of cutting, welding, cutting it off
again, welding it back on again,
along with some other bits, then
took place and I could believe
it when it finally looked like it
would work!
After I’d completed the basic
build and then doing all the
DVLA stuff to make it road legal,
I now had a chance to sit back
and see what my mind could
come up with to make the trike
both look and sound right.
I began with the stance. I
lowered it, extended the fuel
tank and then made a new front
end, including the handlebars.
I got hold of a rear wheel from a
Honda VFR1100 so that I could
fit a fatter front tyre – modifying
it to take two discs is no easy
task, I can tell you. Eight hours
here, plus another eight hours
there, and so on. But it was
eventually done and a Maxxis
190/70 x 18-inch tyre fitted
which made the front end lookIt also turned out that I got a
bargain on the driveshafts and
the hubs, too, and I then had
all the parts I needed to make a
start. Happy days.
Having sourced the tube
and with a bit of knowledge, it
was time to make a start. That
sounds pretty straightforward
but, of course, it wasn’t. After
a few (or, to be honest, I should
say, a lot) mistakes later, I’d
finally got the geometry just
right. But it was all very well
having a good rear end but
not a lot of use if I didn’t have
anything with which to marry
it. It was time to find a bike and
my first port of call was, as for
so many people, eBay. I couldn’t
believe my luck when I won a
Kawasaki Zephyr for £800.
So, having got the Zephyr
home to my garage, I set about
working on how to get the bike
and the trike rear end that I’d
built together in harmony. A lot
A LOT OF CUTTING, WELDING, CUTTING IT OFF AGAIN,
WELDING IT BACK ON AGAIN THEN TOOK PLACE
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