas every day.My outfits now are ST1100&Wasp chair&Suzuki Hayabusa&Wasp.Both outfits can be used with total independence and I often go to europe alone . So if I have lit a fire get in touch! (Ithink outfits built and set up properly are the best option for W.Chair users.) Goodl Luck. freddy.

Thanks for the info. I am only a few months since I started using a wheelchair so I got lots of other bills Im still dealing with and dont have the money to get this done too soon. Its good to know that there are still options for me though once I get stuff payed off and expenses squared away again.

Hi got your message,know bikes but new to comps.so how do we exchange emails direct, can this message allow you to get my e mail address?hope to hear soon must warn you though to do an outfit right costs and if you don't do it right it won't work I sold my car to finance mine!!freddy.

[cyclops12]

hello all thought id post some piccy's of my trike
im a para t6
its got clicktronic gear change up on the bars
frount and rear brakes are linked and its got reverse gear

Edited by cyclops12, 02 January 2007 - 12:02 AM.

[bikeraccsurvivor]

Ok you guys and gals out there, who did the conversions and modifications on the rides you have?

Can they be viewed on individual Websites?



bikeraccsurvivor

[freddy]

cyclops12, on Jan 1 2007, 11:00 PM, said:

hello all thought id post some piccy's of my trike
im a para t6
its got clicktronic gear change up on the bars
frount and rear brakes are linked and its got reverse gear

Hi,Cyc.12 like your trike well made would send a pic of mine but new to comps, so don't know how!!Mine was built at Wasp Motor Cycles Salisbury.Phone No.01722792827 Rob. Good people.I am in Lincolnshire if you are any where near this region we could meet up I myself prefer outfits but like the Busa in any form.Freddy.

[roo]

hi all trike riders out there,well i,ve been in the trike seen now10 yrs building and doing the custom trike shows all over the uk ,plus overseas as well. heres some info for the disabled bike/trike riders there is a charity called[ nadb ] nation association for disabled bikers it helps disabled people get back out there on the roads with grants availble for clucth conversions etc etc they are based in manchester,i think there web page is www.nabd.com .just some more friendly advise i cant stop cringing,when am seeing para's having motor bike turned into trike, BIKES WHERE MADE FOR TWO WHEELS NOT THREE there handling round corners is very poor and are very unstable and can pull wheelies which could flip the trike over causing you more injuries.also theres a company based in england building trikes not [bike trikes] for the disabled which are made so you can enjoy the roads safely its worth a look at there web page if you are thinking about trying to get back on the road on a trike www.boomtrikes.com i think .my trike is custom built and the 1st thing i wanted is safety i have a device on the front wheel so if the wheel trys to come of the floor the engine cuts out also i have a auto engine so it wont come of the floor ,also you can turn the handle bar with 1 finger,also is fitted with a harness so when i go round a corner i dont slide off my seat and run myself overand has a high padded seat for support not like the bike seats where you have no support ,its fitted with a hand lever for the brake which locks all three wheel up 3 in 1 ratio it will stop on a penny .and the main safety is that if i have a head on crash the front end is designed to fold up and lift the passengers up out of danger you do not get this with a bike trike .and my trike wil not flip or turn over . happy trikin bro's n sister's roo

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[Varkie]

roo, on Jan 2 2007, 03:16 PM, said:

hi all trike riders out there,well i,ve been in the trike seen now10 yrs building and doing the custom trike shows all over the uk ,plus overseas as well. heres some info for the disabled bike/trike riders there is a charity called[ nadb ] nation association for disabled bikers it helps disabled people get back out there on the roads with grants availble for clucth conversions etc etc they are based in manchester,i think there web page is www.nabd.com .just some more friendly advise i cant stop cringing,when am seeing para's having motor bike turned into trike, BIKES WHERE MADE FOR TWO WHEELS NOT THREE there handling round corners is very poor and are very unstable and can pull wheelies which could flip the trike over causing you more injuries.also theres a company based in england building trikes not [bike trikes] for the disabled which are made so you can enjoy the roads safely its worth a look at there web page if you are thinking about trying to get back on the road on a trike www.boomtrikes.com i think .my trike is custom built and the 1st thing i wanted is safety i have a device on the front wheel so if the wheel trys to come of the floor the engine cuts out also i have a auto engine so it wont come of the floor ,also you can turn the handle bar with 1 finger,also is fitted with a harness so when i go round a corner i dont slide off my seat and run myself overand has a high padded seat for support not like the bike seats where you have no support ,its fitted with a hand lever for the brake which locks all three wheel up 3 in 1 ratio it will stop on a penny .and the main safety is that if i have a head on crash the front end is designed to fold up and lift the passengers up out of danger you do not get this with a bike trike .and my trike wil not flip or turn over . happy trikin bro's n sister's roo

Hi Freddy! I am as happy as a pig in...mud. I am a complete T8. I was involved with my VFR 800 in an accident. I used to ride a the VFR, a Blackbird and Africa Twin. What you have done with your Busa is exactly what I have in mind for a Blackbird. Can you give me some tips on things that went wrong with the conversion? Like handling problems, final drive etc. I see you still use a chain drive that is linked to some sort of differential. Could u please advise me, as I am finding cars way to boring!!! And bike's aint out of my blood yet - and never will be, me thinks!

Cheers

[freddy]

Varkie, on Feb 9 2007, 10:48 AM, said:

roo, on Jan 2 2007, 03:16 PM, said:

hi all trike riders out there,well i,ve been in the trike seen now10 yrs building and doing the custom trike shows all over the uk ,plus overseas as well. heres some info for the disabled bike/trike riders there is a charity called[ nadb ] nation association for disabled bikers it helps disabled people get back out there on the roads with grants availble for clucth conversions etc etc they are based in manchester,i think there web page is www.nabd.com .just some more friendly advise i cant stop cringing,when am seeing para's having motor bike turned into trike, BIKES WHERE MADE FOR TWO WHEELS NOT THREE there handling round corners is very poor and are very unstable and can pull wheelies which could flip the trike over causing you more injuries.also theres a company based in england building trikes not [bike trikes] for the disabled which are made so you can enjoy the roads safely its worth a look at there web page if you are thinking about trying to get back on the road on a trike www.boomtrikes.com i think .my trike is custom built and the 1st thing i wanted is safety i have a device on the front wheel so if the wheel trys to come of the floor the engine cuts out also i have a auto engine so it wont come of the floor ,also you can turn the handle bar with 1 finger,also is fitted with a harness so when i go round a corner i dont slide off my seat and run myself overand has a high padded seat for support not like the bike seats where you have no support ,its fitted with a hand lever for the brake which locks all three wheel up 3 in 1 ratio it will stop on a penny .and the main safety is that if i have a head on crash the front end is designed to fold up and lift the passengers up out of danger you do not get this with a bike trike .and my trike wil not flip or turn over . happy trikin bro's n sister's roo

Hi Freddy! I am as happy as a pig in...mud. I am a complete T8. I was involved with my VFR 800 in an accident. I used to ride a the VFR, a Blackbird and Africa Twin. What you have done with your Busa is exactly what I have in mind for a Blackbird. Can you give me some tips on things that went wrong with the conversion? Like handling problems, final drive etc. I see you still use a chain drive that is linked to some sort of differential. Could u please advise me, as I am finding cars way to boring!!! And bike's aint out of my blood yet - and never will be, me thinks!

Cheers